lucknow nabard has sanctioned rs 16826 crore to government of up cumulatively for 66923 infrastructure projects over a period spanning more than 19 years projects covering important sectors viz irrigation flood protection watershed rural connectivity animal husbandry forestry and construction of secondary school buildings have been funded by nabard under ridf during the year 201415 major sectors prioritized by the uttar pradesh state government for financing under ridf include irrigation rural roads and bridges and watershed rainwater management flood protection with fewer projects under sectors like animal husbandry fisheries education and forestry among others badaun kanhar in sonebhadra irrigation project yamuna gyanpur pump canal in allahabad bhaoni dam lalitpur bansagar dam in sonebhadra bridge on ghaghara at kumhariyaghat ganga bridge at bulandsahar are a fewbig ticket projects that have been implemented with funds availed from ridf benefitting farmers and rural populace at large nabard ridf projects have added additional 45 lakh ha of arable land to irrigational facilities ensured flood protection in 23 lakh ha degraded land to the tune of 15 lakh ha have been treated and made arable for increasing rural connectivity more than 38457 km all weather roads have been constructed out of ridf funds further 681 bridges across the state constructed with nabard funds have also been constructed improving the connectivity to hitherto large number of villages not connected to the road network nabard has committed for the current year 201415 a sum of rs 2000 crore for sanction of new projects to the state government against which projects worth rs 604 crore have already been sanctioned including pahari pick up weir in lalitpur and irrigation project in gorakhpur on ghaghara riverfurther projects worth rs 300 crore are in process presently in addition to the traditional activities nabard has extended a separate line of credit for developing cold and dry storage capacity in the state a sum of rs 260 crore has been earmarked for the state