Lok Sabha Question No. 866 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Status of Inter-linking of Rivers Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 866

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## STATUS OF INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS PROJECT

## †866 SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: -

(a) the present status of the Government's ambitious project of inter-linking of rivers in the country;

(b) whether the Government is aware that Northern Bihar is affected by catastrophic floods every year and on the other hand, Southern Bihar is affected by drought;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the efforts being made by the Government so far to prevent the damage caused due to the delay in work of inter-linking of rivers?

## 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 development of water resources 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 inter-state linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme is furnished at Annexure.

(b) & (c) As per information provided by the Government of Bihar, the State is prone to floods, having flood prone area of 68.80 lakh hectare. Predominantly, Northern Bihar gets affected by floods every year due to heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas, which mainly lie in Nepal, whereas, Southern Bihar faces problem of flash flood as well as drought.

(d) The Government is pursuing the inter-linking of rivers (ILR) Program in a consultative manner. The implementation of the ILR projects is based on the consensus and agreement among the concerned States.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 866 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.07.2022 REGARDING 'STATUS OF INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS'.

## Details and status of the identified links under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme

| S. No                | Name                                                 | Rivers                        | States concerned                                                                                      | Status                                 |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                 | Peninsular Component          | Peninsular Component                                                                                  | Peninsular Component                   |
| 1(a)                 | Mahanadi (Manibhadra)- Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link  | Mahanadiand Godavari          | Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka and Maharashtra | FR Completed.                          |
| 1(b)                 | Mahanadi (Bermul)- Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link      | Mahanadi and Godavari         | do                                                                                                    | FR Completed. * .                      |
| 2                    | Godavari(Inchampall)- Krishna(Pulichintala) link     | Godavariand Krishna           | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka            | FR Completed.                          |
| 3                    | Godavari(Inchampalli)- Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavariand Krishna           | --do--                                                                                                | FR Completed.                          |
| 3                    | Godavari(Inchampalli)- Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavariand Krishna           | --do--                                                                                                | DPR Completed.                         |
| 4                    | Godavari(Polavaram) - Krishna(Vijayawada) link       | Godavari and Krishna          | --do--                                                                                                | FR Completed.                          |
| 5                    | Krishna(Almatti) -Pennar link                        | Krishna and Pennar            | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnataka                                                   | FR Completed.                          |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam)-Pennar link                      | Krishna and Pennar            | --do--                                                                                                | FR Completed.                          |
| 7                    | Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)- Pennar (Somasila) link      | Krishna and Pennar            | --do--                                                                                                | FR Completed. DPR Completed.           |
| 8                    | Pennar (Somasila)- Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link        | Pennar and Cauvery            | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry                                          | FR Completed. DPR Completed.           |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai- Gundar link               | Cauvery, Vaigai and Gundar    | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry                                                          | DPR Completed.                         |
| 10                   | Ken-Betwa link                                       | Ken and Betwa                 | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | DPR Completed. KBLP has been approved. |
| 11 (i)               | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link                   | Parbati, Kalisindhand Chambal | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan requested to be Consulted during consensus building)       | FR Completed.                          |
| (ii)                 | Parbati-Kuno-Sindh link                              | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh       | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan                                                                          | PFR completed .$                       |
| 12                   | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                | Par, Tapi and                 | Maharashtra and Gujarat                                                                               | DPR Completed.                         |

13

14

15

16

Damanganga - Pinjal link

Bedti-Varada link

Netravati - Hemavati link

Pamba

-

Achankovil

Vaippar link

Narmada

Damanganga

Pinjal

Bedti and Varada

Netravati and Hemavati

Pamba,Achankovil and Vaippar

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

|   Himalayan Component | Himalayan Component                                    |                                 |                                                                        |                               |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                     1 | Manas-Sankosh-Tista- Ganga(M-S-T-G)link                | Manas, Sankosh, Tista and Ganga | BHUTAN&INDIA (Assam,West Bengal and Bihar)                             | FR completed.                 |
|                     2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                      | Kosi and Ghaghra                | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar and Uttar Pradesh)                                  | PFR completed                 |
|                     3 | Gandak-Ganga link                                      | Gandak and Ganga                | --do--                                                                 | FR completed (Indian portion) |
|                     4 | Ghaghra-Yamuna link                                    | Ghaghra and Yamuna              | --do--                                                                 | FR completed (Indian portion) |
|                     5 | Sarda-Yamuna link                                      | Sarda and Yamuna                | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana And Rajasthan) | FR completed (Indian portion) |
|                     6 | Yamuna-Rajasthan link                                  | Yamuna and Sukri                | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and UttarPradesh                           | FR completed                  |
|                     7 | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link                               | Sabarmati                       | --do--                                                                 | FR completed                  |
|                     8 | Chunar-Sone Barrage link                               | Ganga and Sone                  | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh                                                | Draft FR completed            |
|                     9 | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link          | Sone and Badua                  | Bihar and Jharkhand                                                    | PFR completed                 |
|                    10 | Ganga (Farakka)- Damodar- Subernarekha link            | Ganga, Damodar and Subernarekha | West Bengal,Odisha and Jharkhand                                       | FR completed                  |
|                    11 | Subernarekha- Mahanadi link                            | Subernarekha and Mahanadi       | West Bengal and Odisha                                                 | FR completed                  |
|                    12 | Kosi-Mechi Link                                        | Kosi and Mechi                  | NEPAL &INDIA (Bihar and West Bengal)                                   | PFR completed                 |
|                    13 | Ganga (Farakka)- Sunderbans link                       | Ganga and Ichhamati             | West Bengal                                                            | FR completed                  |
|                    14 | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T- G) | Manas,Tista and Ganga           | Assam, Bihar andWest Bengal                                            | Dropped                       |

-

and

--do--

Maharashtra,

Andhra

Pradesh and Karnataka

Karnataka,  Tamil  Nadu  and

Kerala

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

DPR

Completed.

PFR Completed.

Draft

DPR

completed

PFR Completed.

FR Completed.

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

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