Lok Sabha Question No. 752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Socio-environmental concerns of Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 752

ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.201 7

## SOCIO - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCER NS OF INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## 752. SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE

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

(a) whether the Government has considered any socio - environmental concerns related to inter - linking of rivers project, if so, the details thereof;

(b) wh ether a very detailed hydrological, geological, meteorological and environmental analys has been completed or is under progress, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the river links and storage structures likely to be covered / consider d to transfer surplus water through a canal network after completion of the said project; and

(d) the detailed list of the proposed links, State - w se?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) At the time of preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the individual river link Environmental  Impact  Assessment  (EIA)  studies  and  Socio - economic  studies  as  per  Terms  of  Referen approved by Env ironmental Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests & Change (MoEF&CC) are carried out. EIA study includes impacts on land environment, water resou quality,  terrestrial  ecology  (flora,  fauna,  vegetation  cover,  wi ldlife),  aquatic  ecology  (riverine  ec fisheries), pollution due to noise during construction phase, impact on air quality, impact d development, impacts on local services ( like water supply, education, health care, community s, impacts on  business  opportunities).  All  environmental  impacts  and  issues  arising  out  of  the  EIA addressed  in  Environmental  Management  Plan  which  forms  a  part  of  DPR.  The  Socio - economic  studies include  detailed  Resettlement  &  Rehabilitat ion  (R&R)  Plan  for  project  affected  persons  including population.

(b) At the time of preparation of DPR for link projects, detailed hydrological, geological, m environmental analysis of the projects are carried out. So far, DPR of Ken - Betwa link project, Damanganga -Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada link project have been completed for which comprehensive -economic,  environmental  impact  assessment  studies  were  carried  out  as  per  the  terms  of MoEF&CC.

(c) &(d) Under the National Perspective Plan (NPP) for water resources development through transfer of water prepared by this Ministry, National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has id links  (16  under  Peninsular  Component  &  14  under  Himal ayan  Component)  for  preparation  of  Feasibi Reports (FRs). After survey and investigations, FRs of 14 links under Peninsular Component an Himalayan component have been prepared. Present status, States concerned and States benefited ter Basin Water  Transfer  Links  are  given  in Annexure - I .  The  detailed  list  of  storage  structures  like covered/considered for transfer of surplus of water through canal/tunnel network are given in Annexure - II .

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Unstarred Question No. 752 to be answered in 20.07.2017 regarding 'Socio - environmental concerns of Inter -linking of Rivers' .

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

| Sl. No               | Name                                                  | Rivers                        | States concerned                                                                                     | Status                               |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                  | Peninsular Component          | Peninsular Component                                                                                 | Peninsular Component                 |
| 1                    | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) -Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link   | Mahanadi & Godavari           | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh                                        | FR Completed                         |
| 2                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) -Krishna (Pulichintala) link   | Godavari & Krishna            | - do-                                                                                                | FR Completed                         |
| 3                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) -Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavari & Krishna            | Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, 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              | - do-                                                                                                | FR Completed                         |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                     | Krishna & Pennar              | - do-                                                                                                | FR Completed                         |
| 7                    | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) -Pennar (Somasila ) link     | Krishna & Pennar              | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & 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                         |
| 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 Ganga link            | of 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 in Nepal |
| 13.                  | Ganga (Farakka) - Sunderbans link                     | Ganga & Ichhamati             | West Bengal                                                                                          | Draft FR completed                   |
| 14.                  | Jogighopa - Tista - Farakka link                      | Manas, Tista                  | - do-                                                                                                | (Alternative to M - S-T-G            |
|                      | (Alternative to M - S-T-G)                            | & Ganga                       |                                                                                                      | Link) dropped                        |

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

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Unstarred Question No. 752 to be answered 20.07.2017 regarding 'Socio - environmental concerns of Inter -linking of Rivers' .

