Under the National Perspective Plan (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 current status of the proposals for inter-state linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) Programme is furnished at Annexure.
Ken – Betwa project is the first Inter-linking project under NPP, which is under implementation. A tripartite agreement has been signed among the States of UP and MP and Central Government for implementation of Ken-Betwa Link Project in March, 2021. The project has been approved by the Government of India 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 ILR programme has been accorded top priority by the Government and it is being pursued based on the principle of consensus and agreement among the concerned States. A “Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers” was constituted in September, 2014 for the implementation of ILR programme. Nineteen meetings of the Special Committee have been held so far. Further, a Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers was also constituted in April, 2015 and fifteen meetings of the Task Force have been held so far. Furthermore, efforts have been made for building consensus among the concerned States as implementation of the ILR projects depends mainly on the consensus among the concerned States.
Estimated expenditure for ILR project (30 links) is estimated at Rs. 8.44 lakh crore. However, the issue related to actual expenditure arises at time of implementation of the link projects.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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. | |||
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$ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link.
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| 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
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- PFR- Pre Feasibility Report
- FR- Feasibility Report
- DPR- Detailed Project Report
