Lok Sabha Question No. 4064 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4064

ANSWERED ON 10 .0 8.201 7

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## 4064. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN

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

(a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  has  decided  to  implement  and  complete  t -linking of river projects in the country within a specified p eriod;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether any objections have been raised from certain States and if so, the details th

(d) the efforts made by the Government to resolve the issues and complete the project?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a)& ( b) The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrig now Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR for water resources dev elopment through inter basin transfer of water ,for transferring water from water surplus basins to water -deficit basins. Under the NPP,  the  National  Water  Development  Agency  ( NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Report The pre - feasibility report of the all 30 links have been prepared and circulated to the State Governments by the NWDA. After survey and investigations, Feasibility Reports of 14 links under Peninsular Component and Feasibility Reports of 2 links and draft Feasibility Rep links  (Indian  portion)  under  Himalayan  Component  have  been  completed.  Present  status, concerned with  Inter Basin Water Transfer Links are give n in Annexure - I .

Four priority links under Peninsular Rivers Component have been identified for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) viz; Ken - Betwa Link, Phase -I & II, Damanganga - Pinjal Link, Par - Tapi - Narmada link and Mahanadi - Godavari link. T he preparation of DPR of a project is taken up only after consent of concerned State Governments. Based on the concurrence of the co States, DPRs of Ken - Betwa link project Phase -I & Phase -II, Damanganga - Pinjal link and Par - Tapi Narmada  link  have  bee n  completed.  The  techno - economic  clearance  and  various  statutory clearances  of  the  Ken -B twa  link  project  Phase -I  have  been  accorded.  The  techno -economic clearance  of  the  Damanganga - Pinjal  link  project  has  also  been  accorded  subject  to  stat clearances . The DPR of Par - Tapi - Narmada link is under technical appraisal in the Central Wa Commission.

The implementation  of Inter linking  of Rivers (ILR) projects involves various s as preparation of  Pre - feasibility Reports(PFRs) /Fe asibility Reports (FRs) of links, negotiation a consensus among concerned States, agreement  with neighboring countries if link involv lying in those countries, preparation of DPRs of the projects, clearance from appraisa which includes clearance by Ministry of Environment & Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and Ministry  of Tribal  Affairs (MoTA), techno - economic  clearance  by  Advisory  Committee  on Irrigation, Flood Control & Multipurpose Projects of MoWR, RD & GR,  investment clearance and the construction time required for the completion of the project as per the DPR.

The stage of implementation of a project would be reached after its DPR is prepar the consensus of concerned States and the requisite statutory clearances are obtained.  Thus the implementation of the projects will take varying periods of time.

(c)No State except Kerala is opposing the Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) Programme. Further Government is opposing only Pamba - Achankovil - Vaippar link which conc erns the State. However, some of the States have certain views/observations regarding ILR Projects, the details o given at Annexure - II.

(d) Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) programme has been taken up on high priority. The Gove nment is pursuing the ILR  program in a consultative manner.

As directed  by  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  vide  its  judgment  dated  27.02.2012  in  the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 512 of 2002 on 'Networking of Rivers' alongwith Writ Petition No. 668 of  2002  a  committee  called  'Special  Committee  on  Interlinking  of  Rivers'  vide  Gazette Notification dated 23rd September, 2014 has been constituted.

The Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers chaired by Hon'ble Union Minister ( WR, RD  &  GR)  as  per  the  direction  of  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  is  expediting  the  progress  and effective implementation in the ILR projects. Thirteen meetings of the Special Committee for ILR have been held so far and the last meeting was held on July 27, 2 017 at New Delhi. V iews and observations  on  the  ILR  programme  have  been  received  from  various  State  Govts,  expert other stakeholders in the meetings of the Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers Special  Committee  would  consider  all  su ch  observations  appropriately  while  planning  and formulating the ILR projects.

The Committee, after considering the views of all the stakeholders, is proceeding expedite the objectives of the interlinking of rivers as per terms of reference. Vi gorous forts have been taken up for generating consensus with development of alternative plans and also s road maps for implementation of mature projects.

## Annexure - I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4064 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017 IN LOK SABHA REGARDING INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

