Lok Sabha Question No. 3047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †304 7

ANSWERED ON 11 .0 7.2019

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

## †3047. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of inter - linking of rivers projects presently undertaken in the country along with status in this regard;

(b) the river - wise amount of funds spent on the said projects during the last three year s;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  undertake  more  such  inter - linking  of  rivers  projects  in  th country,  particularly  of  Wainganga  river  and  Painganga  river  to  resolve  the  problem  of Buldhana,  Chandrapur,  Yavatmal,  Washim  ,  Amravati,  Akola and  Wardha  districts  of  the  Vidharbha region in Maharashtra;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the latest status of the said proposal?

## 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 (now Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basin transfer transferring water from water surplus basins to water - deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Wat Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component and 14 u Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). The details of above ri projects viz., rivers, States concerned are given at Annexure - I .

Under the NPP, four priority links have also been identified for preparation of Det Reports  (DPRs)  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.

(b) An enabling allocation of Rs.100 lakhs for inter - linking of Rivers (ILR)programme has been made in the budget of each of the last three years. As the IL R projects are not at implementation stage, hence, expenditure has been incurred on implementation of the ILR projects so far.

(c)to (e) NWDA  has  received  47  intra - state  link  projects  from  9  States  viz.,  Rajasthan,  Tamil Karnataka,  Maharashtra, Odisha,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Jharkhand,  Bihar.  NWDA  completed  the -Feasibility Reports (PFRs) of 37 intra - state link projects so far. The present status of the link furnished in Annexure - II . Based on the request of States, DPRs of Kosi -Mec hi link, Burhi Gandak - Noon Baya- Ganga link of Bihar, Wainganga - Nalganga link of Maharashtra and Ponnaiyar - Palar link of Tamil Nadu have also been completed.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART ( a) OF UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. † 3047 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABH A ON 11.07.2019 REGA RDING ' 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                  |
| Contd…               | Contd…                                                 | Contd…                       | Contd…                                                                                             | Contd…                        |

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

- PFR -

Pre  Feasibility Report

- FR -

Feasibility Report

- DPR -

Detailed Project Report

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART (c)  to  (e) OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTIO N  NO. † 3047  TO  BE  ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 11.07.2019  REGARDING ' INTER - LINKING  OF RIVERS '.

Intra -State link proposals received from the State Governments and present status of PFR/D

| Sl. No.   | Name of intra -state link                            | Rivers                           | Present status of PFR/DPR                                                  |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           | Maharashtra                                          |                                  |                                                                            |
| 1.        | Wainganga (Goshikurd) - Nalganga (Purna Tapi)        | Wainganga & Nalganga             | 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                          | Krishan & Bhima                  | PFR completed                                                              |
| 15.       | Riverlinking projects of Tapi basin Jalgaon District | and 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                                           |
| 19.       | Kharia Ghuti Ghat - Tapi                             | Dropped                          | studied by CGWB. Consequently not accepted by TAC of NWDA for PFR studies. |
| 20.       | Jigaon - Tapi - Godavari Valley                      | Tapi & Godavari                  | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                         |
|           | Gujarat                                              |                                  |                                                                            |
| 21.       | Damanganga - Sabarmati - Chorwad                     | Damanganga, Sabarmati & Chorwad  | PFR completed                                                              |
|           | Odisha                                               |                                  |                                                                            |
| 22.       | Mahanadi - Brahmani                                  | Mahanadi & Brahmani              | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                         |
| 23.       | Mahanadi - Rushikulya (Barmul Project)               | Mahanadi & Rushikulya            | PFR completed                                                              |
| 24.       | Vamsadhara - Rushikulya (Nandini Nalla project)      | Vamsadhara & Rushikulya          | PFR completed                                                              |
|           | Jharkhand                                            |                                  |                                                                            |
| 25.       | South Koel - Subernarekha                            | South Koel & Subernarekha        | PFR completed.                                                             |
| 26.       | Sankh - South Koel                                   | Sankh & South Koel               | PFR completed.                                                             |
| Contd…    | Contd…                                               | Contd…                           | Contd…                                                                     |

