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Date- 18 March 2021
What is Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project and what is the demand of ruling government
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been strongly demanding national project status for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). Announced during the previous BJP regime in the state, Gehlot’s predecessor VasundharaRajehad also asked for the same.

What is the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP)?
The Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project aims to harvest surplus water available during the rainy season in rivers in southern Rajasthan such as Chambal and its tributaries including Kunnu, Parvati, Kalisindhand use this water in south-eastern districts of the state where there is a scarcity of water for drinking and irrigation.

According to the state Water Resources Department, Rajasthan, the largest state of India with a geographical area of 342.52 lakh hectares which amount to 10.4 per cent of the entire country, holds only 1.16 per cent of India’s surface water and 1.72 per cent of groundwater.
Among the state’s water bodies, only the Chambal river basin has surplus water but this water cannot be tapped directly because the area around the Kota barrage is designated as a crocodile sanctuary.

When was the project announced?
In the budget of 2017-18, the then VasundharaRaje-led BJP government in Rajasthan had said that the ERCP will help fulfil the long-term irrigation and drinking water needs of 13 districts-Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Jaipur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dausa and Dholpur.

What will be the benefits estimated in the project?
According to the Rajasthan Water Resources Department, ERCP is estimated to create an additional command area of 2 lakh hectares and an area of 4.31 lakh hectare will get irrigation facilities because of this project.

The ERCP also intends to improve the groundwater table in rural areas of the state, positively influencing the socio-economic conditions of people from these areas.
It also adds special emphasis on the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), hoping that sustainable water sources will enhance and help industries grow in these areas resulting in investment and revenue. There are multiple sub-projects under the ERCP with budgets allocated for each phase.

What is the present demand by the Ashok Gehlot government?
Ever since the Congress government came into power in December 2018, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has repeatedly urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the ERCP as a national project. Gehlot has written letters in this regard to Modi and also highlighted this during the Prime Minister’s interaction with Chief Ministers in NITI Aayog meetings.
 

Gehlot has also said that Prime Minister Modi had said that the project will be declared as a national project during his earlier visits to Rajasthan.
The reason cited by the Chief Minister for wanting the ERCP to be a national project is that its estimated cost is around Rs 40,000 crore, which, he said, it is not possible to be borne by the state government. Gehlot has argued that the central government should provide assistance in the interest of the welfare of the state.

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