The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project of Bihar.
This will be included under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana - Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (PMKSY-AIBP).
This Project envisages the diversion of part of surplus water of Kosi River for extending irrigation to Mahananda basin lying in Bihar.
The PMKSY was launched during the year of 2015-16 to enhance the physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation and improved on-farm water use efficiency.