Lok Sabha Question No. 5339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: Flood Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5339

ANSWERED ON 06.04.2017

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT

## †5339. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY

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

(a) whether the Government has constituted or proposes to constitute a Committee of experts by including the panel of engineers to prepare a scheme to link the rivers to ensure proper use of water and to prevent recurrence of the floods in the country and if so, the details thereof; (b) the details of the measures taken by the National Water Development Authority till date to prevent the recurrence of floods, to link the rivers and to utilize the irrigation capacity of the rivers to the maximum; and

(c) the current status in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) In order to speed up the implementation of Inter-linking of River (ILR) Programme and to arrive at a consensus on the link proposals between the States, a 'Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers', has been constituted by this Ministry in September, 2014. Twelve meetings of the Special Committee for ILR have been held so far (last meeting held on March 8, 2017 at New Delhi), wherein State Irrigation/ Water Resources Ministers along with the Secretaries of various States attended the meetings. The Special Committee on ILR take into consideration  all  the  suggestions/observations  of  the  stakeholders  while  planning  and formulating the ILR projects.

In the first meeting of the Special Committee for ILR held on 17.10.2014, it was decided to constitute four specific sub-committees.

- i) Sub-committee  for  comprehensive  evaluation  of  various  studies/reports  (SubCommittee - I).

Seven  meetings  of  Sub-committee-I  have  been  held  so  far.  The  last  meeting  was held on 26.07.2016.

## ii)  Sub-Committee for system studies for identifications of most appropriate alternate plan (Sub-Committee - II).

Ten meetings of Sub-committee-II have been held so far. The last meeting was held on 03.03.2017.

## iii) Sub-Committee for Restructuring of National Water Development Agency (Subcommittee - III)

Sub-committee - III has completed the assigned task   and submitted its report to the Ministry of Water Resources, RD&GR on 21.09.2015.

## iv) Sub-committee  for  consensus  building  through  negotiations  and  arriving  at agreement between concerned States (Sub-committee - IV)

Two meetings of Sub-committee - IV have been held so far and the last meeting was held on 30.10.2015.

## Constitution of Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (2015)

The Union Cabinet while approving the constitution of Special Committee for ILR in its  meeting  held  on  24 th July,  2014  directed  that  a  committee  comprising  of  experts  be constituted  to  look  into  the  issues  relating  to  inter  linking  of  rivers.  In  compliance  to  the direction  of  Union  Cabinet,  MoWR,  RD  &  GR  vide  O.M.  dated  13 th April,  2015  has constituted a Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (TF-ILR) under the Chairmanship of Shri B.N. Navalawala, Chief Advisor, MoWR,  RD&GR.  Task  Force  assists  the  Special Committee for ILR and MoWR, RD & GR regarding the implementation of ILR Programme.

Six meetings of the Task Force have been held so far and last meeting was held on 13.02.2017.

(b)  &  (c)  Under  the  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  prepared  by  this  Ministry  for  water resources  development  through  Inter-basin  transfer  of  water  from  surplus  basins  to  deficit basins,  NWDA  has  identified  30  links  (16  under  Peninsular  Component  &  14  under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports. After survey and investigations  FRs  of  14  links  under  Peninsular  Component  and  2  links  in  the  Himalayan component have been prepared. Present status of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links, the States involved, name of rivers and status of Feasibility Reports/Detailed Project Report is given at Annexure .

The implementation of NPP for Water Resources Development would create an additional irrigation potential of approximately 35 million hectare and generate about 34000 mega watts (MW)  hydro  power,  apart  from  the  incidental  benefits  of  flood  moderation,  navigation, drinking and industrial water supply, fisheries, salinity and pollution control etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of Unstarred Question No. 5339 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 06.04.2017 regarding Flood Management.

## Present Status Of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links

| Sl. No               | Name                                                   | Rivers                       | States concerned                                                                                   | Status                        |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 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                  |

| 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 in 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 to M- S-T-G Link) dropped |

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

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