Lok Sabha Question No. 3451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Inter-Linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3451

ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS

## 3451. MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to inter-link rivers under National Perspective Plan (NPP);
- (b) if so, the details and the current status of the proposals thereof; and

(c) the progress of Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga (M-S-T-G) link project?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) to (c) Government  of  India  formulated  a  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  in  1980  for  transferring water  from  water  surplus  basins  to  water  deficit  basins/areas.  National  Water  Development  Agency (NWDA) has identified  30  links  (16  under  Peninsular  Component  and  14  under  Himalayan  Component) under  the  NPP.  Out  of  30  Inter-linking  of  Rivers  (ILR)  projects,  Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs)  of  11 links, Feasibility Reports (FRs) of 24 links and Pre-Feasibility Reports (PFRs) of all the 30 links have been completed. 5 link projects are identified as priority link projects under the NPP viz; Ken-Betwa Link Project, Modified  Parbati-  Kalisindh-Chambal  (PKC)  Link  project  duly  integrated  with  Eastern  Rajasthan  Canal Project (ERCP) and Godavari-Cauvery link project (comprising  of 3 links). Consensus among party States is  the  key  to  success of  these  ILR projects. The Ken- Betwa Link project (KBLP) is the first ILR project under the NPP that is under implementation.

The details and the latest status of ILR projects under the NPP, including that of the Manas-SankoshTista-Ganga (M-S-T-G) link projeci is given at Annexure.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3451  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.08.2023  REGARDING  'INTER-LINKING  OF RIVERS'.

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

|   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                  | PFR completed (Phase-I)                        |
|       11 | Damanganga - Pinjal link                                                   | Maharashtra                    | DPR completed                                  |
|       12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                                      | Gujarat                        | DPR completed                                  |
|       13 | Ken-Betwa link                                                             | Uttar Pradesh & 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/  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.

** 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 of the Link                                      | Country/ States benefited        | Status                                        |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kosi-Mechi link                                       | Bihar &Nepal                     | PFR completed                                 |
|         2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                     | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh (UP) &Nepal | Draft 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                            | WB&Odisha                        | FR completed                                  |

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