{"id":31287,"date":"2018-10-27T12:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31287"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:59:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:29:49","slug":"funds-push-for-project-to-benefit-desert-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/funds-push-for-project-to-benefit-desert-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds push for project to benefit desert areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/funds-push-for-project-to-benefit-desert-areas\/article22757916.ece\"><b>Funds push for project to benefit desert areas<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>new loan agreement for water sector<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to benefit <\/span><b>the desert areas in Rajasthan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through <\/span><b>restructuring of Indira Gandhi Canal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>formulation of flood management systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <\/span><b>Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Ghaggar rivers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The agreement:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agreement has been signed with <\/span><b>New Development Bank.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The release of <\/span><b>1,000 crore as first instalment of a loan worth 3,300 crore, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was signed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The loan amount of <\/span><b>second phase will be released in April<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed by the release of subsequent instalments to match the project\u2019s implementation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Utilization of the loan amount:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilization of the loan amount would facilitate:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>usage of rainwater and floodwaters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the four rivers coming from Punjab,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>stopping the flow of excess water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> towards the India-Pakistan border,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>restructuring and repairing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Indira Gandhi Canal and its distributaries will help solve the problems of <\/span><b>loss of water and water-locking<\/b> <b>in the agricultural fields,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>ensure the supply of irrigation water to the farmers at the tail-ends of the Indira Gandhi Canal Project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds push for project to benefit desert areas Context: A new loan agreement for water sector is set to benefit the desert areas in Rajasthan through restructuring of Indira Gandhi Canal and formulation of flood management systems for the Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Ghaggar rivers. 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