SHAHPURKANDI DAM PROJECT

About:

• Objective:
  • On completion of the project an Irrigation Potential of 5,000 ha in Punjab State and 32,173 ha in J&K State would be created.
    
    
  • Implementing the project would minimise some of the water of the River Ravi which at present is going waste through the Madhopur Headworks downstream to Pakistan.
    
    
  
  
  
• Funding:
  • Central Assistance of Rs. 485.38 crore (for irrigation component) would be provided over five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
    
    
  • Funding for Central Assistance to the project shall be made through NABARD under existing system for funding of 99 PMKSY-AIBP projects under LTIF.
    
    
  
  
  
• Implementation Mechanism:
  • The project would be implemented by of Punjab with Central Assistance.
    
    
  • A committee headed by Member, Central Water Commission (CWC) and consisting of concerned Chief Engineers of Punjab and J&K and other concerned officers would be constituted to oversee/monitor the implementation of project.
    
    
  
  
  
• Timeline: The project would be completed by June 2022.