This slide is prepared by my team for a class assignment on the interlinking of the rivers in india

1. National River Linking Project
Group – 4

2. The vision of National River Linking Project is about transfer of water from water-surplus basins
to water-deficit basins through inter-basin water transfer project leading to transfer of 174
trillion liters of water per annum.

3. History

4. Flood
Benefits Costs
The project will prevent flood.
Average data for India
-Total flood prone area = 7.3 million
hectares
-Houses damage = Rs 3.7 billion
-Crop damage = Rs 10.95 billion
-Public damage = Rs 11.86 billion
Total = Rs 27.06 billion
The opportunity cost of the increase in
the fertility of the soil of the flooded
region.

5. Irrigation
Benefits Costs
Increase in the total irrigation of land.
3000 storage facility.
- 35 million hectares
- 200 million tones of food production
- Water availability 92% in urban area
and 86 % in rural area
• Cost of acquisition of land.
• Rehabilitation Cost.(Rs 56000 crores)

6. Inland Transportation
Benefits. Costs
30 river links . Canal network of 15000
Kms.
- Increase in trade
- Enhanced transportation facility
- Economic development of the
ports
- Huge amount of earth dug can be
sold for leveling .
Environmental cost
- Loss of biodiversity
- Loss of vegetation
- Loss of perennial streams.

7. Hydro power
Benefits Costs
34000 MW of hydropower will be
generated which is equivalent to that
produced by 34 Tehri Dams.
6.2*1000*24*365=Rs 5.43 crores /MW-
year.
Total= 5.43*34000 = Rs 1.86 trillion
/year
Construction cost
- 34 billion USD

8. Constraints
 Political
Lack of political motivation and socio-economic values .
 Lack of awareness among public.
 Pre-built dams and projects .
 Environment campaigns.
 Cultural constraints.

9. Sources
 National Water Development Agency (NWDA)
 Inter Linking River Program(ILR)
 Wikipedia
 Quora

10. Thank You !!!