Lok Sabha Question No. 708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Inter-linking of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 708

ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS

## 708. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to interlink 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) The 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. Three links namely, Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP), Modified Parbati- Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC)  Link  project  duly  integrated  with  the  Eastern  Rajasthan  Canal  Project  (ERCP)  and  GodavariCauvery link project have been identified as priority link projects under the NPP. The KBLP is the first ILR project under the NPP, for which the implementation has been initiated. The details and the current status of ILR projects under the NPP, including that of the Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga (M-S-T-G) link project, is given at Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 708  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.12.2023  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                             | 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)&MP                     | Implementation has been initiated |
|       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  DPRs  of  Godavari  (Inchampalli/  Janampet)  -  Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects have been completed. Godavari-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link project have 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, 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                            | WB&Odisha                      | FR completed                                  |