Lok Sabha Question No. 74 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *74

ANSWERED ON 21 . 11.201 9

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## *74. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any proposals regarding inter - linking of rivers in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Pradesh are pending with the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons there for;
- (c) the details of work done so far to inter - link the waters of rivers and dams in the said States; and
- (d) whether any hindrances are being faced in completion of the said projects and if so, the

## ANSWER

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  STARRED  QUESTION NO. *74  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.11.2019  RE GARDING ' INTER - LINKING  OF  RIVERS ' RAISED BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS & SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA. M.Ps.

(a) to (c ) 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 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 Compo and 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparatio n of Feasibility Reports (FRs).

Under  NPP,  three  inter -linking  of  rivers  (ILR)  projects  namely,  Krishna  (Almatti) - Pennar  link project,  Bedti - Varda  link  project  and  Netravati -Hemavati  link  project  have  been  identified  benefit Karnataka State.

Three ILR projects namely, Yamuna -Rajasthan link project, Rajasthan - Sabarmati link project and Parbati -Kalishindh -Chambal link project have been identified benefitting Rajasthan State.

Two  ILR  projects  namely,  Damanganga - Pinjal  link  project  and  Par - Tapi - Narmada  link  project have been identified benefitting Maharashtra State.

Six  ILR  projects  namely,  Ken -Betwa  link  project,  Gandak - Ganga  link  project,  Ghaghra (Karnali) - Yamuna link project, Sarda - Yamuna link project, Chunar - Sone Barrage link project and Kosi -Ghaghra (Karnali) link project have been identified benefitting Uttar Pradesh State.

The details of the above ILR projects indicating their status is given at Annexure - I .

Apart  from  the  above,  NWDA  has  received  proposals  of 6  intra -State  link  projects  from Government of Karnataka, 20 intra - State link projects from Government of Maharashtra and 2 intra - State link projects from Government of Rajasthan.

The details of the above intra - Sta e link projects indicating their status is given at Annexure - II .

(d) The implementation of river link projects involves various steps such as preparation of P Reports/ Feasibility Reports of links, negotiation and consensus among concerned States, pr Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of the projects, clearances from Ministry of Environment and For Climate  Change,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  techno - economic  clearance  by  Advisory  Committee  on Irrigation, Flood control & multipurpose projects of Ministry of Jal Sha kti, 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 main problems involving implementation of the ILR projects include problem in consensus among  party  States,  funding  for  implementation,  implementation  mechanism  and  internationa (projects involving other countries).

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART S ( a)to (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *74 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK S ABHA ON 21.11.2019 R EGARDING ' INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS '.

## Names of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links, name of rivers, status of Feasibility Reports/Deta Report

| Sl. No.                                | Name                                   | Rivers                                 | Present Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Projects benefitting Karanataka State  | Projects benefitting Karanataka State  | Projects benefitting Karanataka State  | Projects benefitting Karanataka State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 1.                                     | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link        | Krishna & Pennar                       | FR Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 2.                                     | Bedti-Varda link                       | Bedti & Varda                          | PFR Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 3.                                     | Netravati - Hemavati link              | Netravati & Hemavati                   | PFR Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Projects benefitting Rajasthan State   | Projects benefitting Rajasthan State   | Projects benefitting Rajasthan State   | Projects benefitting Rajasthan State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 1.                                     | Yamuna - Rajasthan link                | Yamuna & Sukri                         | Draft FR completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2.                                     | Rajasthan - Sabarmati link             | Sabarmati                              | Draft FR completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 3.                                     | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link     | Parbati, Kalisindh & Chambal           | FR Completed Recently Govt. Of Rajasthan has proposed integration Rajasthan Canal Project with Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Projects benefitting Maharashtra State | Projects benefitting Maharashtra State | Projects benefitting Maharashtra State | Projects benefitting Maharashtra State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 1.                                     | Damanganga - Pinjal link               | Damanganga & Pinjal                    | FR & DPR Completed. Techno-economic clearance accorded subject to Forest for diversion of 1674 ha of forest land and clearance Tribal population from MoTA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2.                                     | Par - Tapi - Narmada link              | Par, Tapi & Narmada                    | FR & DPR Completed . DPR sent to CWC for technical app raisal. Combined MoU for implementation of Damanganga - Pinjal and Par - Tapi- Narmada link has been sent to Govt. of and Gujarat for concurrence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Projects benefitting UP State          | Projects benefitting UP State          | Projects benefitting UP State          | Projects benefitting UP State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 1.                                     | Ken -Betwa link project (KBLP)         | Ken & Betwa                            | FR & DPR (Ph-I&II) Completed. Comprehensive DPR sent Govt. of MP and UP. KBLP Phase-I: All Statutory clearances (except -IIStage Forest clearance clearance from CEC of Hon'ble Supreme Court) and techno - economic clearance completed. KBLP Phase-II: Stage -I Forest c learance, MoTA clearance for Lower Orr environmental & forest clearance for Bina Complex accorded. Draft MoU for implementation of this project has Govt. of MP and UP for their concurrence. |

|   Sl. No. | Name                      | Rivers           | Present Status of Project           |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         2 | Gandak-Ganga link         | Gandak & Ganga   | Draft FR completed (Indian portion) |
|         3 | Ghaghra- Yamuna link      | Ghaghra & Yamuna | FR completed (Indian portion)       |
|         4 | Sarda - Yamuna link       | Sarda & Yamuna   | FR completed (Indian portion)       |
|         5 | Chunar- Sone Barrage link | Ganga & Sone     | Draft FR completed                  |
|         6 | Kosi- Ghaghra link        | Kosi & Ghaghra   | PFR completed                       |

- PFR -

Pre  Feasibility Report

- FR -

Feasibility Report

- DPR -

Detailed Project Report

- CEC -

Central Empowered Committee

- MoTA -

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

- CWC

- -

Central Water Commission

- R&R - Rehabilitation & Resettlement

- MoU -

Memorandum of Understanding

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( a)to (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *74 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK S ABHA ON 21.11.2019 R EGARDING ' INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS '.

