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. It is based on assumptions that surplus water in rivers can be diverted to deficit rivers by creating network of canals to interconnect the rivers.
India’s National River Linking Project is an ambitious project to ease water shortage in western and southern India while mitigating the impacts of recurrent floods in the eastern parts of the Ganga Basin. The issue remains under various concerns regarding bane or boon.
Following rivers are proposed to be linked:
Peninsular Components
1) Mahanadi – Godavari Link
2) Inchampalli – Nagarjunasagar Link
3) Inchampalli – Pulichintala Link
4) Polavaram -Vijayawada Link
5) Almatti – Pennar Link
6) Srisailam – Pennar Link
7) Nagarjunasagar – Somasila Link
8) Somasila – Grand Anicut Link
9) Kattalai – Vaigai – Gundar Link
10) Ken – Berwa Link
11) Parbari – Kalisindh – Chambal Link
12) Par – Tapi – Narmada Link
13) Damanganga – Pinjal Link
14) Bedti – Varada Link
15) Netravati – Hemavati Link
16) Pamba – Anchankovil – Vaippar Link
Himalayan Components
1) Kosi – Mechi Link
2) Kosi – Ghaghara Link
3) Gandak – Ganga Link
4) Ghaghara – Yamuna Link
5) Sarda – Yamuna Link
6) Yamuna – Rajasthan Link
7) Rajasthan – Sabarmati Link
8) Chunar – Sone Barrage Link
9) Sone dam – Southern tributaries of Ganga Link
10) Manas – Sankosh – Tista – Ganga Link
11) Jogighopa – Tista – Farakka Link
12) Farakka – Sunderbans Link
13) Ganga – Damodar – Subernarekha Link
14) Subernarekha – Mahanadi Link
Benefits from River Linking
- Irrigation
- Flood Prevention
- Generation of Electricity
- Navigation
Concerns
- Ecological Issues
- Aqua Life
- Deforestation
- Areas getting submerged
- Displacement of people
- Conflicts among states.
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