Lok Sabha Question No. 580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: River Linking Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 580

## ANSWERED ON 06.02.2025

## RIVER LINKING PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 580. SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the total number of river-linking projects under construction, completed and presently functional across the country, State-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the total amount of funds allocated and utilised for the said purpose during the last five years and the current year, project-wise, especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(c) the proposed timeline for completion of pending river linking projects across the country, especially those in Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) the details of the total benefits that would be derived on the completion of all river-linking projects across the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) The  Government  of  India  formulated  a  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  for  the  Inter-linking  of  Rivers (ILR)  for  transferring  water  from  surplus  basins  to  deficit  basins/areas  in  1980.  National  Water  Development Agency (NWDA) has been entrusted with the work of Interlinking of Rivers under the NPP. 30 link projects have been  identified  under  the  NPP  with  two  components,  viz;  Himalayan  Component  (14  ILR  projects)  and Peninsular Component (16 ILR projects). Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 11 ILR projects, Feasibility Reports (FRs) of 26 ILR projects, and Pre-Feasibility Reports (PFRs) of 30 ILR projects have been completed.

(b) As  this  rigorous process demands a  consensus among the party States; therefore, out of 30 ILR projects under the NPP, the implementation of only one project i.e.  Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) has been started so far. No ILR Project involving the State of Andhra Pradesh has reached the stage of implementation.

The status of funds allocated and utilized for KBLP is given at Annexure I . A total expenditure of Rs. 8023.37 crore has been incurred by the Government of India on KBLP till 31.12.2024.

(c) The  Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for KBLP were signed by the party States in March, 2021 and subsequently in December, 2021 the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for implementation of the project at an estimated  cost  of  Rs.  44,605  crore,  with  a  Central  Support  of  Rs.  39,317  crore.  The  project  is  planned  to  be completed in by March 2030.

For  other  ILR  projects,  the  schedule  of  completion  would  depend  upon  the  party  States  arriving  at  a consensus for the respective link projects and signing the link specific MoAs for their implementation.

(d) Status and benefits of ILR Projects is given at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 580 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2025 REGARDING 'RIVER LINKING PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH'.

## THE STATUS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED AND UTILIZED FOR KBLP

| Year    |   Budget allocated (Rs. crore) | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                        4644.46 | 4639.46                      |
| 2022-23 |                        1400    | 622.42                       |
| 2023-24 |                        3500    | 1392.37                      |
| 2024-25 |                        4000    | 1369.12 (till 31.12.2024)    |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 580 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2025 REGARDING 'RIVER LINKING PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH'.

## DETAILS OF BENEFITS FROM ILR PROJECTS UNDER THE NPP

## Peninsular Component

|   Sl.No | Name                                                                       | States benefited               | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)   | Domestic & Industrial (Mm 3 )   | Hydropower (MW)   | Status              |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | a. Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                    | Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Odisha | 4.43                          | 802                             | 445               | FR completed        |
|       1 | b. Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) - Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | AP and Odisha                  | 6.25 (0.91 + 3.52 + 1.82**)   | 700 +125**                      | 210 + 240**       | FR completed        |
|       2 | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link ****                      | AP                             | 2.1                           | 162                             | --                | FR completed        |
|       3 | a.)Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link                  | Telangana                      | 2.87                          | 237                             | 975+ 70= 1045     | FR completed        |
|       3 | b.) Alternate Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link*      | Telangana                      | 2.38                          | 232                             | 26                | DPR completed       |
|       4 | Godavari (Inchampalli/ SSMPP) - Krishna (Pulichintala) link                | Telangana and AP               | 4.74 (0.36+ 4.38)             | 346                             | 90                | DPR completed       |
|       5 | a.) Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link                     | AP                             | 5.81                          | 124                             | 90                | FR completed        |
|       5 | b.)Alternate Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila) link*            | AP                             | 1.71                          | 236                             | 40                | DPR completed       |
|       6 | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                                          | AP                             | 1.79                          | 58                              | 11                | Draft DPR completed |
|       7 | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                                            | Karnataka                      | 0.69                          | 467                             |                   | Draft DPR completed |
|       7 |                                                                            | AP                             | 1.57                          | 29.83                           | --                |                     |
|       8 | a. ) Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link                       | AP, Tamil Nadu& Puducherry     | 4.91 (0.49+ 4.36 +0.06)       | 1105                            | --                | FR completed        |
|       8 | b.) Alternate Pennar                                                       | AP                             | 0.51                          | 43                              |                   |                     |
|       8 | (Somasila) - Cauvery                                                       | Tamil Nadu                     | 1.14                          | 618                             |                   | DPR completed       |

