The Project, under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana- Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (PMKSY-AIBP), will be completed by 2029, aiding irrigation and flood management in Bihar.

Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project 

• It envisages diversion of part of surplus water of Kosi River to Mahananda basin in Bihar by linking it to Mechi river. 
• This will be done by remodelling and extension of the existing Eastern Kosi Main Canal (EKMC).
  • EKMC is a part of the Kosi Project (1954) between India and Nepal to overcome the problem of shifting of course of the Kosi River.

About PMKSY

• PMKSY is an umbrella scheme launched in 2015-16.
• Aim: To enhance physical access of water on farm, expand cultivable area under irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc.
• Major Components: 
  • Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) being implemented by Ministry of Jal Shakti.
  • Watershed Development (WD) being implemented by Ministry of Rural Development. 
• PMKSY- AIBP
  • AIBP was launched in 1996-97 and amalgamated in PMKSY in 2015-16. 
  • Aim: Provision of Central Assistance to major and medium irrigation projects under Long Term Irrigation Fund, with borrowings from NABARD.