Lok Sabha Question No. 1126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Water Grid Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1126

## ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## WATER GRID PROJECT

## 1126. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether Union Government would financially assist the water grid project in the arid regions of the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with funds sanctioned/spent for each project during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) & (b) Under the National Perspective Plan (NPP), prepared in the year 1980 for inter-basin water transfer, the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports. Out of 30 identified link projects, Pre Feasibility Reports (PFRs) of all the 30 links, Feasibility Reports (FRs) of 24 links and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 11 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.

The Government has been pursuing the inter-linking of rivers (ILR) program in a consultative manner and  has  accorded  top  priority  to  it.  A  'Special  Committee  on  Interlinking  of  Rivers'  has  been  constituted  in September, 2014 for the implementation of ILR programme. Twenty one meetings of the Special Committee have been held so far. Further, a "Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers" was also constituted in April, 2015 for expediting the works under ILR programme and 18 meetings of the Task Force have been held so far. States have  wide  representation  and  active  participation  in  these  meetings.  The  implementation  of  the  ILR  projects depends on the party States to reach a consensus.

Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the first ILR project, for which implementation has been initiated. Subsequent to the signing of a tripartite Memorandum of Agreement amongst the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and Government of India, the project was approved by the Government of India, in December, 2021,  for  implementation  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.  44,605  crore  (at  year  2020-21  price  level),  including  a central  support  of  Rs.  39,317  crore.  During  the  financial  year  2021-22,  the  budget  allocation  made  for implementation of KBLP was Rs. 4,642.03 crore, while the expenditure made was Rs. 4,639.46 crore. During the financial year 2022-23, a budget allocation of Rs. 1,400 crore was made for the project, while the expenditure out of the central grants made was Rs.622.43 crore. For financial year 2023-24, out of a budget allocation of Rs. 3,500 crore made for the project, central grants amounting to Rs.1459.97 crore  has been made so far.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1126 ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2024 REGARDING 'WATER-GRID PROJECT'.

## Details and current status of the ILR Projects under the NPP

## Peninsular Component

|   Sl. No | Name                                                                       | States benefited                          | Status                                         |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | a. Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                    | Andhra Pradesh (AP) & Odisha              | FR completed                                   |
|        1 | b. Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) - Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | AP& Odisha                                | FR completed                                   |
|        2 | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link                           | AP                                        | FR completed                                   |
|        3 | a.)Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link                  | Telangana                                 | FR completed                                   |
|        3 | b.) Alternate Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link *     | Telangana                                 | DPR completed                                  |
|        4 | Godavari (Inchampalli/ SSMPP) - Krishna (Pulichintala) link                | Telangana &AP                             | DPR completed                                  |
|        5 | a.) Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link                     | AP                                        | FR completed                                   |
|        5 | b.)Alternate Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link *          | AP                                        | DPR completed                                  |
|        6 | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                                          | AP                                        | Draft DPR completed                            |
|        7 | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                                            | AP &Karnataka                             | Draft DPR completed                            |
|        8 | a.)Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link                         | AP, Tamil Nadu& Puducherry                | FR completed                                   |
|        8 | b.) Alternate Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link *            | AP, Tamil Nadu& Puducherry                | DPR completed                                  |
|        9 | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai -Gundar link                                   | Tamil Nadu                                | DPR completed                                  |
|       10 | a. Parbati -Kalisindh - Chambal link                                       | Madhya Pradesh(MP)& Rajasthan             | FR completed                                   |
|       10 | b) Modified Parbati - Kalisindh-Chambal link (duly integrated with ERCP)   | MP &Rajasthan                             | Draft PFR completed                            |
|       11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link (As per DPR )                                     | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai) | DPR completed                                  |
|       12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link (As per DPR)                                         | Gujarat &Maharashtra                      | DPR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ken-Betwa link                                                             | Uttar Pradesh (UP)& Madhya Pradesh        | DPR completed &project is under implementation |
|       14 | Pamba - Achankovil - Vaippar link                                          | Tamil Nadu &Kerala                        | FR completed                                   |
|       15 | Bedti - Varda link                                                         | Karnataka                                 | DPR completed                                  |
|       16 | Netravati - Hemavati link**                                                | Karnataka                                 | PFR completed                                  |

* Due to pending consensus on Manibhadra and Inchampalli dams, Alternate study to divert unutilized waters of  Godavari  river  was  carried  out  and  DPR  of  Godavari  (Inchampalli)  -  Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar)  -  Pennar (Somasila)  -  Cauvery  (Grand  Anicut)  link  projects  was  completed.  Godavari-Cauvery  (Grand  Anicut)  link project  has  been  prepared  comprising  of  Godavari  (Inchampalli  )  -  Krishna   (Nagarjunasagar),  Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)- Pennar (Somasila) and Pennar(Somasila)-Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link projects.
- ** Further studies are not taken up since after implementation of Yettinahole project by Govt. of Karnataka, no surplus water is available in Netravati basin for diversion through this link.

## Himalayan Component

|   Sl. No | Name                                                  | States / Countries benefited   | Status                                        |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Kosi-Mechi link                                       | Bihar &Nepal                   | PFR completed                                 |
|        2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                     | Bihar, UP &Nepal               | FR completed                                  |
|        3 | Gandak - Ganga link                                   | UP &Nepal                      | FR completed (Indian portion)                 |
|        4 | Ghaghra - Yamuna link                                 | UP &Nepal                      | FR completed (Indian portion)                 |
|        5 | Sarda - Yamuna link                                   | UP &Uttarakhand                | FR completed                                  |
|        6 | Yamuna-Rajasthan link                                 | Haryana &Rajasthan             | FR completed                                  |
|        7 | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link                              | Rajasthan &Gujarat             | FR completed                                  |
|        8 | Chunar-Sone Barrage link                              | Bihar &UP                      | PFR completed                                 |
|        9 | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link         | Bihar &Jharkhand               | PFR completed                                 |
|       10 | Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga (M-S-T-G) link              | Assam, West Bengal (WB) &Bihar | FR completed                                  |
|       11 | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T-G) | Assam, WB&Bihar                | PFR completed (The proposal has been dropped) |
|       12 | Farakka-Sundarbans link                               | WB                             | FR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar-Subarnarekha link            | WB, Odisha &Jharkhand          | FR completed                                  |
|       14 | Subarnarekha-Mahanadi link                            | W.B. &Odisha                   | FR completed                                  |

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