Lok Sabha Question No. 3567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3567

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS

## 3567.  SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of steps being taken by the Government for inter-linking of river projects in the country, riverwise along with the DPRs of river links worked out/approved;

(b) the projects identified and funds sanctioned/spent till date since 2014;

(c) the details of cost estimation aimed at providing irrigation benefits, drinking water supply, generating hydro power through these projects?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a)  to  (c)    Under  the  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP),  the  National  Water  Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of eight links have been completed. Details and current status of the proposals  for  inter-State  linking  of  rivers  under  the  Inter  Linking  of  Rivers  (ILR)  Programme  is  furnished  at Annexure.

There is a structured mechanism of Government of India for preparing work plan, fixing the targets, consultation with all stakeholders, review of the progress etc. for ILR programme. Government of India has accorded priority to the ILR programme. Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of link projects, after completion, are sent to the concerned States and efforts  made for building consensus amongst them for water sharing etc. A 'Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers' has been constituted in September, 2014 for the implementation of ILR programme. Nineteen meetings of the Special Committee have been held so far. Further, a Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers has been constituted by MoWR, RD & GR (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in April, 2015 for expediting the works under ILR programme and fifteen meetings of the Task Force have been held so far.

Ken-Betwa Link project is the first ILR project under NPP, that is under implementation after a tripartite agreement was  signed  among  the  States  of  Uttar  Pradesh  (UP)  and  Madhya  Pradesh  (MP)  and  the  Central  Government  for implementation  of  Ken-Betwa  Link  Project  (KBLP)  on  22.03.2021.  Subsequently,  Government  of  India  approved implementation of KBLP at an estimated cost of Rs. 44,605 crore (at year 2020-21 price level), including a central support of Rs. 39,317 crore [90 (Centre):10(State)].  The project inter alia envisages providing annual irrigation to an area of 10.62 lakh ha (8.11 lakh ha in MP and 2.51 lakh ha in UP).  It will provide 194 Million Cubic Metre (MCM) of water for enroute drinking water supply to a population of 62 lakh (41 lakh in MP and 21 lakh in UP) and will have installed power generation capacity of 103 megawatt (MW).

Estimated cost for all ILR projects, i.e., 30 identified links, is Rs. 8.44 lakh crore. However, the issue related to actual expenditure arises at the time of implementation of the link projects.

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SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3567  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.03.2022  REGARDING  'INTERLINKING OF RIVERS'.

## Details  and  status  of  the  proposals  for  inter-state  linking  of  rivers  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) li nk | Mahanadiand Godavar i         | Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Ka rnataka and Maharashtra | FR Completed.                                                                 |
| 1(b)                 | Mahanadi (Bermul)- Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) li nk     | Mahanadi and Godava ri        | do                                                                                                     | FR Completed. Preparation of DPR unde r progress.                             |
| 2                    | Godavari(Inchampall)-Krish na(Pulichintala) link     | Godavariand Krishna           | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Ch hattisgarh, Telangana, Andhr a Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka           | FR Completed.                                                                 |
| 3                    | Godavari(Inchampalli)-Krish na (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavariand Krishna           | --do--                                                                                                 | FR Completed. 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 l ink                     | Krishna and Pennar            | --do--                                                                                                 | FR Completed.                                                                 |
| 7                    | Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)-Pe nnar (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 Pud ucherry                                          | FR Completed. DPR Completed.                                                  |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai)-Vaigai- Gundar link               | Cauvery, Vaigai and Gundar    | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Ker ala and Puducherry                                                          | DPR Completed.                                                                |
| 10                   | Ken-Betwa link                                       | Ken and Betwa                 | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh                                                                       | DPR (Phase - I, II &Co mprehensive report) Co mpleted. Under Impleme ntation. |
| 11 (i)               | Parbati - Kalisindh -Chamb al link                   | Parbati, Kalisindhand Chambal | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Prade sh and Rajasthan requested t o be Consulted during conse nsus building)     | FR Completed.                                                                 |
| (ii)                 | Parbati-Kuno-Sindh link                              | Parbati, Kuno and Sin dh      | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasth an                                                                          | PFR completed .$                                                              |
| 12                   | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                | Par, Tapi and Narmada         | Maharashtra and Gujarat                                                                                | DPR Completed.                                                                |
| 13                   | Damanganga - Pinjal link                             | Damanganga and Pinja l        | --do--                                                                                                 | DPR Completed.                                                                |
| 14                   | Bedti-Varada link                                    | Bedti and Varada              | Maharashtra, Andhra Prades h and Karnataka                                                             | PFR Completed. Draft DPR completed                                            |
| 15                   | Netravati - Hemavati link                            | Netravati                     | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and                                                                              | PFR Completed.                                                                |

|                                                                                                       |                                                                                                       | and Hemavati                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                |                                                                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 16                                                                                                    | Pamba - Achankovil -Vaipp ar link                                                                     | Pamba,Achankovil and Vaippar                                                                          | Kerala and Tamil Nadu                                                                                 | FR Completed.                                                                                         |
| $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link. | $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link. | $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link. | $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link. | $ 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 Bi har)                                                           | FR completed. DPR in progress.                                                                        |
| 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 po rtion)                                                                        |
| 4.                                                                                                    | Ghaghra-Yamuna link                                                                                   | Ghaghra and Yamuna                                                                                    | --do--                                                                                                | FR completed (Indian po rtion)                                                                        |
| 5.                                                                                                    | Sarda-Yamuna link                                                                                     | Sarda and Yamuna                                                                                      | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttara khand, Haryana And Rajasthan)                               | FR completed (Indian po rtion)                                                                        |
| 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                                                                               | FR completed                                                                                          |
| 9.                                                                                                    | Sone Dam - Southern Tribut aries of Ganga link                                                        | Sone and Badua                                                                                        | Bihar and Jharkhand                                                                                   | PFR completed                                                                                         |
| 10.                                                                                                   | Ganga (Farakka)-Damodar- Subernarekha link                                                            | Ganga, Damodar and S ubernarekha                                                                      | West Bengal,Odisha and Jha rkhand                                                                     | FR completed DPR in progress                                                                          |
| 11.                                                                                                   | Subernarekha-Mahanadi link                                                                            | Subernarekha and Mah anadi                                                                            | West Bengal and Odisha                                                                                | FR completed                                                                                          |
| 12.                                                                                                   | Kosi-Mechi Link                                                                                       | Kosi and Mechi                                                                                        | NEPAL &INDIA (Bihar and West B engal)                                                                 | 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 and West Ben gal                                                                         | PFR completed                                                                                         |

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