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UP prepares scheme for de-silting of rivers

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Press Trust of India Lucknow

"The state government is preparing a scheme for de-silting of rivers and has also sought support of the Centre in this regard", Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav said in the Vidhan Sabha in reply to a question.

He said that the state government is considering use of funds under the MNREGS head in the de-silting work.

Yadav was replying to a question raised by BJP member Suresh Kumar Khanna

The government was also considering construction of pucca (permanent) embankments to save villages from onslaught of floods, he added.

  

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First Published: Jun 13 2012 | 5:35 PM IST

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