Inter-Linking of Rivers : 14 LINKS FROM HIMALAYA IDENTIFIED OUT OF THE TOTAL 30 RIVERS LINKS TO BE EXECUTED
–UTTARAKHAND HIMALAYA BUREAU-
National Perspective Plan (NPP) for Water Resources Development was formulated by the Government of India in 1980 for providing storage and transfer of surplus waters from water surplus basins to water deficit basins so as to mitigate the ravages of floods and also to minimize the miseries brought by droughts. Under the NPP, the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under the Peninsular Component & 14 under the Himalayan Component) for the preparation of Feasibility Reports. Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of eight links have been completed. Details and the current status of the proposals for the inter-State linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) Programme is furnished at Annexure Below.
Ken-Betwa Link project (KBP) is the first ILR project, for which implementation has been initiated. In December 2021, the Government of India approved for implementation of KBLP at an estimated cost of Rs. 44,605 crore (at the year 2020-21 price level), including central support of Rs. 39,317 crores. During the financial year 2021-22, an expenditure of Rs. 4,639.46 crores was made toward the implementation of KBP. For the financial year 2022-23, a budget allocation of Rs. 1,400 crores has been made for the purpose, while the expenditure made so far during the current financial year is Rs. 394.77 crores.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha on December 15th 2022.
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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 11(i) | Parbati – Kalisindh –Chambal link | Parbati, Kalisindhand Chambal | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan requested to be Consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed. | |||
| (ii) | Parbati-Kuno-Sindh link | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh | 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 Completed. | |||
| 14 | Bedti-Varada link | Bedti and Varada | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka | PFR Completed.
Draft DPR completed |
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| 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. | |||
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$ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link. |
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| 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.
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| 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
DPR in progress |
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| 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 and West Bengal | Dropped | |||