Lok Sabha Question No. 3736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Inter-linking of River Projects
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3736

ANSWERED ON 1 8.03 .2021

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVER PRO JECTS

## 3736. SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of inter - linking of river projects in the country particularly Cauvery -Godavari project in the State of Tamil Nadu and the funds allocated to the State for the purpose so far;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to expedite the projects;
- (c) whether any other proposal sent by the State of Tamil Nadu in this regard is still p Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by t he Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (no Jal  Shakti )  in  August  1980  for  water  resources  development  through  inter  basin  transfer  of transferring water from water surplus basins to water - deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Wa Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  under Peninsular  Component  and  14  under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). The details of above r projects viz. Rivers, States concerned is given at Annexure .

Draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Godavari - Cauvery li nk project consisting of three lin viz;  Godavari  (Inchampalli/Janampet) -Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar),  Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar) -Pennar (Somasila),  Pennar  (Somasila) - Cauvery  (Grand  Anicut)  link  projects  has  been  completed  by  Nati Water Development Agen cy  (NWDA)  and  circulated to party States in March 2019. The comments party States have been deliberated in a virtual meeting held on 18.09.2020.

Since no inter - linking of river (ILR) projects, including the Godavari - Cauvery link project has reached the stage of execution, as such no funds have been allocated for the project

(b)  The Government is pursuing the inter - linking of rivers (ILR) program in a consultative mann 'Special  Committee  on  Interlinking  of  Rivers'  has  been  constituted  in  September ,  2014  for  the implementation of ILR programme. Eighteenmeetingsof the Special Committee have been held so fa

Further, a Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers has been constituted by MoWR, RD & GR (now of Jal Shakti) in April, 2015 and twelve meetings of the Task Force have been held so far. Eff been  made  for  building  consensus  among  the  concerned  States  and  also  setting  out  road implementation of the projects.

(c) & (d) The Godavari - Cauvery link projec t is planned in two phases. Phase -I relates to identifying th surplus waters in Godavari basin without affecting the interests of the co - basin States and transferring thes waters upto Cauvery through Godavari - Cauvery link project; and Phase -II relates to linking Brahmaputra -Ganga-Subernarekha - Mahanadi- Godavari  rivers  thus  enriching  the  Phase -I  with  suitable  modifications. The draft DPR of Godavari - Cauvery link has been prepared considering the Phase -I option only.

The Government of Tamil Nadu requested t hat the last leg of the Godavari - Cauvery link project, namely,Pennar - Palar - Cauvery link canal reach may be taken at higher elevation after crossing by  pumping  from  Dusi  Mamandur  Tank  and  terminate  at  Kattalai  barrage  instead  of  Grand  A Phase - I itself. A preliminary draft concept note has been prepared by NWDA on the suggested h canal alignment. However, the same is subject to establishing its techno - economic viability .Further, the Government of Tamil Nadu requested that the Poondi reservoir may be linked with Araniyar reservoi that 609 tanks with a capacity of 15 TMC can be filled. However, integration of Araniyar r Poondi reservoir is linked with the firming up of Phase -II of the proposal .

The envisaged tot al diversion under Phase -I is only 247 TMC, out of which, after meeting enroute  requirements  in  Telanagana  and  Andhra  Pradesh,  only  83  TMC  could  be  planned  at Pradesh - Tamil Nadu border. Government of Tamil Nadu has requested for providing 200 TM C of water for  meeting  their  water  requirements  in  the  Phase -I  of  the  project  itself.  However,  the  possibil providing additional quantum of water to Tamil Nadu is linked with water to be brought thro -II of the project.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( a) OF UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 3736 TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  S ABHA  ON  18.03.2021  R EGARDING  ' INTER - LINKING  OF  RIVERS PROJECTS '.

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

| S. No                | Name                                                 | Rivers                      | States concerned                                                                                   | Present Status                               |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                 | Peninsular Component        | Peninsular Component                                                                               | Peninsular Component                         |
| 1                    | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | Mahanadi & Godavari         | Odisha, Maharashtra, AP, MP, Telangana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh                         | FR Completed                                 |
| 2                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Pulichintala)      | link Godavari & Krishna     | Odisha, Maharashtra, MP, Telangana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh& Maharashtra                           | AP, FR Completed                             |
| 3                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)     | link Godavari & Krishna     | Odisha, Maharashtra, Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &Chhattisgarh                              | Madhya FR & Draft DPR Completed              |
| 4                    | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link     | Godavari & Krishna          | - do-                                                                                              | FR Completed                                 |
| 5                    | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                      | Krishna &Pennar             | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &Telangana                                                  | FR Completed                                 |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                    | Krishna &Pennar             | - do-                                                                                              | FR Completed                                 |
| 7                    | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link   | Krishna &Pennar             | - do-                                                                                              | FR & Draft DPR Completed                     |
| 8                    | Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link      | Pennar& Cauvery             | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                                         | FR & Draft DPR Completed                     |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai- Gundar link             | Cauvery,Vaig ai &Gundar     | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                                                         | DPR Completed                                |
| 10                   | Ken - Betwa link                                     | Ken & Betwa                 | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | FR & DPR (Ph-I,II & Comprehensive) Completed |
| 11 (i)               | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link                   | Parbati, Kalisindh& Chambal | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP requested to be consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed                                 |
| (ii)                 | Parbati - Kuno - Sindh link                          | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh     | MP and Rajasthan                                                                                   | PFR completed $                              |
| 12                   | Par - Tapi- Narmada link                             | Par, Tapi& Narmada          | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | DPR Completed                                |
| 13                   | Damanganga -Pinjal link                              | Damangang a&Pinjal          | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | DPR Completed                                |
| 14                   | Bedti-Varda link                                     | Bedti&Vard a                | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka                                                            | PFR Completed                                |

| S. No               | Name                                                         | Rivers                          | States concerned                                              | Present Status                |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 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                                          | Himalayan Component             | Himalayan Component                                           | Himalayan Component           |
| 1.                  | Manas-Sankosh- Tista - Ganga (M - S-T- G) link               | Manas, Sankosh, Tista and Ganga | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar& Bhutan                             | FR completed                  |
| 2.                  | Kosi- Ghaghra link                                           | Kosi&Ghag hra                   | Bihar , Uttar Pradesh & Nepal                                 | PFR completed                 |
| 3.                  | Gandak-Ganga link                                            | Gandak& Ganga                   | - do-                                                         | 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-                                                         | FR completed                  |
| 8.                  | Chunar- Sone Barrage link                                    | Ganga & Sone                    | Bihar & Uttar3 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&S ubernarekha    | West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand                               | Draft FR completed            |
| 11.                 | Subernarekha - Mahanadi link                                 | Subernarekh a& Mahanadi         | West Bengal & Odisha                                          | FR completed                  |
| 12.                 | Kosi- Mechi link                                             | Kosi&Mechi                      | Bihar , West Bengal & Nepal                                   | PFR completed                 |
| 13.                 | Ganga ( Farakka) - Sunderbans link                           | Ganga &Ichhamati                | West Bengal                                                   | FR completed                  |
| 14.                 | Jogighopa - Tista - Farakka link (Alternative to M - S-T- G) | Manas, Tista& Ganga             | - do-                                                         | Dropped                       |

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

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