|    | (Grand Anicut) link *                                                    | Puducherry                                | --                                               | 62                                                                   |                              |                                        |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|  9 | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai -Gundar link                                 | Tamil Nadu                                | 4.48                                             | 218                                                                  | --                           | DPR completed                          |
| 10 | a. Parbati -Kalisindh - Chambal link                                     | Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Rajasthan         | Alt.I = 2.30 Alt.II = 2.20                       | - 13.2                                                               | --                           | FR completed                           |
| 10 | b. Modified Parbati - Kalisindh-Chambal link (duly integrated with ERCP) | MP and Rajasthan                          | 3.38 (as per draft PFR) MP - 2.58 Rajasthan- 0.8 | Rajasthan- Domestic- 1723 MCM Industrial- 286MCM MP- Domestic- 36MCM | -                            | Draft PFR completed                    |
| 11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link                                                 | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai) | --                                               | 895                                                                  | 5                            | DPR completed                          |
| 12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                                    | Gujarat                                   | 2.28                                             | 76                                                                   | 21                           | DPR completed                          |
| 12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                                    | Maharashtra                               | 0.04                                             | --                                                                   | --                           | DPR completed                          |
| 13 | Ken-Betwa link                                                           | Uttar Pradesh(UP) &Madhya Pradesh         | 10.62 (2.51 +8.11)                               | 194                                                                  | 103MW (Hydro) & 27MW (Solar) | DPR completed & implementation started |
| 14 | Pamba - Achankovil Vaippar link                                          | - Tamil Nadu                              | 0.91                                             | --                                                                   | 3.87                         | FR completed                           |
| 14 | Pamba - Achankovil Vaippar link                                          | Kerala                                    |                                                  |                                                                      | 504.5                        | FR completed                           |
| 15 | Bedti - Varda link@                                                      | Karnataka                                 | 1.05                                             | 38                                                                   | ----                         | DPR completed                          |
| 16 | Netravati - Hemavati link***                                             | Karnataka                                 | 0.34                                             | --                                                                   | --                           | PFR completed                          |

** Benefit to Odisha from Six Projects of Govt. of Odisha

For PKC links at Serial no.10 (a): Alt I- Linking with Gandhi sagar Dam, Alt. II- Linking with Rana Pratap Sagar Dam

* Due  to  pending  consensus  on  Manibhadra  and  Inchampalli  dams,  an  Alternate  study  to  divert  unutilized waters  of  the  Godavari  River  was  carried  out,  and  DPR  of  Godavari  (Inchampalli/  Janampet)  -  Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects completed. Godavari-Cauvery (Grand  Anicut) link project has been prepared comprising  of Godavari  (Inchampalli / Janampet)  Krishna (Nagarjunasagar),  Krishna  (Nagarjunasagar)-  Pennar  (Somasila)  and  Pennar  (Somasila)-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects. The report was further updated terminating the link canal at Manimukhta Nadi, a tributary of the Vellar River flowing adjacent to the Cauvery basin.

@ Bedti -Varda Link- DPR was prepared directly after the preparation of its PFR, no FR was prepared.

**** Godavari (Polavaram)- Krishna (Vijayawada) Link- the project has been taken up by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

*** Further studies have not been taken up since after the implementation of the Yettinahole project by Govt. of Karnataka, no surplus water is available in the Netravati basin for diversion through this link.

## Himalayan Component

|   Sl. No | Name                                                    | States / countries benefited   | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha)   | Domestic & Industrial (Mm 3 )   | Hydropower (MW)               | Status                                        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Kosi-Mechi link                                         | Bihar and Nepal                | 4.74 (2.99+1.75)              | 24                              | 3180                          | PFR completed                                 |
|        2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                       | Bihar, UP and Nepal            | 8.35 (6.05+1.20 +1.10)        | 0                               | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|        3 | Gandak - Ganga link                                     | UP and Nepal                   | 34.58 (28.80+5.78 )           | 700                             | 4375 (Dam PH) &180 (Canal PH) | FR completed and circulated                   |
|        4 | Ghaghra - Yamuna link                                   | UP and Nepal                   | 27.84 (25.30 + 2.54)          | 1391                            | 10884                         | Draft FR completed                            |
|        5 | Sarda - Yamuna linkUP                                   | and Uttarakhand                | 2.95 (2.65 + 0.30)            | 3054                            | 6620                          | FR completed                                  |
|        6 | Yamuna-Rajasthan link                                   | Haryana and Rajasthan          | 2.51 (0.11+ 2.40 )            | 30                              | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|        7 | Rajasthan- Sabarmati link                               | Rajasthan and Gujarat          | 11.53 (11.21+0.32)            | 102                             | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|        8 | Chunar-Sone Barrage link                                | Bihar and UP                   | 0.67 (0.13 + 0.54)            | --                              | --                            | Draft FR completed                            |
|        9 | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link           | Bihar and Jharkhand            | 3.07 (2.39 + 0.68 )           | 360                             | 95                            | Draft FR completed                            |
|       10 | Manas-Sankosh- Tista-Ganga (M-S- T-G) link              | Assam, WBand Bihar             | 3.41 (2.05 + 1.00 + 0.36 )    | --                              | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|       11 | Jogighopa-Tista- Farakka link (Alternative to M-S- T-G) | Assam, WBand Bihar             | 3.559 (0.975+ 1.564+ 1.02)    | 265                             | 360                           | PFR completed (The proposal has been dropped) |
|       12 | Farakka-Sundarbans link                                 | WB                             | 1.50                          | 184                             | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar- Subarnarekha link             | WB, Odisha and Jharkhand       | 12.30 (11.18+ 0.39+ 0.73)     | 432                             | --                            | FR completed                                  |
|       14 | Subarnarekha- Mahanadi link                             | WBand Odisha                   | 2.16 (0.18+ 1.98)             | 198                             | 20                            | FR completed                                  |

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