Patna, Aug 30 - Bihar is upset over the central government's advise against using water from the Ganga river during the lean period and set up its own reservoirs instead. The state government Sunday said this move would jeopardise proposed power plants in Bihar.

State Water Resources Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said the Bihar government would lodge its protest with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as the advise against using the Ganga water would hamper thr state's development.

'It is against the interest of Bihar's development. How can we be forced to create a water reservoir to run power plants? The Centre's advice was a clear message to stop using the water of the Ganga river during four months of lean period (when water flow reduces) for power plants,' Yadav told IANS.

The minister said the central government's suggestion came last week after Kolkata-based Nalanda Power Company, which is setting up a 2000-MW coal-based thermal power plant at Pirpainty in the state's Bhagalpur district, was not given water clearance.