Super Speciality Hospital in Rewa & Parbati-KaliSindh-Chambal Link Project | 01 Feb 2024

Why in News?

Recently, Madhya Pradesh government has approved Rs 164 crores for the expansion of a super specialty hospital in Rewa.

Key Points

  • This decision will benefit the people of Rewa and Shahdol divisions as it is the largest super specialty hospital in those divisions.
  • The council of ministers also took an important decision about the startup policy in the state.
    • All the startup people who want to participate in national or international competitions will be given a reimbursement of Rs 50,000 by the state government for participating in national competitions and Rs 1.50 lakh for participating in international competitions.
    • The amount will be given once in a financial year and up to twice in the entire tenure for a startup.
  • The Parbati-KaliSindh-Chambal Link Project pending for almost two decades, would now be implemented with the initiative of the PM.
    • This would benefit 12 districts of Malwa and Chambal region in the state and 13 districts of eastern Rajasthan.
    • The availability of drinking water will increase in these areas and water will also be available for irrigation and industrial use.
    • The project worth Rs 75000 crore and the state would invest only 10%, the rest 90% of the amount would be provided by the central government.

Parbati-KaliSindh-Chambal Link Project

  • It aims to harvest surplus water available during rainy season in rivers in Southern Rajasthan such as Chambal and its tributaries, including Kunnu, Parvati, Kalisindh, and use this water in south-eastern districts of the state, where there is scarcity of water for drinking and irrigation.
  • It is planned to meet drinking and industrial water needs of the southern and south eastern Rajasthan, for humans and Livestock till the year 2051.
  • It proposes to provide drinking water to 13 districts of Rajasthan and provide irrigation water for 2.8 lakh hectares of land through 26 different large and medium projects.
    • 13 Districts: Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Jaipur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dausa and Dholpur.