indian river's connectivity project, History, objective, cost, advantage,

2. • Introduction
• Proposed inter basin water transfer links
• History
• Objectives of NRLP
• Cost of RLP
• Phase-wise Activities
• Some Active NRLP Projects
• Present situation of NRLP
• Advantages
• NRLP Price tag

3. WHY WE SHOULD DO
THIS PROJECT…?

6. • Core idea of river interlinking project is:
• Transfer of “surplus” water from one basin to another “deficit”
basin.
• Transfer from “flooded” rivers to those with “drought and
scarcity”.
• The Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) programme is a major
endeavour to create additional storage facilities and transfer
water from water-surplus regions to more drought-prone areas
through inter-basin transfers
• Due to uneven distribution of water resources and rainfall
throughout India , we have localised agricultural yield, floods in
some region while droughts in other.

7. • So in order to tackle the water crisis , few steps had been
taken to store the surplus water that flows during the monsoon
season as well as adopt all measures for conservation and
efficient use of water. i.e. by construction of storage dams.

9. Himalayan Links
Kosi- Mechi
Kosi- Ghagra
Gandak - Ganga
Ghagra - Yamuna
Sarda - Yamuna
Yamuna - Rajasthan
Rajasthan - Sabarmati
Chunar - Sone barrage
Sone dam - Southern tributaries of Ganga
Brahmaputra - Ganga (Manas- Sankosh - Tista - Ganga
Brahmaputra - Ganga (Jogigopa - Tista - Farakka)
Farakka - Sunderbans
Farakka - Damodar - Subarnrkha

10. Peninsular Links
Mahanadi(Manibhadra) - Godavari(Dowlaiswaram)
Godavari(Inchampalii) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)
Godavari(Inchampalii Low dam) - Krishna (Nagarjuna Tail Pond)
Godavari(Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada)
Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar
Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar (Prodattur)
Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Sornasila)
Pennar (Sornasila) - Cauvery (Grand Arnicut)
Cauvery (Kattaiai) - Vaigai- Gundur
Ken - Betwa - Link
Parbati- Kalisindh - Chambal
Par - Tapi Narmada
Damanganga - Pinjal
Bedti - Varda
Netravati- Hemavati
Pamba - Achankovil - Vappar

11. • 1972-Ganga cauvery link proposed by Dr. K.L.Rao .
• 1974-“Garland canal” proposal by captain Dastur .
• 1980-Ministry of water resources frames the National
perspective plan(NPP) .
• 1982-The National water development agency (NWDA)
set up to carry out pre – feasibility studies .
• 1999-A National commission set up to review NWDA
reports .
• Aug 15, 2002- President Abdul Kalam mentions the
need for river linking in his independence day speech
• Oct 2002- Supreme court recommends that the
government formulate a plan to link the major Indian
rivers by the year 2012.
• Dec 2002- Govt. appointed a task force on interlinking
of 37 rivers led by Mr. Suresh Prabhu. The deadline
was revised to 2016.

12. The main objectives of the River Linking Project are:
• To control flood as well as draught situations in
various regions of the country.
• To increase cultivation land and improve irrigation
facilities.
• To increase availability of drinking water.
• To increase power generation.
• To improve the environmental conditions.
• To increase employment opportunities.

13. As RLP is a big project it has varying cost because, it
requires longer time and strong technical studies.
Estimation of overall cost of the project is as :-

14. A Sharp, Well-Rounded Prognosis of India’s Water Future
- 2025/2050 & of the Water Challenge Facing the Nation
Environmental
Water
Demand
India’s Macro
Hydrology
Domestic and
Industrial
Water
Demand
Indian
Agriculture
and Irrigation
Food Security
and Trade
Liberalization
Regional
Patterns in
Economic
Growth
Demographic
Projections
Phase I…
Revisiting
Water
Availability
and Demand

15. [1] How adequate, complete and cost-effective a response is
the River-Linking Project to India’s Water Challenge 2050?
[2] How to maximize net social benefit of NRLP?
Institutions
and Political
Economy
Env’tal and
Ecological
Valuations
Economic
Analysis
Financial
Feasibility
Technical
Feasibility
Implementation
Effectiveness
Social Cost-
Benefit
Analyses
Phase II…

16. [1] If the NRLP fails to take off, how else can India
effectively meet its Water Challenge 2050?
[2] How best to put into operation the NWSPP?
Water
Institutions
and Policies
Water
Demand
Management
Virtual Water
Transfers
Ganges Water
Machine
Decentralized
Water
Harvesting
Alternative
Energy
Sources and
Scenarios
Inter-Sectoral
Competition
Water Use
Efficiency and
Productivity
Phase III…

17. • Polavaram
• Par Tapi Narmada
• Ken Betwa
• Parbati Kalisindh Chambal

18. • As estimated River links (16 under Peninsular
Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for
preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). Out of
these, FRs of 14 links under Peninsular Component
and 2 links (Indian Portion) under Himalayan
Component have been completed.

19. • Create the potential to increase agricultural production by an
additional 100 per cent over the next five years;
• Avoid the losses of the type that occurred in 2002 to the extent
of $550 million by the loss of crops because of extreme
draught or flood condition;
• Unify the country by involving every Panchayat as a share
holder and implement agency;
• Provide for enhancing the security of the country by an
additional waterline of defense;
• Provide employment to the 10 lakh people for the next 10
years;
• Eradicate the flooding problems which recur in the north-east
and the north every year;

20. • Solve the water crisis situation by providing alternative,
perennial water resources;
• The large canals linking the rivers are also expected to fa-
cilitate inland navigation too;
• Increasing food production from about 200m tones a year to
500m;
• Boost the annual average income of farmers, from the present
$40 per acre of land to over $500.
• Additional irrigation of 25 m ha from surface and 10 m ha from
groundwater
• 34,000 MW of hydropower

21. 1. Financial cost:-
• 560,000 Crores Rs:-
• 250% of India’s tax revenue in 2002
• 1/4th of India’s annual GDP
• Twice the entire irrigation budget of India since 1950
2. Rehabilitation cost:
• Estimated that 8,000 sq. km. of land affecting the thousands of
villages and towns
• 33 mn of people have been displaced in India during the last
50 years most have not been rehabilitated and ILR will also
displace million of people from the most needy section.

22. 3. Environmental cost:
• 50,000 ha of forest to be submerged only by peninsular link.
• Intensive irrigation in unsuitable soils will lead to water
logging and salinity.
• Highly polluted rivers will spread toxicity to other rivers.
• River system will be altered catastrophically creating
droughts and desert.

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