## LIST OF DAMS PROPOSED/EXISTING IN INTER BASIN WATER TRANSFER PROPOS ALS

| Sl.No. I                               | Name of the Link COMPONENT                          | Name of the Dam                        | Location of dam                        |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1                                      | HIMALAYAN Kosi- Mechi                               | 1.Kosi                                 | Nepal                                  |
| 2                                      | Kosi- Ghagra                                        | -                                      | -                                      |
| 3                                      | Gandak- Ganga                                       | 1.Gandak                               | Nepal                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 2. Seti                                | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 3.Marshyandi                           | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 4.Kali Gandaki                         | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 5.Burhi Gandaki                        | - do-                                  |
| 4                                      | Ghagra- Yamuna                                      | 1.Chisapani                            | - do-                                  |
| 5                                      | Sarda - Yamuna                                      | 1.Poornagiri                           | - do-                                  |
| 6                                      | Yamuna -Rajasthan                                   | -                                      | -                                      |
| 7                                      | Rajasthan -Sabarmati                                | -                                      | -                                      |
| 8                                      | Chunar- Sone Barrage                                | -                                      | -                                      |
| 9                                      | Sone Dam -Southern Tributaries of Ganga             | 1.Kadwan                               | Bihar                                  |
| 10                                     | Brahmaputra - Ganga (Manas- Sankosh- Tista - Ganga) | 1.Manas 2.                             | Bhutan                                 |
|                                        |                                                     | Sankosh                                | - do-                                  |
| 11                                     | Brahmaputra - Ganga (Jogighopa - Tista - Farakka)   |                                        | -                                      |
|                                        |                                                     | -                                      |                                        |
| 12                                     | Farakka -Sunderbans                                 | -                                      | -                                      |
| 13                                     | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar - Subernarekha             | -                                      | -                                      |
| 14                                     | Subernarekha - Mahanadi                             | -                                      | -                                      |
|                                        | Sub Total(I):                                       | 11                                     |                                        |
| II                                     | PENINSULAR COMPONENT                                |                                        |                                        |
| 1                                      | Mahanadi(Manibhadra )- Godavari(Dowlaiswaram)       | 1.Manibhadra                           | Orissa                                 |
| 2                                      | Godavari(Polavaram) - Krishna(vijayawada)           | 1.Polavaram                            | Andhra Pradesh                         |
| 3                                      | Godavari(Inchampalli) -Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)      | 1.Inchampalli                          | - do-                                  |
| 4                                      | Godavari(Inchampalli) -Krishna(Pulichintala)        | 1.Pulichintala                         | - do-                                  |
| 5                                      | Krishna(Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar(Somasila)          | 1.Nagarjunasagar*                      | - do-                                  |
| 6                                      | Krishna(Srisailam) - Pennar                         | 1.Srisailam*                           | - do-                                  |
| 7                                      | Krishna(Almatti) - Pennar                           | 1.Almatti*                             | Karnataka                              |
| 8                                      | Pennar(Somasila) -Cauvery(Grand Anicut)             | 1.Somasila*                            | Andhra Pradesh                         |
| 9                                      | Cauvery(Kattalai) -Vaigai -                         | -                                      | -                                      |
|                                        | Gundar                                              |                                        |                                        |
|                                        |                                                     | 1.Patanpur 2.Mohanpura                 | Madhya Pradesh - do-                   |
| 10                                     | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal                       | 3.Kundaliya                            | - do-                                  |
| 11                                     | Damanganga - Pinjal                                 | 1.Bhugad                               | Gujarat                                |
|                                        |                                                     | 2.Khargihill                           | Maharashtra                            |
|                                        |                                                     | 3.                                     | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | Pinjal                                 |                                        |
| 12                                     | Par- Tapi - Narmada                                 | 1.Jheri                                | Maharashtra                            |
|                                        |                                                     | 2.Mohankavchali                        | Gujarat                                |
|                                        |                                                     | 3.Paikhed                              | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 4.Chasmandva                           | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 5.Chikkar                              | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 6.Dabdar                               |                                        |
|                                        |                                                     |                                        | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 7.Kelwan                               | - do-                                  |
| 13                                     | Ken - Betwa                                         | 1.Daudhan                              | Madhya Pradesh                         |
| 14                                     | Pamba -Achankovil - Vaippar                         | 1.Punnamedu                            | Kerala                                 |
|                                        |                                                     | 2.Achankovil Kalar                     | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 3.Achankovil                           | - do-                                  |
| 15                                     | Bedti - Varda                                       | 1.Pattanadahalla                       | Karnataka                              |
|                                        |                                                     | 2.Shalmalahalla                        | - do-                                  |
| 16                                     | Netravati - Hemavati                                | 1.Yattin hole                          | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 2.Keri hole                            | - do-                                  |
|                                        |                                                     | 3.Hongadhallad                         | - do-                                  |
| Sub Total(II):30 Grand Total(I+II): 41 | Sub Total(II):30 Grand Total(I+II): 41              | Sub Total(II):30 Grand Total(I+II): 41 | Sub Total(II):30 Grand Total(I+II): 41 |