Kenbetwa river interlinking project will irrigate indias worst droughtaffected and droughtprone bundelkhand region. Offer starts on jan 8, 2020 and expires on sept 30, 2020. Indias river linking project engineering and the intensity of water scarcities, ibt projects during the past century have become increasingly large in the volumes handled and bold in their design. The riverlinking project rlp proposes to link 14 himalayan rivers in the north and 16 peninsular rivers in the south. Pdf sustainability issues of river linking ysc khuman. Pattiseema project makes it to limca book of records. Floods river, coastal, mudflow, largescale disturbance of hydro and geological systems, reduced ecological hydrological connectivity, food insecurity crop damage, surface water pollution.
As you all know how important each topic is, you can miss out those topics where you can expect even 5 or more questions based on this section. The idea to link indias rivers will remain a pipe dream. The project for interlinking of rivers of india emanates from a desire of the political leadership of the. India accounts for 18% of the world population and. The plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, in the hope that it will cut farmers dependence on fickle monsoon rains. Govt to launch riverlinking project in december with ken. India set to start massive project to divert ganges and. The betwa river is one of 37 rivers in india scheduled to be linked as part of the countrys national river linking project. It is based on the assumptions that surplus water in some rivers can be diverted to deficit rivers by creating a network of canals to.
Govt to launch riverlinking project in december with kenbetwa link nearly 40 years after it was conceived, india will finally launch its ambitious river interlinking project in december to. Some questions on the scientific, economic and environmental. The implementation of national perspective plan for water. The main feature of the project is a 230km long canal and a series of barrages and dams connecting the ken and betwa rivers the key projects are makodia and dhaudhan dams. Narendra modis riverlinking plan analysis and explanation.
Work on five major river linking projects, including the one that would transfer surplus water from godavari to cauvery, is expected to commence from december, minister for transportation, water. Nitin gadkari the plan for the project is ready and the government is looking for a loan of rs 60,000 crore to executethe project, the minister said, addressing the sixth annual convocation at the national institute of technology at karaikal, an. Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance 76 should be poured into a clean storage container immediately after boiling, so that the heat of the boiled water will kill most of the bacteria in the storage container. The national river linking project is a massive project with and economic budget of rs. As part of indias first river linking project, water has been lifted over 350 metres and carried over 50 kilometres to the. Sharma international water management institute, new delhi, india introduction coping with annual floods and droughts, both occurring at the same time in different parts. Andhra pradeshs mega riverlinking project, known as pattiseema lift irrigation scheme has entered the limca book of records. The apex court of india has issued a directive to the government of india to interlink these rivers within a period of 10 years. The interlinking of indian rivers soas university of london. This project is actually on halt because of the transboundary nature of the affected river basins. Moreover, with water and environment issues increasingly entering the. Narmadakshipra is an intrastate river link that was undertaken to tackle water scarcity in the malwa region of madhya pradesh.
Biodiversity loss wildlife, agrodiversity, loss of landscapeaesthetic degradation, deforestation and loss of vegetation cover potential. Next either use the add new link to create a new page or select one of your other pages listed you would like to add your pdf to. Modis grand plan to divert himalayan rivers faces obstacles. How the disastrous kenbetwa link project endangers india. Latest and breaking news on river linking projects. The government on its part has set up a task force under former.
At the end of your monthly term, you will be automatically renewed at the promotional monthly subscription rate until the end of the promo. An overview presentation on interlinking of rivers in. However, there are lots of question on its credibility. Pdf download is a firefox extension that improve your surfing experience. Now that we have your pdf uploaded to your wordpress site the next step is to insert it onto your desired pages. The two rivers cut across several places in the parched bundelkhand region and hence have been chosen to be part of the riverlinking project wherein the idea is to transfer excess water in one.
