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Saryu Nahar National Project

December 11, 2021
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In news–The Saryu Nahar National Project has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister recently.

About the Saryu Nahar National Project-

  • The work on the project started in 1978 but due to administrative reasons it got delayed.
  • In 2016  the project was brought under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the target to complete it in a time bound manner.
  • Saryu canal project has been built with a total cost of more than Rs. 9800 crore.
  • The project involves interlinking of five rivers –  Ghaghara, Saryu, Rapti, Banganga and Rohini to ensure optimum usage of water resources of the region.
  • The project will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of over 6200 villages. 
  • The irrigated area in this project will be 4.04 lakh hectares.
  • It will benefit nine districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh namely – Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur and Maharajganj. 

Sarayu river-

  • It originates at a ridge south of Nanda Kot mountain in Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand, India
  • This river is mentioned in ancient Hindu scriptures such as the Ved and Ramayan. 
  • It is one of the seven tributaries of the river Gaṅgā and considered so sacred that it washes away impurities of humankind. 
  • Ayodhya – Birth place of Lord Shree Ram and capital of state Ayodhya in Treta Yuga is located on the bank of Sarayu river.
  • The river Ghaghara is the main tributary of Sarayu River, also Mahakali and Karnali rivers join in the Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh and then famous as Sarayu River.
  • Later Sarayu River meets the river Ganges.

Further reading: https://journalsofindia.com/pradhan-mantri-krishi-sinchayee-yojana/

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