The Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project aims to divert excess water from the Kosi River to the Mahananda basin in Bihar. This will be achieved through the remodelling of the Eastern Kosi Main Canal ...

Patna: The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the inclusion of the Kosi-Mechi Intra-State River Link Project under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai ...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, approved the inclusion of Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project of Bihar under ...

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday (March 28, 2025) announced that the Union Cabinet approved the Kosi Mechi intra-state river link project in Bihar of ₹6,282 crore. “By linking these ...

The project aims to divert surplus water from the Kosi River to irrigate farmland in the Mahananda basin, covering 2.10 lakh hectares across Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj, and Katihar districts.

The Link Project envisages diversion of part of surplus water of Kosi river for extending irrigation to the Mahananda basin lying in Bihar by way of remodelling of existing Eastern Kosi Main Canal ...

If completed, the bridge would have linked the mainland along Kari Kosi to the floodplains, drawing buyers for the latter, as per the plan.