PIB Analysis 03-02-23 – Part 1
Inter-Linking of Rivers
- The National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has been entrusted with the work of inter-linking of rivers under National Perspective Plan (NPP).
- NPP has two components, viz., Himalayan Rivers Development Component and Peninsular Rivers Development Component.
- 30 link projects have been identified under NPP.
Peninsular Component
| Sl. No | Name of the link | Status | States benefited | Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha) | Hydro power
(MW) |
| 1 | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) – Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | FR completed | Andhra Pradesh (AP) & Odisha |
4.43 |
450 |
| Alternate Mahanadi (Barmul) – Rushikulya –Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | FR completed | AP & Odisha | 6.25
|
210 (MGL)% + 240** | |
| 2 | Godavari (Polavaram) – Krishna (Vijayawada) link | FR completed | AP | 2.1 | — |
| 3 | a.)Godavari (Inchampalli) – Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link |
FR completed
|
Telangana | 2.87 | 975+
70= 1,045 |
| b.) Alternate Godavari (Inchampalli) – Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link * |
DPR completed |
Telangana | 3.67 | 60 | |
| 4 | Godavari (Inchampalli) – Krishna (Pulichintala) link | FR completed | Telangana & AP | 6.13
(1.09 +5.04) |
27 |
| 5 | a.)Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)- Pennar (Somasila ) link |
FR completed
|
AP |
5.81 |
90 |
| b.)Alternate Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) – Pennar (Somasila ) link * |
DPR completed |
AP | 2.94 | 90 | |
| 6 | Krishna (Srisailam) – Pennar link | FR completed | — | — | 17 |
| 7 | Krishna (Almatti) – Pennar link | FR completed | AP & Karnataka | 2.58
(1.9+0.68) |
13.5 |
| 8 | a.)Pennar (Somasila) – Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link | FR completed
|
AP, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry | 4.91
(0.49+ 4.36 +0.06) |
— |
| b.) Alternate Pennar (Somasila) – Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link * |
DPR completed |
AP, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry | 2.83
(0.51+2.32) |
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| 9 | Cauvery (Kattalai) – Vaigai -Gundar link | DPR completed | Tamil Nadu | 4.48 | — |
| 10 | Parbati –Kalisindh – Chambal link | FR completed
|
Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Rajasthan | @Alt.I = 2.30 Alt.II = 2.20 | — |
|
Parbati – Kuno – Sindh link. $ |
PFR completed
|
MP & Rajasthan |
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| Integration of modified Parbati – Kalisindh-Chambal link with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) | PFR completed | MP & Rajasthan
|
- % MGL: Mahanadi Godavari Link
- **Benefit from six projects of Govt. of Odisha.
- @ Alt I- Linking with Gandhisagar Dam; Alt. II- Linking with Rana Pratapsagar Dam
- Alternate study to divert unutilized waters of Godavari river 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 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.
- $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh-Chambal link
Himalayan Component
| Sl. No. | Name of the Link | Status | Country/ States benefited | Annual Irrigation
(Lakh ha) |
Hydro
power (MW) |
| 1. | Kosi-Mechi link | PFR completed | Bihar & Nepal | 4.74
(2.99+1.75) |
3,180 |
| 2. | Kosi-Ghaghra link | Draft FR completed | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP) & Nepal | 10.58
(8.17+ 0.67 + 1.74 ) |
— |
| 3. | Gandak – Ganga link | FR completed
(Indian portion) |
UP & Nepal | 34.58
(28.80+ 5.78) |
4,375 (Dam PH) & 180 (Canal PH) |
| 4. | Ghaghra – Yamuna link | FR completed (Indian portion) | UP & Nepal | 26.65
(25.30 + 1.35 ) |
10,884 |
| 5. | Sarda – Yamuna link | FR completed | UP & Uttarakhand | 2.95
(2.65 + 0.30) |
3,600 |
| 6. | Yamuna-Rajasthan link | FR completed | Haryana & Rajasthan | 2.51
(0.11+ 2.40 ) |
— |
| 7. | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link | FR completed | Rajasthan & Gujarat | 11.53
(11.21+0.32) |
— |
| 8. | Chunar-Sone Barrage link | Draft FR completed | Bihar & UP | 0.67
(0.30 + 0.37) |
— |
| 9. | Sone Dam – Southern Tributaries of Ganga link | PFR completed
|
Bihar & Jharkhand | 3.07
-(2.99 + 0.08 ) |
95 (90 Dam PH) & 5 (Canal PH) |
| 10. | Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga (M-S-T-G) link | FR completed | Assam, West Bengal (WB) & Bihar | 3.41
(2.05 + 1.00 + 0.36 ) |
— |
| 11. | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T-G) | PFR completed | Assam, WB & Bihar | 3.559
(0.975+ 1.564+ 1.02) |
360 |
| 12. | Farakka-Sundarbans link | FR completed | WB | 1.50 | — |
| 13. | Ganga(Farakka) – Damodar-Subarnarekha link | FR completed | WB, Odisha & Jharkhand | 12.30
(11.18+ 0.39+ 0.73) |
— |
| 14. | Subarnarekha-Mahanadi link | FR completed
|
WB & Odisha | 1.63
(0.18+ 1.45) |
9 |
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