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In an important decision, the Bihar furniture connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) cleared the decks for the operation of the Indrapuri reservoir task pursuing an statement reached betwixt Bihar and Jharkhand for the sharing of h2o for irrigation and different purposes.
Reviewing the Water Resources Department’s proposal, it approved a “draft agreement” (MoU) to beryllium signed betwixt Bihar and Jharkhand, Cabinet Secretariat Department Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Chaudhary told reporters successful Patna during the station furniture briefing.
The determination was taken pursuing the Central Water Commission’s (CWC) support of the draught agreement, helium said, adding that the Indrapuri Reservoir Project volition further fortify the irrigation installation successful the farmland of 8 districts of Bhojpur, Buxar, Rohtas, Kaimur, Aurangabad, Patna, Gaya Ji and Arwal.
As per the Bansagar agreement, signed successful 1973, is simply a pact betwixt Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for sharing the Sone stream water. As per the agreement, undivided Bihar was to get 7.75 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of water. Mr. Chaudhary said that pursuing the bifurcation of Bihar successful the twelvemonth 2000, Jharkhand demanded its stock of Sone stream h2o and did not springiness its assent to the Indrapuri reservoir task due to the fact that of its request for its stock of water.
The issue, which has kept the task pending for years, was resolved astatine 27th Eastern Regional Conference held connected July 10, 2025 successful Ranchi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the gathering during which Bihar’s Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and h2o resources curate Vijay Kumar Choudhary enactment Bihar’s broadside efficaciously and firmly successful bid to resoluteness the issue.
Following the statement reached betwixt Bihar and Jharkhand astatine the conference, retired of undivided Bihar’s stock of 7.75 MAF of water, Bihar volition get 5.75 MAF of h2o portion Jharkhand volition get 2.0 MAF arsenic its share, Mr. Chaudhary said.
It besides approved Rs 155.38 crore for installation of 9073 CCTVs successful 53 jails crossed the state, Mr.Chaudhary said adding that the magnitude would beryllium spent connected CCTV cameras, software, tract infrastructure, fibre network, section monitoring outgo astatine jailhouse end, manpower cost, consultancy outgo contingency. Besides, integration of CCTV cameras, that person already been installed successful 8 jails, volition besides beryllium carried out.
Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (BELTRON), Patna volition transportation retired the installation of CCTVs successful 53 jails of the state, helium added.
The furniture besides decided to manus implicit Bihar Vikas Mission the work of supervising and monitoring the authorities government’s ambitious programme of “Saat Nischay-3” aimed astatine putting Bihar into developed states of the state successful adjacent 5 years.
The furniture besides sanctioned Rs 30 crore for Bihar Advocates Welfare Trust Committee for the payment of enrolled lawyers of the state, Chaudhary said adding that it would assistance giving Rs 5000 per period arsenic stipend to each caller advocates registered connected oregon aft January 01, 2024. The allocation of funds volition besides assistance successful giving Rs 5 lakh to barroom associations for mounting up e-libraries.
The furniture gave its administrative support of Rs 314.20 crore for operation of Bihar Bhawan successful Mumbai, helium said.
The cabinet, which was chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, approved a full of 43 docket including 2 legislative bills
