Lok Sabha Question No. 211 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *211

ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023

## INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS

## † *211 SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the proposals/projects of interlinking of rivers initiated by the Government along with the current status of each of them, particularly Sharda-Ganga and Ken-Betwa Projects;
- (b) the budgetary allocation made under the inter-linking of rivers initiative of the Government since its inception and the actual utilization of funds so far, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  work  of  inter-linking  of  rivers  is  being  adversely  affected  due  to  various  disputes, particularly the inter-State disputes on several rivers;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to overcome such hindrances for the smooth execution of the river linking projects; and
- (e) the current status of Renuka, Kishau and Lakhwar Dam project?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023 REGARDING 'INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS'.

(a) Under  the  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  prepared  in  year  1980  for  inter-basin  water  transfer, National  Water  Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  under  the  Peninsular  River Development  Component  and  14  under  the  Himalayan  River  Development  Component).  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. 5 links under NPP have been identified  as  priority  links,  viz;  Ken-Betwa  Link  Project  (KBLP),  Modified  Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal Link Project and 3 links under Godavari-Cauvery Link project. Sharda-Yamuna Link Project is a part of the Himalyan River Development Component of the NPP and its alignment crosses the river Ganga and also  provides  benefits in  the  Ganga  basin.  Latest  status  of  the  Inter-Linking  of  Rivers  (ILR)  projects  is given at Annexure-1.

KBLP is the first ILR project under the NPP which is under implementation. A tripartite agreement was signed amongst the States of Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and the Government of India for implementation of KBLP in March, 2021. The Government of India approved the implementation of KBLP with an estimated cost of Rs. 44,605 crore at year 2020-21 price level with central support of Rs. 39,317 crore {90 (Centre): 10(State)} through a Special Purpose Vehicle, viz., Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority.

(b) The  budgetary  allocation  has  been  made  under  the  river  linking  initiative  of  the  Government  for India for KBLP only, as this is the first ILR project which is under implementation. A total expenditure of Rs.  8,335.63 crore has so far been incurred for the project,  which includes Rs. 2,609.74 crore from the budget of State Government of MP, and Rs. 4,639.46 crore during Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 and Rs. 622.43 crore during FY 2022-23 from the Union Budget. A budgetary allocation of Rs. 3,500 crore has been made for the current FY 2023-24 in the Union budget for KBLP, out of which, Rs. 464.00 crore has been utilized up to 30.06.2023.

(c) & (d) The Government has been pursuing the ILR programme in a consultative manner. Consensus building among the party States is crucial for implementation of the ILR projects. Government of India has made vigorous efforts at various levels for consensus building among the States for implementation of ILR projects. A Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers (SCILR) has been constituted in September, 2014 for  the implementation of ILR programme. 20 meetings of the SCILR have been held so far. Further, a Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (TFILR) has been constituted in April, 2015 and 17 meetings of the same have been held so far. States have wide representation and participation in these meetings, wherein concerted efforts are made for building consensus among the party States and for setting out road maps for implementation  of  the  ILR  projects.  It  is,  however,  for  the  party  States  to  reach  a  consensus  for implementation of an ILR project.

- (e) The current status of Renuka, Kishau and Lakhwar dams is given at Annexure-II .

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023 'INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS' STATUS OF INTER BASIN WATER TRANSFER LINK SCHEMES UNDER

## Peninsular Component

|   Sl. No | Name                                                                       | States benefited                          | Status                                         |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | a. Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                    | 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                                       | MP &Rajasthan                             | FR completed                                   |
|       10 | b. Modified Parbati - Kalisindh- Chambal link ( duly integrated with ERCP) | MP &Rajasthan                             | PFR completed (Phase-I)                        |
|       11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link (As per DPR )                                     | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai) | DPR completed                                  |
|       12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link (As per DPR)                                         | Gujarat                                   | DPR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ken-Betwa link                                                             | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh            | 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/  Janampet)  -  Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)  -  Pennar  (Somasila)  -  Cauvery  (Grand  Anicut)  link  projects  completed.  GodavariCauvery (Grand Anicut) link project has been prepared comprising Godavari (Inchampalli / Janampet) 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.

## Himalayan Component

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Link                                      | Country/ States benefited   | Status                                        |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kosi-Mechi link                                       | Bihar &Nepal                | PFR completed                                 |
|         2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                     | Bihar &U.P &Nepal           | Draft FR completed                            |
|         3 | Gandak - Ganga link                                   | U.P &Nepal                  | FR completed (Indian portion)                 |
|         4 | Ghaghra - Yamuna link                                 | U.P &Nepal                  | FR completed (Indian portion)                 |
|         5 | Sarda - Yamuna link                                   | U.P &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 &U.P                  | 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, W.B &Bihar           | FR completed                                  |
|        11 | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T-G) | Assam, W.B &Bihar           | PFR completed (The proposal has been dropped) |
|        12 | Farakka-Sundarbans link                               | W.B                         | FR completed                                  |
|        13 | Ganga(Farakka) - Damodar- Subarnarekha link           | W.B., Odisha& Jharkhand     | FR completed                                  |
|        14 | Subarnarekha-Mahanadi link                            | W.B. &Odisha                | FR completed                                  |

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

## ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023 'INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS'

## CURRENT STATUS OF RENUKA, KISHAU AND LAKHWAR DAMS

RENUKA DAM: Renukaji Dam Project, conceived as a storage project on Giri river (a tributary of river Yamuna) in Sirmour District of Himachal Pradesh, has been declared as a National Project in 2008. An agreement for construction of this project was signed amongst the six basin States of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, NCT of Delhi and Rajasthan on 11.01.2019. Investment Clearance for the project has been accorded on 07.08.2020 for an estimated cost of Rs. 6,946.99 crore (price level 2018), as accepted by the Advisory Committee of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR) on 09.12.2019. Approval of for its funding under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) has been accorded in December, 2021. Implementation of the project has been started by the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Government of Himachal Pradesh. Investigations and pre-construction activities have been initiated.

KISHAU DAM: Kishau Multi-Purpose Project is a storage scheme located on river Tons (tributary of river Yamuna) in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand & Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh. Efforts have been made for consensus building with the six basin States, and it  is for them to reach an agreement for implementation of this project.

LAKHWAR DAM: Lakhwar Multi-Purpose Project is situated on Yamuna river in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. The project was declared as a National Project in 2008. An agreement was signed amongst six basin States of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, NCT of Delhi and Rajasthan on the construction of this project on 28.08.2018. Investment Clearance for the project has been accorded on 02.11.2021 for an estimated cost of Rs. 5,747.17 crore (price level 2018), as accepted by the Advisory Committee  of  DoWR,  RD  &  GR  on  11.02.2019.  Approval  for  its  funding  under  PMKSY  has  been accorded in December, 2021. The implementation of the project has been initiated by the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Government of Uttarakhand. The main package of work viz. 'Balance civil works for Construction of 204 m high concrete gravity dam, Intake, (3X100 MW) capacity underground Power House and appurtenant works on river Yamuna  of  Lakhwar  Multipurpose Project in DistrictDehradun/Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)' has been awarded.

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