The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basin transfer of water, for transferring water from water surplus basins to water-deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports. Details and status of the proposals for inter – linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) Programme is furnished at Annexure.
The issue of sanction of funds for the ILR projects under NPP arises at the time / stage of their implementation.
However, the Ken – Betwa project is the first Inter-linking project under NPP, which is ready for implementation. The project has been approved by the Government of India on 8.12.2021 for
Implementation with an estimated cost of Rs. 44605 Cr at year 2020-21 price level and central support of Rs.39317 Cr, through a Special Purpose Vehicle.
The Government is pursuing the interlinking of rivers (ILR) Programme in a consultative manner and has accorded it top priority. The implementation of the ILR projects depend on consensus among the concerned States. The interlinking of rivers programme is being pursued based on the principle of consensus and agreement among the concerned States.
Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of Damanganga-Pinjal link and Par-Tapi-Narmada link have been completed and circulated to the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The DPRs of Godavari -Cauvery link project {consisting of three links (Inchampalli) – Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) – Pennar (Somasila), Pennar (Somasila)-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects} have also been completed and circulated to the concerned States/Union Territory (UT), for building consensus and agreement on water sharing between party states.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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AnnexurE
Details and status of the proposals for inter-state linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme
| S.
No |
Name | Rivers | States concerned | Status | ||||
| Peninsular Component | ||||||||
| 1(a) | Mahanadi (Manibhadra)–
Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link |
Mahanadiand Godavari | Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana,
Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka and Maharashtra |
FR Completed. | ||||
| 1(b) | Mahanadi (Bermul)–
Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link |
Mahanadi and Godavari | do | FR Completed.*
Preparation of DPR under progress. |
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| 2 | Godavari(Inchampall)-Krishna(Pulichintala)
link |
Godavariand Krishna | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
and Karnataka |
FR Completed. | ||||
| 3 | Godavari(Inchampalli)-Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavariand Krishna | –do– | FR Completed. | ||||
| DPR
Completed. |
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| 4 | Godavari(Polavaram)
– Krishna(Vijayawada) link |
Godavari and Krishna | –do– | FR Completed. | ||||
| 5 | Krishna(Almatti)
–Pennar link |
Krishna and Pennar | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnataka | FR Completed. | ||||
| 6 | Krishna (Srisailam)–Pennar link | Krishna and Pennar | –do– | FR Completed. | ||||
| 7 | Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)-Pennar (Somasila) link | Krishna and Pennar | –do– | FR Completed. | ||||
| DPR Completed. | ||||||||
| 8 | Pennar (Somasila)–Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link | Pennar and Cauvery | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry | FR Completed. | ||||
| DPR Completed. | ||||||||
| 9 | Cauvery (Kattalai)–Vaigai–Gundar link | Cauvery, Vaigai and
Gundar |
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry | DPR Completed. | ||||
| 10 | Ken–Betwa link | Ken and Betwa | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh | DPR (Phase – I, II & Comprehensive report) Completed. | ||||
| 11
(i) |
Parbati – Kalisindh –Chambal link | Parbati, Kalisindhand Chambal | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan requested to be Consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed. | ||||
| (ii) | Parbati-Kuno-Sindh link | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan | PFR completed.$ | ||||
| 12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link | Par, Tapi and Narmada | Maharashtra and Gujarat | DPR Completed. | ||||
| 13 | Damanganga – Pinjal link | Damanganga and Pinjal | –do– | DPR Completed | ||||
| 14 | Bedti-Varada link | Bedti and Varada | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka | PFR Completed.
Draft DPR completed |
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| 15 | Netravati – Hemavati link | Netravati
and Hemavati |
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala | PFR Completed. | ||||
| 16 | Pamba – Achankovil –Vaippar link | Pamba,Achankovil and Vaippar | Kerala and Tamil Nadu | FR Completed. | ||||
| $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link | ||||||||
| Himalayan Component | ||||||||
| 1. | Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga(M-S-T-G)link | Manas, Sankosh,
Tista and Ganga |
BHUTAN&INDIA
(Assam,West Bengal and Bihar) |
FR completed.
DPR in progress. |
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| 2. | Kosi-Ghaghra link | Kosi and Ghaghra | NEPAL&INDIA
(Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) |
PFR completed | ||||
| 3. | Gandak-Ganga link | Gandak and Ganga | –do– | FR completed (Indian portion) | ||||
| 4. | Ghaghra-Yamuna link | Ghaghra and Yamuna | –do– | FR completed (Indian portion) | ||||
| 5. | Sarda-Yamuna link | Sarda and Yamuna | NEPAL&INDIA
(Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana And Rajasthan) |
FR completed (Indian portion) | ||||
| 6. | Yamuna-Rajasthan link | Yamuna and Sukri | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and UttarPradesh | FR completed | ||||
| 7. | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link | Sabarmati | –do– | FR completed | ||||
| 8. | Chunar-Sone Barrage link | Ganga and Sone | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | FR completed | ||||
| 9. | Sone Dam – Southern Tributaries of Ganga link | Sone and Badua | Bihar and Jharkhand | PFR completed | ||||
| 10. | Ganga (Farakka)-Damodar-
Subernarekha link |
Ganga, Damodar and Subernarekha | West Bengal,Odisha and Jharkhand | FR completed
DPR in progress |
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| 11. | Subernarekha-Mahanadi link | Subernarekha and Mahanadi | West Bengal and Odisha | FR completed | ||||
| 12. | Kosi-Mechi Link | Kosi and Mechi | NEPAL & INDIA
(Bihar and West Bengal) |
PFR completed | ||||
| 13. | Ganga (Farakka)-Sunderbans link | Ganga and Ichhamati | West Bengal | FR completed | ||||
| 14. | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T-G) | Manas,Tista and Ganga | Assam, Bihar and West Bengal | PFR completed
(Dropped) |
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PFR- Pre Feasibility Report
FR- Feasibility Report
DPR- Detailed Project Report
