Lok Sabha Question No. 4264 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Flooding of Ganga River
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## †4264. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government to save the villages in Bijnaur which inundated every year Ganga river;

(b) whether the Government is working on any scheme to channelize the wat er from flood affected areas t drought affected areas as the country faces both types of crisis at some time every year; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4264

ANSWERED ON 1 9.0 3.2020

## FLOODING OF GANGA RI VER

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)   Flood Management including erosion control falls within the purview of the States. The fl &  anti - erosion  schemes  are  planned,  investigated  and  implemented  by  the  State  Governments  w resources as per priority within the State. The Union Government only renders assistance to States wh technical, advisory, catalytic and promotional in nature. The State Government of Uttar Prades that  in  the  District  Bijnaur  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Flood  Control  and  Anti - E sio n  Scheme  to  protect  villages Ghauspur, Sukhapur, Kudanpur, Mirzapur, Simli, Rajarampur, Raghunathpur, etc. located on left b Ganga has been contemplated by State Government within an estimated cost of Rs.6113.80 Lakhs.

(b) & (c) The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (now Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basin transfer of water water  from  water  surplus  basins  to  water - deficit  basins.  Under  the  NPP,  the  National  Water  Develop Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component and 14 under Himalayan Comp for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). The Pre - feasibility reports of all the 30 li nks have been completed and circulated to party States. The Feasibility Reports of 14 links under Peninsular Component a Himalayan Component have been prepared.

Under  the  NPP,  four  priority  links  have  also  been  identified  for  preparation  o f  Detailed  Project 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. Basfed on the concurren of the concerned States, D PRs of KBLP, Damanganga - Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada link project, have been completed and sent to concerned States.

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

Government has taken up the Inter Linking River (ILR) programme in a cons ultative manner and accorded high priority. The implementation of National Perspective Plan would give benefits of 25 million ha o surface waters, 10 million ha by increased use of ground waters, raising the ultimate irrigation rom 140 million ha to 175 million ha and generation of 34 million KW of power, apart from the inciden flood control, drought mitigation, navigation, water supply, fisheries, salinity and pollution co