River linking is a project of linking two or more rivers by creating a network of manually created reservoirs and canals, and providing land areas that otherwise does not have river water access and reducing the flow of water to sea using this means. River linking river linking is a project linking two or more rivers by creating a network of manually created canals, and providing land areas that otherwise does not have river water access and reducing the flow of water to sea using this means. Chandrababu naidu, the patttiseema godavarikrishna river linking project, has made it to the limca book of records for completion of the. The national river linking project nrlp formally known as the national perspective plan, envisages the transfer of water from water surplus basins where there is flooding to water deficit basins where there is droughtscarcity, through interbasin water transfer projects digging further into the term surplus as per the government, states that it is the extra water available. It is based on the assumptions that surplus water in some rivers can be diverted to deficit rivers. The riverlinking plan, which involves building of dams and canals, is an avoidable misadventure the presumed role of dams and canals in the mitigation of. The inter linking of river ilr programme has been taken up on high priority. Watersheds are logical building blocks of water resources.
The benefits of such a scheme are obvious it would add 3537 million hectares of irrigated land, generate 34,000 million kilowatts of electricity and increase navigational efficiency apart from controlling floods and. The indian rivers interlink is a proposed largescale civil engineering project that aims to effectively manage water resources in india by linking indian rivers by a network of reservoirs and canals to enhance irrigation and groundwater recharge, reduce persistent floods in some parts and water shortages in other parts of india. The ambitious project of andhra pradesh chief minister n. The riverlinking plan, which involves building of dams. Fuel costs, and the time involved in boiling and cooling the water, limit the usefulness of this method. This paper has given an overview of the national river linking project nrlp, and discussed its. Inter linking of rivers in india narendra modis riverlinking plan analysis and explanation duration. Indias plan to interlink its rivers ilr and to transfer water. River linking project, himalayan link, peninsular link, inter basin water transfer, strategic. Four priority links under peninsular rivers component have been identified for preparation of detailed project report dpr viz.
The interlinking of indian rivers columbia water center. The recent supreme court decision on two writ petitions of 2002 on the. The river linking project if bjp gets within striking distance, will modi be able to do a vajpayee, get the allies. He said he had already spoken to maharashtra chief minister devendra fadnavis and his gujarat counterpart, vijay rupani, on the issue and added that both had consented to. Five major riverlinking projects to commence from dec. Northeast india wherein the ministry of power in india has projected a hydel power feasibility of 3000 mw. The project involves rerouting water from major rivers including the ganges and brahmaputra and creating canals to link the ken and batwa rivers in central india and damangangapinjal in the west. Analyses of hydrological, social and ecological issues overview of the workshop proceedings upali a. The estimated expenditure of link projects for which detailed. Benefits of irrigation water transfers in the national river linking project.
Inside india, the riverlinking project has different meanings to its supporters and critics the longterm answer to this fastgrowing economys increasing water needs or an expensive and environmentally damaging albatross but both sides have a penchant to ignore the enormous internal political challenges the scheme faces. Rs 18,000 crore kenbetwa river linking project cleared. Pdf watershed of a river is characterized by its unique resources and ecosystem. This project, when it becomes a reality, will provide. All interlinking of river ilr projects in the country may be declared as national projects in a bid to expedite their implementation through quick flow. Aps riverlinking project finished in a year, enters. Nrlp the national river linking project nrlp is designed to ease water shortages in western and southern india while mitigating the impacts of recurrent floods in the eastern parts of the ganga basin. Maharashtra and gujarat would sign an agreement over the damangangapinjal river inter linking project in the next 1015 days, union minister nitin gadkari said here today.
Run of the river hydro project there are few run of the river hydro projects are under construction on tributory of the ganges. Indias massive civil engineering project, the national river linking project nrlp, will not only reduce inflow of the northern rivers, but. Prabhu had appreciated the public request for putting all technical information on the river interlinking project in the public domain, through the web site of the ministry of water. The indian rivers linking project ilr might become the largest. Explore river linking projects profile at times of india. China century project southnorth water transfer project hd 2400km. The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from niti aayog and union water resources ministry, for kenbetwa river linking today gave the. Interlinking of river ilr is a water conservation method to reduce the irregular distribution of water and for providing solution to minimize floods and droughts in india.
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