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

| Sl. No Name          | Sl. No Name                                            | Rivers                           | States concerned                                                                                   | Status                       |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                   | Peninsular Component             | Peninsular Component                                                                               |                              |
| 1                    | Mahanadi -Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                 | (Manibhadra) Mahanadi & Godavari | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh                                      | FR Completed                 |
| 2                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Pulichintala) link   | Godavari & Krishna               | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh                            | FR Completed                 |
| 3                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavari & Krishna               | Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka & Chattisgarh,           | FR Completed                 |
| 4                    | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link       | Godavari & Krishna               | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh                                      | FR Completed                 |
| 5                    | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                        | Krishna & Pennar                 | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Chattisgarh                             | & FR Completed               |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                      | Krishna & Pennar -               | do-                                                                                                | FR Completed                 |
| 7                    | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link     | Krishna & Pennar                 | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & Karnataka,                                                | FR Completed                 |
| 8                    | Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link        | Pennar & Cauvery                 | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                                         | FR Completed                 |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai- Gundar link               | Cauvery, Vaigai & Gundar         | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                                                         | FR Completed                 |
| 10                   | Ken -Betwa link                                        | Ken & Betwa                      | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | FR & DPR (Ph-I&II) Completed |
| 11                   | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link                     | Parbati, Kalisindh & Chambal     | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP requested to be consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed                 |
| 12                   | Par - Tapi - Narmada link                              | Par, Tapi & Narmada              | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | FR & DPR Completed           |
| 13                   | Damanganga -Pinjal link                                | Damanganga & Pinjal              | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | FR & DPR Completed.          |
| 14                   | Bedti-Varda link                                       | Bedti & Varda                    | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka                                                            | PFR Completed                |
| 15                   | Netravati - Hemavati link                              | Netravati & Hemavati             | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala                                                                     | PFR Completed                |
| 16                   | Pamba -Achankovil- Vaippar link                        | Pamba, Achankovil & Vaippar      | Kerala & Tamil Nadu,                                                                               | FR Completed                 |

| Sl. No              | Name                                                       | Rivers                         | States concerned                                              | Status                                |
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Himalayan Component | Himalayan Component                                        | Himalayan Component            | Himalayan Component                                           | Himalayan Component                   |
| 1.                  | Manas - Sankosh- Tista - Ganga (M-S- T-G) link             | Manas - Sankosh- Tista - Ganga | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar& Bhutan                             | PFR completed                         |
| 2.                  | Kosi- Ghaghra link                                         | Kosi & Ghaghra                 | Bihar , Uttar Pradesh & Nepal                                 | PFR completed                         |
| 3.                  | Gandak-Ganga link                                          | Gandak & Ganga                 | - do-                                                         | Draft FR completed (Indian portion)   |
| 4.                  | Ghaghra- Yamuna link                                       | Ghaghra & Yamuna               | - do-                                                         | FR completed (Indian portion)         |
| 5.                  | Sarda - Yamuna link                                        | Sarda & Yamuna                 | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Nepal | FR completed (Indian portion)         |
| 6.                  | Yamuna - Rajasthan link                                    | Yamuna & Sukri                 | Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana Rajasthan                     | & Draft FR completed                  |
| 7.                  | Rajasthan - Sabarmati link                                 | Sabarmati                      | - do-                                                         | Draft FR completed                    |
| 8.                  | Chunar- Sone Barrage link                                  | Ganga & Sone                   | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh                                         | Draft FR completed                    |
| 9.                  | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link              | Sone & Badua                   | Bihar & Jharkhand                                             | PFR completed                         |
| 10.                 | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar - Subernarekha link               | Ganga, Damodar & Subernarekha  | West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand                               | Draft FR completed                    |
| 11.                 | Subernarekha - Mahanadi link                               | Subernarekha & Mahanadi        | West Bengal & Odisha                                          | Draft FR Completed                    |
| 12.                 | Kosi- Mechi link                                           | Kosi &Mechi                    | Bihar , West Bengal & Nepal                                   | PFR completed Entirely lies Nepal     |
| 13.                 | Ganga (Farakka) - Sunderbans link                          | Ganga & Ichhamati              | West Bengal                                                   | Draft FR completed                    |
| 14.                 | Jogighopa -Tista - Farakka link (Alternative to M -S- T-G) | Manas, Tista & Ganga           | - do-                                                         | (Alternative M - S-T- G Link) dropped |

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

## Annexure - II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4064  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  10.08.2017  IN  LOK  SABHA  REGARDING ' INTER -LINKING OF RIVERS '

## Link wise Details of objections raised by various State Governments

|   S.No. | Name of Link Project                          | Concerned States                                                   | Views/Observations                                                                                                                                                           |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pamba - Achankovil - Vaippar link             | Tamil Nadu & Kerala                                                | Kerala Assembly has passed resolution against taking up Link Project (2003)                                                                                                  |
|       2 | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link            | Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan                                         | Government of MP has prepared submitted the DPRs of Multipurpose Project and dam as a major intra - St te link (important components of - Kalisindh - Chambal link) to CWC . |
|       3 | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari link         | Odisha, Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka, Chattisgarh,                   | & Govt. of Odisha is not this ILR project due to submergence of Manibhadra dam/reservoir and to the balance and quantum of water diverted.                                   |
|       4 | Godavari(Inchampalli) - Krishna link Projects | Odisha, Maharashtra, MP, AP, Telangana , Karnataka, & Chattisgarh, | Govt. of Telangana is not the water balance at Inchampalli dam site in Godavari basin.                                                                                       |
|       5 | Netravati - Hemavati link                     | Karnataka, TamilNadu & Kerala                                      | Govt. of Karnataka intends to Netravati water as per its own                                                                                                                 |

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