Patna, Mar 8 (UNI) Bihar assembly passed the budgetary demands amounting to over Rs 1600 crores for the Water Resources department with voice vote today.

Replying to the debate on the budgetary demands of his ministry, Bihar Water Resources Minister Ramhashray Prasad Singh, who is also holding the Parliamentry Affairs portfolio, said the state government was working over the project for interlinking of rivers.

He said the state government was negotiating with the Jharkhand government for the purpose and formalities were underway to interlink the rivers flowing between the two states.

He said the work on Durgawati reservoir would be functional by the end of this year and the government was also working to complete the Chakri dam and upper Chakri dam.

He said flood and drought were major cause of concern and the government had definite plans to deal with the problem. The government was also working on the plan to solve the water logging problem of ``taal`` area (reverin bed).

Later Mr Ramchandra Purvey of RJD moved the cut motion for the budgetary demands which was later passed with voice vote.

UNI