Lok Sabha Question No. 817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: National River Linking Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 817

ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## NATIONAL RIVER LINKING PROJECT

## 817.        SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of the National River Linking Project (NRLP);
- (b) the time by which the project is likely to be completed by the Government;
- (c) whether the Government intends to include Gomti river in National River Linking Project in future; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Jal  Shakti)  in  August  1980  for  water  resources  development  through  inter  basin  transfer  of  water,  for transferring water from water surplus basins to water-deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Water Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  under  Peninsular  Component  &  14  under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports. Details and status of the proposals for interstate linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme is furnished at Annexure.

(b)  The  implementation of the  ILR projects depend on the consensus of the concerned States. Thus the interlinking  of  rivers  programme  is  being  pursued  based  on  the  principle  of  consensus  and  agreement among the concerned States. An interlinking project would reach the implementation stage once agreement amongst  party  states  is  reached  on  water  sharing.  Thereafter  for  implementation  all  requisite  statutory clearances need to be obtained.

(c) & (d) Government of Uttar Pradesh has requested NWDA to take up the study of linking Sharda River to  Gomtiriver.  Draft  Pre-Feasibility  Report  of  the  Intra  State  link  viz;  Sharda-Gomti  link  has  been completed by NWDA  and submitted to the State Government in October, 2021.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 817 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.12.2021 REGARDING 'NATIONAL RIVER LINKING PROJECT'.

| S. No                | Name                                                   | Rivers                     | States concerned                                                                                          | Status                                                |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                   | Peninsular Component       | Peninsular Component                                                                                      | Peninsular Component                                  |
| 1(a)                 | Mahanadi ( Manibhadra )- Godavari (Dowlais waram) link | Mahanadiand Godavari       | Jharkhand, Madhya Prad esh, Chhattisgarh, Telang ana, Andhra Pradesh, Odish a, Karnataka and Mahar ashtra | FR Completed.                                         |
| 1(b)                 | Mahanadi ( Bermul)- Godavari (D owlaiswara m) link     | Mahanadi and Godavari      | do                                                                                                        | FR Completed. * Preparation of DPR under progress.    |
| 2                    | Godavari(Inchampal l)-Krishna(Pulichint ala) link      | Godavariand Kri shna       | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharas htra and Karnataka               | FR Completed.                                         |
| 3                    | Godavari(Inchamp alli)-Krishna (Naga rjunasagar) link  | Godavariand Kri shna       | -- d o --                                                                                                 | FR Completed. DPR Completed.                          |
| 4                    | Godavari(Polavaram) - Krishna(Vijayawad a) link        | Godavari and Kri shna      | -- d o --                                                                                                 | FR Completed.                                         |
| 5                    | Krishna(Almatti) -Pennar link                          | Krishna and Penn ar        | Telangana, Andhra Prad esh,Maharashtra and Ka rnataka                                                     | FR Completed.                                         |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam)- Pennar link                       | Krishna and Penn ar        | -- d o                                                                                                    | FR Completed.                                         |
| 7                    | Krishna(Nagarjunas agar)-Pennar (Soma sila) link       | Krishna and Penn ar        | -- -- d o --                                                                                              | FR Completed. DPR Completed.                          |
| 8                    | Pennar (Somasila)-C auvery(Grand Anicut ) link         | Pennar and Cau very        | Andhra Pradesh, Karnatak a, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry                                             | FR Completed. DPR Completed.                          |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai)- Vaigai-Gundar link                 | Cauvery, Vaigai and Gundar | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, K erala and Puducherry                                                             | DPR Completed.                                        |
| 10                   | Ken-Betwa link                                         | Ken and Bet wa             | Uttar Pradesh and Madhy a Pradesh                                                                         | DPR (Phase - I, II &Comprehensive r eport) Completed. |
|                      |                                                        |                            |                                                                                                           | Contd…                                                |

| 11 (i)   | Parbati - Kalisindh -Chambal link   | Parbati, Kalisi ndhand Chamb al   | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pra desh and Rajasthan reques ted to be Consulted during consensus building)   | FR Completed.                       |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| (ii)     | Parbati-Kuno-Sin dh link            | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh           | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan                                                                        | PFR completed .$                    |
| 12       | Par-Tapi-Narmada li nk              | Par, Tapi and Narmada             | Maharashtra and Gujarat                                                                             | DPR Completed.                      |
| 13       | Damanganga - Pin jal link           | Damanganga and Pinjal             | --do--                                                                                              | DPR Completed .                     |
| 14       | Bedti-Varada link                   | Bedti and Vara da                 | Maharashtra, And hra Pradesh and K arnataka                                                         | PFR Completed. Draft DPR complet ed |
| 15       | Netravati - Hemav ati link          | Netravati and Hemavati            | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala                                                                    | PFR Completed.                      |
| 16       | Pamba - Achankovi l -Vaippar link   | Pamba,Achankov il and Vaippar     | Kerala and Tamil Nadu                                                                               | FR Completed.                       |

$ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati - Kalisindh - Cham bal link.

|   Himalayan Component | Himalayan Component                            |                                |                                                                        |                                |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                     1 | Manas-Sankosh-Tis ta-Ganga(M-S-T-G) link       | Manas,Sankosh, Tista and Ganga | BHUTAN&INDIA (Assam,West Bengal a nd Bihar)                            | FR completed. DPR in progress. |
|                     2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                              | Kosi and Ghaghra               | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar and Uttar Prades h)                                 | PFR completed                  |
|                     3 | Gandak-Ganga link                              | Gandak and Gang a              | --do- -                                                                | FR completed (Indian p ortion) |
|                     4 | Ghaghra-Yamuna link                            | Ghaghra a nd Yamun a           | --do- -                                                                | FR completed (India n portion) |
|                     5 | Sarda-Yamuna link                              | Sarda and Yamun a              | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana And Rajasthan) | FR completed (India n portion) |
|                     6 | Yamuna-Rajasthan lin k                         | Yamuna and Sukr i              | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Ha ryana and UttarPrades h                         | FR completed                   |
|                     7 | Rajasthan-Sabarmati li nk                      | Sabarmati                      | --do- -                                                                | FR completed                   |
|                     8 | Chunar-Sone Barr age link                      | Ganga and Sone                 | Bihar and Utta r Pradesh                                               | Draft FR comp leted            |
|                     9 | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga li nk | Sone and Badua                 | Bihar and Jharkhand                                                    | PFR completed                  |

|   10. | Ganga (Farakka)-Da modar- Subernarekha link            | Ganga, Damod ar and Subernar ekha   | West Bengal,Odisha and Jharkhand     | FR completed DPR in progress   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|    11 | Subernarek ha-Mahanad i link                           | Subernarekha a nd Mahanadi          | West Bengal an d Odisha              | FR completed                   |
|    12 | Kosi-Mechi Link                                        | Kosi and Mechi                      | NEPAL &INDIA (Bihar and West Bengal) | PFR completed                  |
|    13 | Ganga (Farakk a)-Sunderbans link                       | Ganga and Ichhamati                 | West Bengal                          | FR completed                   |
|    14 | Jogighopa-Tista-Fara kkalink (Alternative t o M-S-T-G) | Manas,Tista and Ganga               | Assam, Bihar an dWest Bengal         | Dropped                        |

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

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