Joining of Major Rivers

The Government has kept a provision of Rs. 182.80 crore during Eleventh Five Year Plan for the preparation of Pre-feasibility / Feasibility / Detailed Project Reports of river links under Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) programme including that for preparation of Pre-feasibility / Feasibility Reports of Intra-state links by National Water Development Agency (NWDA).

The details of fund allocations are given below:                            

(Rs. in crore)

	Budget Estimates	Final Estimates	Expenditure incurred
2007-08	26.00	22.00	22.00
2008-09	30.00	To be decided in Jan./ Feb., 2009	11.85 (upto September, 2008)

        

   The details of progress made during the year 2006, 2007 and 2008 are given below:
(i) The work for preparing Feasibility reports of following links was taken up:

* Under Peninsular Component

- Bedti – Varada link

* Under Himalayan Component

- Chunar – Sone barrage link,

- Yamuna – Rajasthan link,

- Farakka – Sunderbans link,

- Ganga (Farakka) – Damodar – Subernarekha link,

- Subernarekha – Mahanadi link,

- Rajasthan – Sabarmati link,

- Sone dam – Southern Tributaries of Ganga link,

- Manas – Sankosh – Tista – Ganga link,

- Kosi – Ghagra link, Gandak – Ganga link,

- Jogighopa – Tista – Farakka link

(ii) The works for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Ken – Betwa link project was taken up in 2006 and is planned to be completed by December, 2008. (iii) During 2008, the Government of Gujarat and Maharashtra have conveyed their concurrence to Union Government on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for taking up the work of Preparation of Detailed Project Reports of two links namely Par-Tapi-Narmada & Damanganga – Pinjal.