Lok Sabha Question No. 3055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Inter-linking of Peninsular Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3055

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## INTER-LINKING OF PENINSULAR RIVERS

## 3055.         DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of current status of peninsular component and its sub-components of inter-linking of rivers programme in peninsular areas and benefits foresees from this project, State-wise;
- (b) whether there is any provision of hydro-power generation from this programme and if so, the details thereof and the amount of electricity generated therefrom;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  meeting  with  the  State  Governments  or  requested  to  form  a committee to monitor the project and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government to overcome environmental and economical challenges?

## 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.  The  details  of  current  status  of  link  projects  and  benefits  for  the  states,  under Peninsular Component of National Perspective Plan (NPP) is furnished at Annexure.
- (b) The implementation of all links  under NPP is expected to result in production of 34 million Kilo Watt (KW) of power.
- (c)  A 'Special Committee  on  Interlinking of Rivers' has been constituted in September, 2014 for the implementation of ILR programmes. Nineteen meetings of the 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 and fifteen meetings of the Task Force have been held so far. Efforts have been made for building consensus among the concerned States and also setting out road maps for implementation of the projects.
- (d)  Adequate care is taken to address the economic and  environmental aspects in the formulation of interlinking of rivers  projects,  apart  from  considering  all  relevant  engineering  parameters  like  hydrological,  meteorological, hydraulic, geological, geo-technical etc. During the feasibility study stage, rapid Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies are carried out using one season data. While preparing the Detailed Project Report of any link project, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study covering the likely impact on river ecology, environmental flows, bio diversity, wildlife, socio-economic factors etc. and mitigation measures to be taken, are carried out as per terms of references approved by Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of MoEF & CC.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3055 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.12.2021  REGARDING  'INTER-LINKING  OF PENINSULAR RIVERS'.

## Details of current status of link projects and benefits for the states, under Peninsular Component of National Perspective Plan (NPP) -

|   Sl. No | Name                                                                                                                              | Status                        | States benefited                             | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)   | Domestic& Industrial (MCM)   | Hydropower (MW)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Mahanadi (Manibhad ra) - Godavari (Dowl aiswaram) link                                                                            | FR completed *                | AP& Odisha                                   | 4.43                          | 700                          | 450               |
|        2 | Godavari (Polavaram ) - Krishna (Vijayaw ada) link                                                                                | FR completed                  | AP                                           | 5.82                          | 162                          | --                |
|        3 | a.)Godavari (Incham palli) - Krishna (Nag arjunasagar) link b.)Alternate Godavar i (Inchampalli) - Kris hna (Nagarjunasagar) link | FR completed DPR complet ed # | Telangana                                    | 2.87                          | 237                          | 975               |
|        4 | Godavari (Inchampal li) - Krishna (Pulichintala) link                                                                             | FR completed                  | Telanga - na &AP                             | 6.13                          | 413                          | --                |
|        5 | a.)Krishna (Nagarjun asagar) -Pennar (So masila ) link b.)Alternate Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) -                                    | FR completed DPR complet ed   | AP                                           | 5.81                          | 124                          | 90                |
|        6 | Krishna (Srisailam)- Pennar link                                                                                                  | FR completed                  | --                                           | --                            | --                           | 17                |
|        7 | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                                                                                                   | FR completed                  | AP &Karn ataka                               | 2.58                          | 56                           | 13.5              |
|        8 | a.)Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery(Grand Ani cut) link b.)Alternate Pennar (Somasila)- Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link                    | FR completed DPR complet ed # | AP, Tamil Nadu& Puducherr y                  | 4.91                          | 1105                         | --                |
|        9 | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai -Gundar link                                                                                          | DPR complet ed                | Tamil Nad u                                  | 4.48                          | 218                          | --                |
|       10 | Parbati-Kalisindh- Chambal link                                                                                                   | FR completed                  | MP &Raja sthan                               | **Alt.I = 2.20 Alt. II= 2.30  | - 13.2                       | --                |
|       11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link (As per DPR )                                                                                            | DPR complet ed                | Maharashtr a (only wat er supply t o Mumbai) | --                            | 895                          | 5                 |

| 12                                                                                                                                                                                 | Par-Tapi-Narmada li nk (As per DPR)                                                                                                                                                | DPR complet ed                                                                                                                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                            | 2.32                                                                                                                                                                               | 76                                                                                                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ken-Betwa link                                                                                                                                                                     | DPR complet ed                                                                                                                                                                     | Uttar Prade sh &Mad hya Prades h Madhya Pr adesh                                                                                                                                   | 10.62                                                                                                                                                                              | 194                                                                                                                                                                                | 103 (Hydro) & 27MW (Solar)                                                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                 | Pamba - Achankovil - Vaipparlink                                                                                                                                                   | FR completed                                                                                                                                                                       | Tamil Nad u                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.91                                                                                                                                                                               | --                                                                                                                                                                                 | 508                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                 | Bedti - Varda link                                                                                                                                                                 | Draft DPR c ompleted                                                                                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                          | 1.04                                                                                                                                                                               | 35                                                                                                                                                                                 | 398.9                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                 | Netravati - Hemavati link                                                                                                                                                          | PFR complete d                                                                                                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.34                                                                                                                                                                               | --                                                                                                                                                                                 | --                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam | *FR of Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) -Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link project completed. ** Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with RanaPratapsagar Dam |

-  PFR- Pre  Feasibility Report
-  FR- Feasibility Report
-  DPR- Detailed Project Report
-  MW- Mega Watt
-  MCM- Million Cubic Meter

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