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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 Godavari-Cauvery 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.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
ANNEXURE
Details and current status of the ILR Projects under the NPP
Sl. No |
Name |
States benefited |
Status |
1 |
|
Andhra Pradesh (AP) & Odisha |
FR completed |
|
AP& Odisha |
FR completed |
|
2 |
Godavari (Polavaram) – Krishna (Vijayawada) link |
AP |
FR completed |
3 |
|
Telangana |
FR completed |
|
Telangana |
DPR completed |
|
4 |
Godavari (Inchampalli/ SSMPP) – Krishna (Pulichintala) link |
Telangana & AP |
DPR completed |
5 |
|
AP |
FR completed |
|
AP |
DPR completed |
|
6 |
Krishna (Srisailam) – Pennar link |
AP |
Draft DPR completed |
7 |
Krishna (Almatti) – Pennar link |
AP & Karnataka |
Draft DPR completed |
8 |
|
AP, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry |
FR completed |
|
AP, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry |
DPR completed |
|
9 |
Cauvery (Kattalai) – Vaigai -Gundar link |
Tamil Nadu |
DPR completed
|
10 |
|
Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Rajasthan |
FR completed |
|
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 |
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