## Names of Intra - State link projects and their status

| Sl. No.                                 | Name                                                                    | Rivers                                  | Present Status of Project                                         |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Projects submitted by Karnataka State   | Projects submitted by Karnataka State                                   | Projects submitted by Karnataka State   | Projects submitted by Karnataka State                             |
| 1.                                      | Almatti (Bagalkot) - Malaprabha Sub - basin                             | Almatti & MalaprabhaPrima               | facie not found feasible                                          |
| 2.                                      | Malaprabha - Tungabhadra Sub - basin                                    | Malaprabha & Tungabhadra                | Prima facie not found feasible                                    |
| 3.                                      | Bedti-Dharma -Varada link                                               | Bedti, Dharma & Varada                  | PFR completed                                                     |
| 4.                                      | Bhadra- Vedavathi(Vani Vilasa Sagar) link                               | Bhadra &Vedavathi                       | Government of Karnataka withdrew proposal during 11 th meeting of |
| 5.                                      | Diversion of west flowing rivers schemes(Barapole - upper cauvery link) | Barapole & upper cauvery                | Committee for ILR.                                                |
| 6.                                      | Diversion from Bedti Aghanashini to Varada                              | & Aghanashini & Varada                  | PFR completed.                                                    |
| Projects submitted by Rajasthan State   | Projects submitted by Rajasthan State                                   | Projects submitted by Rajasthan State   | Projects submitted by Rajasthan State                             |
| 1.                                      | Mahi - Luni link                                                        | Mahi & Luni                             | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                |
| 2.                                      | Wakal - Sabarmati - Sei - West Banas - Kameri link                      | Wakal, Sabarmati, West Banas & Kameri   | Sei, PFR completed (Not found feasible)                           |
| Projects submitted by Maharashtra State | Projects submitted by Maharashtra State                                 | Projects submitted by Maharashtra State | Projects submitted by Maharashtra State                           |
| 1.                                      | Wainganga (Goshikurd) - Nalganga (Purna Tapi)                           | Wainganga & Nalganga                    | PFR and DPR completed.                                            |
| 2.                                      | Wainganga - Manjra Valley                                               | Wainganga & Manjra                      | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                |
| 3.                                      | Upper Krishna - Bhima (system of Six links)                             | Krishna & Bhima                         | PFR completed                                                     |
| 4.                                      | Damanganga (Ekdare) - Godavari Valley                                   | Damanganga & Godavari                   | PFR completed                                                     |
| 5(i)                                    | Upper Vaitarna - Godavari valley                                        | Vaitarna&Godavari                       | PFR completed                                                     |
| 5(ii)                                   | Damanganga - Vaitarna - Godavari (Kadva Dev) Valley                     | Damanganga, Vaitarna & Godavari         | PFR completed                                                     |
| 6.                                      | North Konkan - Godavari Valley                                          | Patalganga & Godavari                   | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                |
| 7.                                      | Koyna - Mumbai city                                                     | Koyna                                   | PFR completed                                                     |

|   8. | Sriram Sagar Project (Godavari) - Purna - Manjira     | Godavari, Purna & Manjira        | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    9 | Wainganga (Goshikurd) - Godavari (SRSP)               | Wainganga & Godavari             | Withdrawn by Govt. of Maharashtra                                                                        |
|   10 | Middle Konkan - Bhima Valley                          | Savitri, Kundalika, Amba & Bhima | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                                       |
|   11 | Koyna - Nira                                          | Koyna & Nira                     | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   12 | Mulsi - Bhima                                         | Mulsi & Bhima                    | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   13 | Savithri - Bhima                                      | Savithri &Bhima                  | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   14 | Kolhapur - Sangli - Sangola                           | Krishna &Bhima                   | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   15 | Riverlinking projects Tapi basin and Jalgaon District | of Tapi                          | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   16 | Nar - Par-Girna valley                                | Nar, Par &Girna                  | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                                       |
|   17 | Narmada - Tapi                                        | Narmada & Tapi                   | PFR completed                                                                                            |
|   18 | Khariagutta - Navatha Satpura foot hills              | Dropped                          | Ground water recharge schemes to studied by CGWB. Consequently, accepted by TAC of NWDA for PFR studies. |
|   19 | Kharia Ghuti Ghat - Tapi                              | Dropped                          | Ground water recharge schemes to studied by CGWB. Consequently, accepted by TAC of NWDA for PFR studies. |
|   20 | Jigaon - Tapi - Godavari Valley                       | Tapi & Godavari                  | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                                       |

- PFR Pre - Feasibility Report
- TAC -Technical Advisory Committee
- NWDA -National Water Development Agency
- ILRInter Linking of Rivers
- DPR Detailed Project Report

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