Transfer of land to farmers- contentious.

Schemes since 1970s to tame the ravines have failed.

Lead to substantive development of the region (Along with Chambal Expressway).

Will also create employment opportunities.

Improving agricultural development and environment.

If this area is improved, then this will help in the integrated development of the Bihad area in Gwalior-Chambal region.More than 3 lakh hectares of rugged land is not cultivable in Chambal region.The total cost of the proposed project was estimated at Rs 1,100 crore, with the state government and the beneficiaries (farmers to whom the reclaimed land will be allotted) sharing the remaining burden.For this, it had sought Rs 900 crore from the Central government.In 2015, the Madhya Pradesh government envisaged the conversion of the entire ravine area of 68,833 hectares falling in the three districts of Morena, Sheopur and Bhind into farm land.The soil, which is prone to erosion, has to be strengthened – bunding.The area has to be first levelled – flatten the ravines using machinery.The dry, granular surface material and light vegetation are swept from the slopes during showers, leaving the gullies bare.Badlands develop in arid to semiarid areas where the bedrock is poorly cemented and rainfall is generally heavy and intermittent.Badland topography is a major feature of the Chambal valley is characterized by an undulating floodplain, gullies and ravines.Ravines are a type of fluvial erosional feature and are formed as a result of constant vertical erosion by streams and rivers flowing over semi-arid and arid regions.

The Chambal ravines are known for infertile terrain, water scarcity and frequent droughts.

The project will be taken up in collaboration with the World Bank.

A preliminary report for the same will be prepared in a month.

The Centre has decided to convert large area of ravines in Gwalior-Chambal belt of Madhya Pradesh into arable land.

Some Recent World bank Assisted projects.

UPSC Geo Scientist Eligibility Criteria.

UPSC EPFO Previous Year Question Papers.

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