Ministry of Jal Shakti
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INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS

Posted On: 09 FEB 2023 4:37PM by PIB Delhi

National Perspective Plan (NPP) for development of water resources was formulated by Government of India in 1980. 30 link projects (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) have been identified under NPP. National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has been entrusted with the work of inter-linking of rivers under NPP. Details and current status of the proposals for inter-State linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) programme are furnished at Annexure.

The Government is pursuing the ILR program by building consensus amongst the Party States. An ILR project would reach the implementation stage once agreement amongst Party States is reached on water sharing and all requisite statutory clearances for its implementation are obtained. The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the first link project implementation of which has begun under NPP. The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) amongst the Government of India and Governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for the joint implementation of the project was signed on 22.03.2021. Subsequently, Government of India approved the implementation of KBLP in December, 2021 with an estimated cost of Rs 44,605 crore (year 2020-21 price level) with central support of Rs 39,317 crore through a Special Purpose Vehicle viz; Ken Betwa Link Project Authority (KBLPA). The project is planned to be completed in period of 8 years. However, in case of other ILR projects, it would be difficult to assign a time line for their completion, as it is dependent upon the Party States to reach a consensus on water sharing and other issues.

Recently, looking at the scarce water availability in the State of Rajasthan, the Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers (SCILR) in its 20th meeting held in December, 2022 in New Delhi has approved the proposal of integration of the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) with the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link (a link under NPP) and the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC), duly integrated with ERCP, to be a part of NPP of interlinking of rivers in the country. The project envisages mitigating the water needs, particularly the drinking water needs, in 13 districts of Rajasthan and 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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AS

 

ANNEXURE

Details and status of the proposals for inter-state linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme

S.

No

Name

Rivers

States concerned

Status

Peninsular Component

 

 

 

1(a)

Mahanadi (Manibhadra)–

Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link

Mahanadiand Godavari

Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana,

Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka and Maharashtra

FR Completed.

1(b)

Mahanadi (Bermul)–

Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link

Mahanadi and Godavari

--do--

FR Completed.

2

Godavari(Inchampall)-Krishna(Pulichintala)

link

Godavariand Krishna

Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

and Karnataka

FR Completed.

3

Godavari(Inchampalli)-Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link

Godavariand Krishna

--do--

FR Completed.

DPR Completed.

4

Godavari(Polavaram)

- Krishna(Vijayawada) link

Godavari and Krishna

--do--

FR Completed.

5

Krishna(Almatti)

–Pennar link

Krishna and Pennar

Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnataka

FR Completed.

6

Krishna (Srisailam)–Pennar link

Krishna and Pennar

--do—

 

FR Completed.

7

Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)-Pennar (Somasila) link

Krishna and Pennar

--do--

FR Completed.

DPR Completed.

8

Pennar (Somasila)–Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link

Pennar and Cauvery

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry

FR Completed.

DPR Completed.

9

Cauvery (Kattalai)–Vaigai–Gundar link

Cauvery, Vaigai and

Gundar

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry

DPR Completed.

10

Ken–Betwa link

Ken and Betwa

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

DPR Completed.

KBLP has been approved. Implementation initiated.

11

(i)

Parbati – Kalisindh –Chambal link

Parbati, Kalisindh and Chambal

Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan requested to be Consulted during consensus building)

FR completed.

(ii)

Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link (duly integrated with ERCP)

Parbati, Kuno, Kalisindh, Chambal, Mej and Banas

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

PFR completed.$

12

Par-Tapi-Narmada link

Par, Tapi and Narmada

Maharashtra and Gujarat

DPR completed.

13

Damanganga – Pinjal link

Damanganga and Pinjal

--do--

DPR ccompleted.

14

Bedti-Varada link

Bedti and Varada

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

DPR completed

15

Netravati – Hemavati link

Netravati

and Hemavati

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

PFR completed.

16

Pamba - Achankovil –Vaippar link

Pamba,Achankovil and Vaippar

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

FR completed.

$ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link.

Himalayan Component

 

1.

Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga(M-S-T-G)link

Manas, Sankosh,

Tista and Ganga

BHUTAN&INDIA

(Assam,West Bengal and Bihar)

FR completed.

 

2.

Kosi-Ghaghra link

Kosi and Ghaghra

NEPAL&INDIA

(Bihar and Uttar Pradesh)

PFR completed

3.

Gandak-Ganga link

Gandak and Ganga

--do--

FR completed (Indian portion)

4.

Ghaghra-Yamuna link

Ghaghra and Yamuna

--do--

FR completed (Indian portion)

5.

Sarda-Yamuna link

Sarda and Yamuna

NEPAL&INDIA

(Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana

And Rajasthan)

FR completed (Indian portion)

6.

Yamuna-Rajasthan link

Yamuna and Sukri

Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and UttarPradesh

FR completed

7.

Rajasthan-Sabarmati link

Sabarmati

--do--

FR completed

8.

Chunar-Sone Barrage link

Ganga and Sone

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Draft FR completed

9.

Sone Dam – Southern Tributaries of Ganga link

Sone and Badua

Bihar and Jharkhand

PFR completed

10.

Ganga (Farakka)-Damodar-

Subernarekha link

Ganga, Damodar and Subernarekha

West Bengal,Odisha and Jharkhand

FR completed

11.

Subernarekha-Mahanadi link

Subernarekha and Mahanadi

West Bengal and Odisha

FR completed

12.

Kosi-Mechi Link

Kosi and Mechi

NEPAL & INDIA

(Bihar and West Bengal)

PFR completed

13.

Ganga (Farakka)-Sunderbans link

Ganga and Ichhamati

West Bengal

FR completed

14.

Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T-G)

Manas,Tista and Ganga

Assam, Bihar andWest Bengal

Dropped
                 

 

  • PFR- Pre Feasibility Report
  • FR- Feasibility Report
  • DPR- Detailed Project Report

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