Lok Sabha Question No. 194 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Subhash Chandra Baheria

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*194

ANSWERED ON 04 . 07.201 9

## INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

†*194. SHRI SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is working on inter - linking of Indian rivers in future; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a ) & (b) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. † *194  TO  BE  ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA ON  04.07.2019  REGARDING ' INTER -LINKING OF RIVERS ' RAISED BY ' SHRI SUBHASH CHANDRA BAHERIA '.

(a) & (b) The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigatio Ministry of Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basi of water, for transferring water from water surplus ba sins to water - deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National  Water  Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  under  Peninsul Component and 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). details of above river link ing projects viz., rivers, States concerned are given at Annexure .

Under  the  NPP,  four  priority  links  have  also  been  identified  for  preparation  of Project Reports (DPR) under the Peninsular Rivers Component viz; Ken - Betwa link project (KBLP), Dam anganga - Pinjal link project, Par - Tapi - Narmada link project and Godavari - C uvery link project. Based on the concurrence of the concerned States, DPRs of KBLP, Damanganga - Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada link project have been completed and sent to c oncerned States.

Further, draft DPR of Godavari - Cauvery link project consisting of three links viz; Godav (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.

Various  statutory  clearances  except  Stage -II  forest  clearance  &  clearance  from  Central Empowered  Committee  (CEC)  of  Hon'ble Supreme  Court  have  been  accorded  for  components under  KBLP  Phase - I.  The  clearances  for  the  projects  proposed  under  KBLP  Phase -II  are  in advanced  stages.  The  comprehensive  DPR  of  KBLP  has  been  completed  and  circulated Governments of Uttar Pradesh (UP) a nd Madhya Pradesh (MP). Draft Memorandum of Agreement for implementation of KBLP has been sent to Governments of MP and UP for concurrence.

The  Government  is  pursuing  the  inter - linking  of  rivers  (ILR)  program  in  a  consultativ manner. A 'Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers' has been constituted in September, 2014 under the Chairmanship of Hon`ble Minister of WR, RD & GR (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) for the implementation of ILR programme. Fifteen meetings of the Special Committee for ILR have held so far (last meeting held on 20.08.2018).  Further, a Task Force for Interlinking o been  constituted  by  MoWR,  RD  &  GR  in  April,  2015.  Ten  meetings  of  the  Task  Force  f interlinking of rivers have been held so far and the last meeting was held on 05.10.2018. Vigorous efforts have been made for generating consensus with development of alternative plans a setting out road maps for implementation of mature projects.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART S ( a) & ( b) OF STARRED QUESTIO N NO. † *194 TO BE ANSWERED IN LO K SABHA ON 04.07.201 9 REGARDING ' INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS '.

## Names of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links, the States involved, name of rivers and status of F 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 M - S-T- G Link) dropped |

- PFR -

Pre  Feasibility Report

- FR -

Feasibility Report

- DPR -

Detailed Project Report

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