| 27.    | Barakar - Damodar - Subernarekha                                                                                                                                               | Barakar, Damodar & Subernarekha       | PFR completed.                                                                         |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                          |                                       |                                                                                        |
| 28.    | Kosi - Mechi [entirely lie in India]                                                                                                                                           | Kosi & Mechi                          | DPR completed. Techno - economic clearance given by Advisory Committee MoWR, RD & GR.  |
| S. No. | Name of intra - state link                                                                                                                                                     | Rivers                                | Present status of PFR/DPR                                                              |
| 29.    | Barh - Nawada                                                                                                                                                                  | Ganga & Kiul                          | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                     |
| 30.    | Kohra - Chandravat (now Kohra -Lalbegi)                                                                                                                                        | Kohra & Chandravat                    | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                     |
| 31.    | Burhi Gandak - None - Baya -Ganga                                                                                                                                              | Burhi Gandak, None, Baya & Ganga      | DPR completed. CWC has recommended the link scheme to be taken up as moderation scheme |
| 32.    | Burhi Gandak - Bagmati [Belwadhar]                                                                                                                                             | Burhi Gandak & Bagmati                | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                     |
| 33.    | Kosi - Ganga                                                                                                                                                                   | Kosi & Ganga                          | PFR completed                                                                          |
| 34.    | Development of Bagmati Irrigation Drainage Project - Phase- II (Barrage near Kataunjha in Muzaffarpur District) Adhwara Multipurpose Project with -Kosi Adhwara - Bagmati Link | & and Kosi, Adhwara & Bagmati         | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                     |
| 35     | Transfer of Ganga water to South Bihar through pump Canal Scheme at Buxer                                                                                                      | Ganga                                 | Initially, NWDA consented to take up work but after receiving the details              |
| 36     | Development of Badua - Chandan Basin                                                                                                                                           | Badua & Chandan                       | Govt. of Bihar, it was found that not intra - state links therefore not                |
| 37.    | Sone-Falgu link                                                                                                                                                                | Sone & Falgu                          | Preliminary Study has been taken up                                                    |
|        | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                      |                                       |                                                                                        |
| 38.    | Mahi - Luni link                                                                                                                                                               | Mahi & Luni                           | PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                     |
| 39.    | Wakal - Sabarmati - Sei - West Banas - Kameri link                                                                                                                             | Wakal, Sabarmati, West Banas & Kameri | Sei, PFR completed (Not found feasible)                                                |
|        | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                     |                                       |                                                                                        |
| 40.    | Ponnaiyar - Palar link                                                                                                                                                         | Ponnaiyar & Palar                     | PFR & DPR completed                                                                    |
|        | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                      |                                       |                                                                                        |
| 41     | Almatti (Bagalkot) - Malaprabha Sub - basin                                                                                                                                    | Almatti & Malaprabha                  | Prima Facie Not found feasible                                                         |
| 42     | Malaprabha - Tungabhadra Sub - basin                                                                                                                                           | Malaprabha & Tungabhadra              | Prima Facie Not found feasible                                                         |
| 43     | Bedti-Dharma -Varada link                                                                                                                                                      | Bedti, Dharma & Varada                | PFR completed                                                                          |
| 44     | Bhadra- Vedavathi(Vani Vilasa Sagar) link                                                                                                                                      | Bhadra &Vedavathi                     | Government of Karnataka withdrew the                                                   |
| 45     | Diversion of west flowing schemes(Barapole - Upper Cauvery link)                                                                                                               | rivers Barapole & upper cauvery       | proposal during 11th meeting of Committee for ILR.                                     |
| 46     | Diversion from Bedti & Aghanashini Varada                                                                                                                                      | to Aghanashini & Varada               | PFR completed.                                                                         |
|        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                   |                                       |                                                                                        |
| 47     | Pairy - Mahanadi link                                                                                                                                                          | Pairy & Mahanadi                      | PFR completed                                                                          |

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