Lok Sabha Question No. 2229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2229 ANSWERED ON 08.0 3.201 8

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## 2229. DR. RAVINDRA BABU

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of inter - linking of rivers project;

(b) the rivers to be connected in the first phase and cost to be incurred thereon;

(c) the to tal number of rivers to be inter - linked in future; and

(d) whether interfering in the natural course of rivers will lead to ecological imbalance so, the details thereof and the corrective action to be taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) to (c): The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrig August 1980 for transf erring water from water surplus basins to water - deficit basins. Under the NPP, the  National  Water  Development  Agency  (NWDA)  identified  30  links  (16  under  Penins Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). Th Pre Feasibility Reports (PFRs) of all 30 links have been prepared and circulated to the concerned Governments. After survey and investigations, FRs of 14 links under Peninsular Component of 2 links and draft FRs of 7 links (Indian portion) u nder Himalayan Component have been completed. Present  status,  States  concerned,  and  benefits  are  given  in Annexure .  The  Inter -Linking  of  River (ILR) programme has been taken up on high priority.

Four priority links under Peninsular Rivers Component have been identified for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) viz; Ken - Betwa link project (KBLP) Phase -I & II, Damanganga - Pinjal link project, Par - Tapi - Narmada link project and Mahanadi - Godavari link project. The preparation of DPR of a project is take n up after consent of concerned State Governments. DPRs of KBLP Phase -I & Phase - II,  Damanganga - Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada  link  project  have  been completed. The  techno - economic  clearance  and  various  statutory  clearances  of  the  KBLP  Phase -I  hav e  been accorded. Based on the request of Government of M.P., the DPRs of projects included unde Phase - II  viz.,  Lower  Orr  dam,  Bina  complex  projects  and  Kotha  barrage  have  been  complet NWDA/  Government  of  M.P.  and  submitted  for  techno - economical appraisal  in  Central  Water Commission (CWC).

The  techno - economic  clearance  of  the  Damanganga - Pinjal  link  project  has  been  accorded subject to statutory clearances. The DPR of Par - Tapi - Narmada  link  project  has  been  submitted  for technical ap praisal in CWC. The DPR of the Mahanadi -Godavari link could not be taken up as the Government  of  Odisha  was  not  agreeable  for  Mahanadi -Godavari  link,  a  mother  link  of  9  link system viz., Mahanadi -Godavari -Krishna -Pennar -Palar -Cauvery -Vaigai -Gundar linkage due to large submergence involved in Manibhadra Dam. Based on the suggestions of Govt. of NWDA has prepared a preliminary revised proposal of Mahanadi -Godavari Link Project with reduced submergence and submitted to the Govt. of O disha.

The estimated cost of these four projects for which DPRs have been completed is f below:

|   Sl. No | Name of the Project           | Name of the Project   |   Estimated Cost (Rs. crore) at 2015 - 16 price level |
|----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Ken -Betwa Project(Phase -I)  | Link                  |                                                 18057 |
|        2 | Ken -Betwa Project(Phase -II) | Link                  |                                                  8594 |
|        3 | Damanganga - Pinjal Project   | Link                  |                                                  3008 |
|        4 | Par - Tapi - Narmada Project  | Link                  |                                                 10211 |

(d) At the time of preparation of DPR of the individual river link projects, detailed E Impact Assessment (EIA) studies as per Terms of Reference approved by Environmental App Committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate C hange are carried out. EIA study includes impacts on land environment, water resources and its quality, terrestrial e fauna, vegetation cover, wildlife), aquatic ecology (riverine ecology, fisheries), polluti during constructio n phase, impact on air quality, impact due to command area development, im on local services (like water supply, education, health care, community forests, impacts opportunities). All environmental impacts and issues arising out of the EIA studies are duly addressed in Environmental Management Plan which forms a part of DPR.

The impacts of individual ILR project on the human lives, environment, landmass, suitably addressed in the Environment Impact and Socio - economic impact Asse ssment studies which is part of the preparation of DPR.

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## Annexure referred toin reply to parts (a) to (c) of Unstarred Q.No.2229 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 08.03.2018 regarding ' Inter - Linking of Rivers ' .

## Present status of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links, the States involved, name of rivers, proposed benefits and status of Feasibility Reports/Detailed Project Report

| Sl. No   | Name                                                   | States concerned                                                            | States benefited             | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)   | Domestic and Industrial supply (MCM)   | Hydro power (MW)   | Present status   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|          | Peninsular Component                                   |                                                                             |                              |                               |                                        |                    |                  |
| 1        | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link   | Odisha, Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, Chattisgarh& Telangana                  | Andhra Pradesh & Odisha      | 0.91+3.52 = 4.43              | 802                                    | 445                | FR completed     |
| 2        | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Pulichintala)        | link - do-                                                                  | Telangana and Andhra Pradesh | 1.09+5.04= 6.13               | 413                                    | --                 | FR completed     |
| 3        | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, AP, Karnataka, Chattisgarh & Telangana | Telangana                    | 2.87                          | 237                                    | 975                | FR completed     |
| 4        | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link       | Odisha, Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, Chattisgarh& Telangana                  | Andhra Pradesh               | 5.82                          | 162                                    | --                 | FR completed     |
| 5        | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                        | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana& AP                                       | Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka   | 1.90+0.68 = 2.58              | 56                                     | --                 | FR completed     |
| 6        | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                      | - do-                                                                       | --                           | --                            | --                                     | 17                 | FR completed     |
| 7        | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) -Pennar (Somasila ) link      | Maharashtra, AP & Karnataka                                                 | Andhra Pradesh               | 5.81                          | 124                                    | 90                 | FR completed     |
| 8        | Pennar (Somasila) -Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link         | AP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                              | AP, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry  | 0.49+4.36 + 0.06 = 4.91       | 1105                                   | --                 | FR completed     |

