30 river-linking components identified: Government
2 years ago

30 river-linking components identified: Government

The Hindu  

The Centre has approved the implementation of Ken-Betwa river link project, one of the links under peninsular rivers component with an estimated cost of ₹44,605 crore with central support of ₹39,317 crore, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in Lok Sabha on Thursday. He said the National Water Development Agency under the Ministry of Jal Shakti has identified 16 links under peninsular rivers component and 14 links under Himalayan component of National Perspective Plan for inter basin transfer. The minister said the government has approved the implementation of the Ken-Betwa Link Project, one of the links under Peninsular Rivers Component, in December 2021 with an estimated cost of ₹44,605 crore with central support of ₹39,317 crore through a special purpose vehicle - Ken Betwa Link Project Authority. The minister said the NPP would give additional benefits of 25 million hectares of irrigation from surface waters, 10 million hectares by increased use of ground water, 34,000 MW of hydropower generation and other benefits like augmenting domestic and industrial water supply, navigational facilities, employment generation, fisheries, salinity control, pollution abatement, etc.

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‘Game changer’ river interlinking project in Bihar set to get union cabinet nod
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Game changer’ river interlinking project in Bihar set to get union cabinet nod

Hindustan Times  

The much anticipated Kosi-Mechi project to interlink the two rivers in north Bihar, billed as a game changer for irrigation and flood management in the flood-prone region, is likely to get union cabinet nod soon, a top state government official said. Barrages on rivers in six districts Meanwhile, the Bihar government is planning to construct barrages on several rivers in …

Interlinking of Rivers: Solution to India’s growing water problem or recipe to ecological imbalance?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Interlinking of Rivers: Solution to India’s growing water problem or recipe to ecological imbalance?

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: At the historic Mahabalipuram a few days ago, an All India Secretaries’ Conference on Water Vision@2047-Way Ahead was organised by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Centre and some ‘beneficiary’ lower riparian states argue that India has a rapidly growing problem of water stress and there is a need to use most of the runoff to meet its …

India’s river interlinking projects are changing monsoon patterns, may worsen water stress: study
1 year, 2 months ago

India’s river interlinking projects are changing monsoon patterns, may worsen water stress: study

The Hindu  

For four decades now, India has put its weight behind river interlinking projects that transfer excess water from one river basin to the other — a $168 billion answer to a swelling water stress crisis. A new study published in Nature Communications, however, challenges these claims: many hydro-linking projects in India and globally are altering monsoon cycles, disturbing complex hydro-meteorological …

Interlinking of rivers offers a permanent solution to drought, reiterates Chandrababu Naidu
1 year, 3 months ago

Interlinking of rivers offers a permanent solution to drought, reiterates Chandrababu Naidu

The Hindu  

Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has reiterated that interlinking of rivers is the most ideal solution to tackle drought on a permanent basis across the nation. Speaking at a face-to-face programme with farmers and agricultural experts at the ‘Praja Vedika’ organised at Kalyandurg town in Anantapur district on September 7, Mr. Naidu said it was not a …

Union Cabinet clears Ken-Betwa river interlinking project
3 years ago

Union Cabinet clears Ken-Betwa river interlinking project

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project at a cost of ₹44,605 crore at the 2020-21 price level. “The project will be of immense benefit to the water-starved Bundelkhand region, spread across Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. This project will provide enormous benefits to the districts of Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, …

Cabinet approves Ken-Betwa interlinking project worth ₹44,605 cr
3 years ago

Cabinet approves Ken-Betwa interlinking project worth ₹44,605 cr

Live Mint  

The Union Cabinet has approved the funding and implementation of Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers project in its meeting on Wednesday. Th Ken-Betwa linking project involves transfer of water from the River Ken to the River Betwa through the construction of Daudhan Dam and a canal linking the two rivers, the Lower Orr Project, Kotha Barrage -and Bina Complex Multipurpose Project. …

Task force on river-linking okays Mahandadi-Godavari link
3 years, 9 months ago

Task force on river-linking okays Mahandadi-Godavari link

The Hindu  

The task force on Interlinking of Rivers has agreed and approved the preparation of final detailed project report on the proposed Mahandi -Gadavari link by ensuring utilisation of the allocated Godavari waters by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, en route the link canal of the project. The meeting discussed mainly three proposals put forward by the task force chairman based on …

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