Flood Management
including river erosion being a state subject, investigation,
planning and implementation of flood management schemes are
within the purview of the State Government. The Central Government
renders assistance which are technical, catalytical and promotional.
The Government
of Orissa has prepared a scheme namely, "Protection to
scoured bank on CE No. 78 (A) on Mahanadi" by providing
launching apron with armory stones from R.D. 80.060 km to 80.470
km near village Singitali at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.56 crore".
The above scheme has been included in the Centrally Sponsored
Scheme being formulated to take up critical anti-erosion works
in coastal and other than Ganga Basin States.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of State for Water Resources,
Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty in a written reply in the Lok Sabha
today.
SOIL EROSION DUE TO
MAHANADI RIVER IN ORISSA
