Lok Sabha Question No. 906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan, Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES,

RIVER DEVELOPMENT &

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906

## ANSWERED ON 21.11 .2019

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## 906. SHRI DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of inter - linking of rivers under the National Perspective Plan of the Gove river/State - wise, along with the expenditure estimated to be incurred i n linking of each river;

(b) whether any suggestions/requests/ objections have been received from certain States i including request from Andhra Pradesh for linking Krishna - Godavari rivers and if so, the details the including the action t aken thereon;

(c) the quantum of funds allocated/ released/spent, if any, for the purpose so far, State/UT -wise;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  or  plans  to  conduct  a  social  impact  and  envi assessment of the effect on the livelihood of the people living in area likely to be affected due project and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the time by which each river linking is likely to be started/completed along with the b accrue therefrom?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) & (b) The  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  was  prepared  by  the  then  Ministry  of  Irrigat Ministry of Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basin 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 Compo and 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). The detail river linking projects viz., rivers, States concerned is given at Annexure - I .

Under  the  NPP,  four  priority  links  have  been  identified  for  preparation  of  Detai Reports  (DPR)  under the  Peninsular  Rivers  Component  viz;  Ken - Betwa  link  project  (KBLP), Damanganga - Pinjal link project, Par - Tapi - Narmada link project and Godavari - C uvery link project. The DPRs of KBLP, Damanganga- Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada link project have been sent to th concerned States.

GANGA REJUVENATION

Further, draft DPR of G davari - Cauvery  link  project  consisting  of  three  links  viz;  God (Inchampalli/Janampet) -Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar),  Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar) -Pennar  (Somasila), Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects has been completed and circulated to party States in March 2019.

The details of the estimated cost of the four priority links of the inter - linking of rivers (ILR) projects under NPP is given at Annexure - II .

Government of Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu have furnished suggestions/comm ents on the draft DPR of Godavari - Cauvery link project which have been taken into consideration.

(c)No fund has been allocated/released/spent as no ILR project has reached the stage of exec

(d) At the time of preparation of DPR of individual in ter - linking of river projects, detailed Environmen Impact  Assessment  (EIA)  studies  as  per  Terms  of  Reference  approved  by  Environmental  App Committee  (EAC)  of  Ministry  of  Environment  and  Forests  &  Climate  Change  are  carried  ou environmental  i mpacts  and  issues  arising  out  of  the  EIA  studies  are  addressed  in  Envir Management Plan which forms a part of DPR.

Socio - economic  impact  assessment including Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Pl respect of project affected persons is an i ntegral part of implementation of any link project and is i in the DPR.

(e)The implementation of river link projects involves various steps such as preparation of P Reports/ Feasibility Reports of links, negotiation and consensus a mong concerned States, preparation of DPRs of the projects, clearances from Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change of  Tribal  Affairs,  techno - economic  clearance  by  Advisory  Committee  on  Irrigation,  Flood  contro multipurpose proj ects of Ministry of Jal Shakti and investment clearance.

The stage of implementation of a project would be reached after its DPR is prepare consensus of concerned States and the requisite statutory clearances are obtained.

The  implementation  of NPP  would  give  benefit  of  25  million  ha  of  irrigation  from  s water, 10 million ha by increased use of ground water, raising the ultimate irrigation pot million ha to 175 million ha and generation of 34 million KW of power, apart from the incidental benefits of flood control, drought mitigation, navigation, water supply, fisheries, salinity and pollu

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS ( a)& (b)OF UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 906 TO BE ANSWERED IN LO K SABHA ON 21.11.201 9 REGARDING ' INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS '.

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

| Sl. No               | Name                                                   | Rivers                       | States concerned                                                                                   | Status of PFR/FR/DPR          |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 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                  |

| Sl. No              | Name                                                       | Rivers                         | States concerned                                              | Status of PFR/FR/DPR                   |
|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 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 - S-T- G Link) dropped |

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

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( a)& (b)OF UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 906 TO BE ANSWERED IN LO K SABHA ON 21.11.201 9 REGARDING ' INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS '.

## The estimated cost of the four prioritised inter - linking of rivers projects

|   Sl No | Name of the link project                                             | Estimated cost (Rs. in Crore)                         | Pricelevel   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Ken -Betwa Link Project (Comprehensive DPR)                          | 35111.24                                              | 2017- 18     |
|       2 | Damanganga - Pinjal Link Project                                     | 2746.61                                               | 2012- 13     |
|       3 | Par - Tapi - Narmada Link Project                                    | 10211.24                                              | 2014- 15     |
|       4 | Godavari(Inchampalli/Janampet) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) Link Project | Varies from 60360.88 to 90562.56 different alternates | in 2018- 19  |

- DPR -Detailed Project Report

*The cost of the remaining link projects will be known after preparation of DPRs of respe projects.

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