|   Sl. No | Name                                                                     | States concerned                                                                                 | States benefited                                | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)                          | Domestic and Industrial supply (MCM)                    | Hydro power (MW)   | Present status             |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
|        9 | Cauvery (Kattalai) -Vaigai - Gundar link                                 | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                      | 3.38                                                 | 185                                                     | --                 | FR completed               |
|       10 | Ken -Betwa link a) Ken -Betwa Link Phase -I b) Ken -Betwa link Phase -II | Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh -do-                                                                | & Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | 2.66 + 3.69 =6.35 0.99                               | 49 6                                                    | 78 -               | FR&DPR (Ph-I&II) completed |
|       11 | Parbati - Kalisindh - - Chambal link                                     | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP requested to consulted during consensus building ) | be Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan                   | *Alt.I: 2.05+ 0.25 =2.30 (Alt.II: 1.77+ 0.43 = 2.20) | 13.2                                                    | --                 | FR completed               |
|       12 | Par - Tapi - Narmada link                                                | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                            | Gujarat& Maharashtra                            | 2.32                                                 | 76                                                      | 22                 | FR&DPR completed           |
|       13 | Damanganga - Pinjal link (As per DPR )                                   | - do-                                                                                            | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai)       | --                                                   | 895 (including 316 MCM from Pinjal dam proposed by GoM) | --                 | FR&DPR completed           |
|       14 | Bedti -Varda link                                                        | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka                                                          | Karnataka                                       | 0.60                                                 | --                                                      | 4                  | PFR completed              |
|       15 | Netravati - Hemavati link                                                | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala                                                                   | Karnataka                                       | 0.34                                                 | --                                                      | --                 | PFR completed.             |
|       16 | Pamba - Achankovil - Vaippar link                                        | Kerala & Tamil Nadu,                                                                             | Kerala& Tamil Nadu                              | 0.91                                                 | --                                                      | 508                | FR completed               |

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| Himalayan Component   | Himalayan Component                                         | Himalayan Component                                | Himalayan Component             | Himalayan Component               | Himalayan Component                  | Himalayan Component   | Himalayan Component                 |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                | Name                                                        | States concerned                                   | States benefited                | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)       | Domestic and Industrial supply (MCM) | Hydro power (MW)      | Present status                      |
| 1.                    | Manas - Sankosh- Tista - Ganga (M- S- T- G) link            | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar& Bhutan                  | Assam, West Bengal & Bihar      | 2.08 + 1.82 2.64 = 6.54           | + --                                 | 5287                  | PFR completed                       |
| 2.                    | Kosi- Ghaghra link                                          | Bihar , Uttar Pradesh &Nepal                       | Bihar& Uttar Pradesh            | 8.17+ 0.67 + 1.74 (Nepal) = 10.58 | 48                                   | --                    | PFR completed                       |
| 3.                    | Gandak- Ganga link                                          | - do-                                              | Uttar Pradesh                   | 37.99+2.41 (Nepal) = 40.40        | 700                                  | --                    | Draft FR completed (Indian portion) |
| 4.                    | Ghaghra- Yamuna link                                        | - do-                                              | Uttar Pradesh                   | 25.30 + 1.35 (Nepal) =26.65       | 1391                                 | 10884                 | FR completed (Indian portion)       |
| 5.                    | Sarda - Yamuna link                                         | Bihar, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Nepal | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand     | 3.45 + 0.30 = 3.75                | 6250                                 | 3600                  | FR completed (Indian portion)       |
| 6.                    | Yamuna - Rajasthan link                                     | UP, Gujarat, Haryana & Rajasthan                   | Haryana & Rajasthan             | 0.435 + 2.442 = 2.877             | 57                                   | --                    | Draft FR completed                  |
| 7.                    | Rajasthan - Sabarmati link                                  | - do-                                              | Rajasthan & Gujarat             | 5.35+ 2.04= 7.39                  | 282                                  | --                    | Draft FR completed                  |
| 8.                    | Chunar- Sone Barrage link                                   | Bihar& UP                                          | Bihar& Uttar Pradesh            | 0.30 + 0.37= 0.67                 | --                                   | --                    | Draft FR completed                  |
| 9.                    | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries Ganga link                  | of Bihar & Jharkhand                               | Bihar & Jharkhand               | 2.99 + 0.08=3.07                  | 360                                  | 95                    | PFR completed                       |
| 10.                   | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar - Subernarekha link                | West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand                    | West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand | 7.63 + 0.30 0.55 = 8.47           | + 484                                | -                     | Draft FR completed                  |
| 11.                   | Subernarekha - Mahanadi link                                | West Bengal& Odisha                                | West Bengal& Odisha             | 0.18 +0.365 = 0.545               | --                                   | 9                     | Draft FR completed                  |
| 12.                   | Kosi- Mechi link                                            | Bihar, West Bengal & Nepal                         | Bihar                           | 2.99 + 1.75 (Nepal) = 4.74        | 24                                   | 3180                  | PFR completed (Entirely in Nepal)   |
| 13.                   | Farakka - Sunderbans link                                   | West Bengal                                        | West Bengal                     | 1.50                              | 184                                  | --                    | Draft FR completed                  |
| 14.                   | Jogighopa - Tista - Farakka link (Alternative to - S- T- G) | M - do-                                            | Assam, West Bengal &Bihar       | ----                              | 216                                  | 1115                  | Alternate M - S- T-G link dropped.  |

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