The Inter connecting of waterways project have been agreed first concern by the Government of India. The mission of this task is to guarantee more noteworthy value in the appropriation of water by upgrading the accessibility of water in dry spell inclined and downpour took care of regions. This will assist with tackling the water emergency in many pieces of the country. It can likewise expand India's hydropower age limit.
The program and its advancement is surveyed on normal premise in the Annual General Meetings (AGM) of NWDA Society headed by Minister of MoJS. A sum of 35 gatherings have been held up to this point.
Public Water Development Agency (NWDA) has distinguished 30 connections (16 under Peninsular Component and 14 under Himalayan Component) for planning of Feasibility Reports (FRs) under Inter-connecting of Rivers project. Out of these, either Feasibility Report or Detailed Project report have been arranged for 14 connections under Peninsular Component and 7 connections under Himalayan Component, some of which just relating to the Indian part, said Jal Shakti service on Monday
The service additionally said that both plausibility report and itemized project report have been arranged for Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) interface, Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)- Pennar (Somasila) connect and Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) interface that go under the peninsular parts of ILR.
Point by point project report planning of Manas - Sankosh - Tista - Ganga (M-S-T-G) interface and Ganga (Farakka) - Damodar - Subernarekha connect is in progress after the fulfillment of their possibility reports. The waterway connect projects for which the feasibilty or pre-attainability reports have been arranged incorporate streams from Nepal and Bhutan. Under the Himalayan part pre-achievability report of Kosi - Ghaghra connect, Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga interface and Kosi - Mechi Link have been arranged.
Benefits from Interlinking of Rivers
The general execution of stream interlinking venture would raise a definitive water system potential from 140 million hectare to 175 million hectare. It will help produce 34,000 MW of hydropower.
Other than these advantages, the venture is compelling in dry season and flood control. All things considered, the issue of repeating floods in Ganga and the Brahmaputra locale can be addressed with the assistance of this venture. It can build the accessibility of savoring water numerous districts having water deficiency. Further developed route office is another advantage that lessens the transportation cost, aside from different advantages, for example, lift to fisheries, saltiness and contamination control and so forth
The Government of India likewise comprised a council called Special Committee on Interlinking of Rivers (SCILR) to survey the advancement of ILR projects routinely. 19 gatherings of the SCILR have been held up until this point and the keep going gathering was hung on 12 November 2021.
The Special advisory group for Interlinking of Rivers (ILR), in the wake of thinking about the perspectives on every one of the partners, is continuing ahead to facilitate the goals of the interlinking of waterways in a consultative and agreeable way.
The execution of the ILR projects includes different advances like execution of PFRs/FRs of connections, arrangement and agreement among concerned States, readiness of DPRs of the tasks, freedom from evaluation organizations which incorporates leeway by Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, techno-monetary freedom by Advisory Committee on Irrigation, Flood control &Multipurpose Projects of Ministry of Jal Shakti, speculation leeway and the development time expected for the fulfillment of the ventures according to the DPR.
