About Tapti Basin Mega Recharge Project (TBMRP):
- The Tapti River (called Tapi in Maharashtra) originates in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district and flows through parts of Maharashtra.
- TBMRP is a joint project of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- It is the world’s largest groundwater recharge initiative.
- The project aims to channelise adequate water to northeastern Maharashtra, including Nagpur, for drinking purposes, and to southern Madhya Pradesh, particularly the Chhindwara district, for irrigation.
- The total water usage of the Tapti Basin Mega Recharge Project will be 31.13 thousand million cubic feet (TMC), of which 11.76 TMC has been allocated to Madhya Pradesh and 19.36 TMC to Maharashtra.
- It will facilitate irrigation of 1,23,082 hectares of land in MP and 2,34,706 hectares in Maharashtra.
- Under the Project, four water structures are proposed:
- Low diversion weir at Kharia Gutighat dam site: The weir is proposed at Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district in MP and Amravati tehsil of Maharashtra on the border of both states with 8.31 TMC capacity.
- Right bank canal phase I: A 221-km-long canal is proposed from the right bank of the proposed Kharia Gutighat weir, with 110 km in MP. The canal will irrigate over 55,000 hectares of area in MP.
- Left bank canal phase I: A 135.64-km-long canal is proposed from the left bank of the proposed Kharia Gutighat weir, with 100.42 km in MP. It will irrigate over 44,000 hectares of area in MP.
- Left bank canal phase II: Its length will be 123.97 km, which will irrigate over 80,000 hectares in Maharashtra.
