Lok Sabha Question No. 4198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Special Committee Meeting on Inter-linking ofRivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Dhanush M Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4198

ANSWERED ON 1 9.0 3.2020

## SPECIAL COMMITTEE ME ETING ON INTER - LINKING OF RIVERS

4198. SHRI SELVAM G. SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether a meeting of Special Committee on interlinking of rivers was held recently;

(b) if so, the details of the issues discussed therein and the outcome thereof;

(c) whether the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on the inter - linking of rivers has been prepared;

(d) if so, the details of current status of DPR in respect of Inter - State Link Project involving different States;

(e) whether the Government has taken steps to expedite the various ILR projects and if so, the and

(f) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that consensus is arrived at among the States completion of inter - linking of rivers within laid down time limit?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) & (b) The Seventeenth Meeting of Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) was hel th February, 2020 at New Delhi. During the meeting, various issues including the status of Pre Fea (PFR)/  Feasibility  Report  (FR)/  Detailed Project  Report  (DPR)  of  different  links  proposal  of  Nat Perspective Plan (NPP) and intra - state links of various States were discussed.

(c) & (d) The NPP was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) 1980 for water resources development through inter basin transfer of water, for transferring wat surplus basins to water - deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs).

Under the NPP, four priority links have been identified for preparation of Detailed Pr (DPR) under the Peninsular Rivers Component viz; Ken - Betwa link project (KBL P), Damanganga - Pinjal link project, Par - Tapi - Narmada link project and Godavari - C uvery link project. The DPRs of KBLP, Damanganga -Pinjal link project and Par - Tapi - Narmada  link  project have been sent to the concerned States. Furthe DPR  of  Godavari - C auvery  link  project  consisting  of  three  links  viz;  Godavari  (Inchampalli/J -Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) -Pennar (Somasila), Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects has been completed and circulated to party S tates in March 2019.

(e) & (f) The Government is pursuing the inter - linking of rivers (ILR) program in a consultative manne 'Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers' has been constituted in September, 2014 for the implementation of ILR programme . Seventeen meetings of the Special Committee have been held so far. Further, a for Interlinking of Rivers has been constituted by MoWR, RD & GR (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in and eleven meetings of the Task Force have been held so far. Efforts have been made for building consen among the concerned States and also setting out road maps for implementation of the projects.