Rajya Sabha
The
Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR) (erstwhile Ministry of Irrigation) formulated
a National Perspective Plan (NPP) for
Water Resources Development in 1980 envisaging inter-basin transfer of water
from surplus basins to deficit basins/areas which comprises of two
components, namely, Himalayan Rivers Development Component and Peninsular
Rivers Development Component. National Water Development Agency (NWDA) was
set up under the MOWR in 1982 for carrying out various technical studies to
establish the feasibility of the proposals of NPP and to give concrete shape
to it. Based on various studies conducted,
NWDA has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under
Himalayan Component). Out of these,
Feasibility Reports (FRs) of 14 links under Peninsular Component and of 2
links (Indian Portion) under Himalayan Component have been completed.
Further, the Detailed
Project Report (DPR) of one link namely Ken
– Betwa has been completed. NWDA has also taken up the DPRs of another two
links namely Par – Tapi – Narmada &
Damanganga – Pinjal which are
planned to be completed by December, 2011.
The details of the links under
NPP are given below:
LIST OF
WATER TRANSFER LINKS IDENTIFIED UNDER NPP BY NWDA
Peninsular
Rivers Development Component
1. Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari
(Dowlaiswaram) link#
2. Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna
(Vijayawada) link#
3. Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (
Pulichintala)link#
4. Godavari (Inchampalli ) - Krishna
(Nagarjunasagar) link #
5. Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar
(Somasila ) link#
6. Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link#
7. Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link#
8. Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand
Anicut) link#
9. Cauvery (Kattalai) – Vaigai – Gundar
link#
10. Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link#
11. Damanganga – Pinjal link#$
12. Par – Tapi – Narmada link#$
13. Ken – Betwa link#*
14. Pamba – Achankovil – Vaippar link#
15. Netravati - Hemavati Link
16. Bedti - Varda link
Himalayan
Rivers Development Component
1. Kosi-Mechi link
2. Kosi-Ghaghra link
3. Gandak-Ganga link
4. Ghaghra-Yamuna
link# (Indian Portion)
5. Sarda-Yamuna link#
(Indian Portion)
6. Yamuna-Rajasthan
link
7. Rajasthan-Sabarmati
link
8. Chunar-Sone
Barrage link
9. Sone Dam -
Southern Tributaries of Ganga link
10. Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga
(M-S-T-G) link
11. Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka
(Alternate to M-S-T-G) link
12.
Farakka-Sunderbans
link
13.
Ganga-Damodar-Subernarekha
link
14.
Subernarekha-Mahanadi
link
# FR completed
* DPR Completed
$ DPR taken up
This information was given by the
Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Vincent H. Pala in a written reply
in the Rajya Sabha today.
SK/BS
(Release ID :50498)