Lok Sabha Question No. 668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Interlinking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Virendra Singh

## †668. SHRI VIRENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the progress made under the scheme launched for interlinking of rivers to protect from the floods havoc;

(b)  the  plan  of  the  Government to compensate the farmers affected due to the soil erosion caused by rivers flood and mechanism to prevent the soil erosion;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  to  check  the  soil  erosion  caused  by  river  Ganga  in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) The Government of India has formulated a National Perspective Plan (NPP) in year 1980 for transfer of surplus waters of the River basins to the water deficit regions. This plan on one hand targeted to mitigate the ravages of annually recurring floods and on the other hand  to minimize  the miseries brought by droughts. Under  the  NPP,  30  Inter-Linking  of  Rivers  (ILR)  projects  have  been  identified,  out  of  which  16 projects are under the Peninsular component and the rest are under the Himalayan component. Out of these 30 ILR projects, Pre-Feasibility Reports (PFR) of all the 30 link projects have been completed, which led to the completion of Feasibility  Reports  (FR)  of  suited  26  link  projects.  Subsequently,  after  holding  consultations with the party State Governments and with their support & co-operation the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of 11 projects have been completed so far.

Government of India has accorded top priority to ILR Programme. Status of ILR Projects is furnished at Annexure-I .

(b) to (d) Water is a 'State' subject and the schemes for flood management and anti-erosion are planned and executed  by  the  State  Governments  with  their  resources  as  per  their  priorities.  The  Union  Government supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  by  way  of  providing  technical  guidance  and  promotional  financial assistance for flood management in critical areas. As informed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, one (1) anti-erosion  project  in  the  year  2022-23  and  two  (2)  anti-erosion  projects  in  the  year  2023-24  have  been completed, while four (4) projects have been formulated in the year 2024-25 for checking soil erosion by the river Ganga in Chandauli district of the State. Details of these anti-erosion projects are furnished at Annexure-

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 668

## ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024

## INTERLINKING OF RIVERS

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 668 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.11.2024 REGARDING 'INTERLINKING OF RIVERS'.

## Status of Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) projects Peninsular Component

|   Sl. No | Name                                                                       | States benefited                          | Status                                         |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | a. Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                    | Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Odisha            | FR completed                                   |
|        1 | b. Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) - Rushikulya - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | AP and 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 and 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 and 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) and Rajasthan         | FR completed                                   |
|       10 | b. Modified Parbati - Kalisindh- Chambal link ( duly integrated with ERCP) | MP &Rajasthan                             | Draft PFR completed                            |
|       11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link                                                   | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai) | DPR completed                                  |
|       12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                                      | Gujarat and Maharashtra                   | DPR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ken-Betwa link                                                             | Uttar Pradesh (UP) and MP                 | DPR completed& project is under implementation |
|       14 | Pamba - Achankovil - Vaippar link                                          | Tamil Nadu and 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 project was completed. Godavari-Cauvery  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, as no surplus water is available in Netravati basin for diversion through this link.
- @   Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link - The project has been taken up by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
- @@    Bedti - Varda link - DPR was prepared directly after preparation of its PFR, no FR was prepared

## Himalayan Component

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

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 668 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.11.2024 REGARDING 'INTERLINKING OF RIVERS'.

Details Of Projects To Check Soil Erosion By Ganga River In Chandauli District of Uttar Pradesh

|   Sr. No | Year    |   No. of Projects | Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2022-23 |                01 | Project for construction of geo textile tube cutter to prevent erosion of village Kundakala, Kundakhurd Mauja Sultanipur (Shakurabad) and Kundakala pump canal situated on the right bank of river Ganga under Niyamatabad block in district Chandauli |
|        2 | 2023-24 |                02 | Anti-erosion project to prevent erosion in village Mahuji located on the right bank of river Ganga under Dhanapur block in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district                                                                                      |
|        2 | 2023-24 |                02 | Project of anti-erosion work to prevent erosion in village Gurani situated on the right bank of river Ganga under Dhanapur block in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district                                                                             |
|        3 | 2024-25 |                04 | Anti-erosion project to stop the erosion in village Narauli situated on the right bank of river Ganga under Dhanapur block in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district.                                                                                  |
|        3 | 2024-25 |                04 | Anti-erosion project to stop the erosion in the villages of Pakri and Mahuwari located on the right bank of the Ganga river under Chahaniya block in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district.                                                           |
|        3 | 2024-25 |                04 | Anti-erosion project to stop the erosion in village Tandakala situated on the right bank of river Ganga under Chahaniya block in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district                                                                                |
|        3 | 2024-25 |                04 | Project of anti-erosion works for the protection of villages Kundakala and Kundakhurd situated on the right bank of the river Ganga under the development block Niyamatabad of Chandauli district.                                                     |

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