The National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in August 1980 for water resources development through inter basin transfer of water, for transferring water from water surplus basins to water-deficit basins. Under the NPP, the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has identified 30 links (16 under Peninsular Component & 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports. Details and status of the proposals for inter-state linking of rivers under the Inter Linking of Rivers Programme is furnished at Annexure.
The implementation of the ILR projects depend on the consensus of the concerned States. Thus the interlinking of rivers programme is being pursued based on the principle of consensus and agreement among the concerned States. An interlinking project would reach the implementation stage once agreement amongst party states is reached on water sharing. Thereafter for implementation all requisite statutory clearances need to be obtained.
Government of Uttar Pradesh has requested NWDA to take up the study of linking Sharda River to Gomtiriver. Draft Pre-Feasibility Report of the Intra State link viz; Sharda-Gomti link has been completed by NWDA and submitted to the State Government in October, 2021.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
AnnexurE
| S. No | Name | Rivers | States concerned | Status |
| Peninsular Component | ||||
| 1(a) | Mahanadi (Manibhadra)– Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | Mahanadiand Godavari | Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka and Maharashtra | FR Completed. |
| 1(b) | Mahanadi (Bermul)– Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link | Mahanadi and Godavari | do | FR Completed.* Preparation of DPR under progress. |
| 2 | Godavari(Inchampall)-Krishna(Pulichintala) link | Godavariand Krishna | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka | FR Completed. |
| 3 | Godavari(Inchampalli)-Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link | Godavariand Krishna | –do– | FR Completed. |
| DPR Completed. | ||||
| 4 | Godavari(Polavaram) – Krishna(Vijayawada) link | Godavari and Krishna | –do– | FR Completed. |
| 5 | Krishna(Almatti) –Pennar link | Krishna and Pennar | Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra and Karnataka | FR Completed. |
| 6 | Krishna (Srisailam)–Pennar link | Krishna and Pennar | –do– | FR Completed. |
| 7 | Krishna(Nagarjunasagar)-Pennar (Somasila) link | Krishna and Pennar | –do– | FR Completed. |
| DPR Completed. | ||||
| 8 | Pennar (Somasila)–Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link | Pennar and Cauvery | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry | FR Completed. |
| DPR Completed. | ||||
| 9 | Cauvery (Kattalai)–Vaigai–Gundar link | Cauvery, Vaigai and Gundar | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry | DPR Completed. |
| 10 | Ken–Betwa link | Ken and Betwa | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh | DPR (Phase – I, II & Comprehensive report) Completed. |
| Contd… | ||||
| 11 (i) | Parbati – Kalisindh –Chambal link | Parbati, Kalisindhand Chambal | Madhya Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan requested to be Consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed. |
| (ii) | Parbati-Kuno-Sindh link | Parbati, Kuno and Sindh | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan | PFR completed.$ |
| 12 | Par-Tapi-Narmada link | Par, Tapi and Narmada | Maharashtra and Gujarat | DPR Completed. |
| 13 | Damanganga – Pinjal link | Damanganga and Pinjal | –do– | DPR Completed. |
| 14 | Bedti-Varada link | Bedti and Varada | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka | PFR Completed. Draft DPR completed |
| 15 | Netravati – Hemavati link | Netravati and Hemavati | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala | PFR Completed. |
| 16 | Pamba – Achankovil –Vaippar link | Pamba,Achankovil and Vaippar | Kerala and Tamil Nadu | FR Completed. |
| $ Integration of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan and Parbati – Kalisindh – Chambal link. |
| Himalayan Component | ||||
| 1. | Manas-Sankosh-Tista-Ganga(M-S-T-G)link | Manas,Sankosh, Tista and Ganga | BHUTAN&INDIA (Assam,West Bengal and Bihar) | FR completed. DPR in progress. |
| 2. | Kosi-Ghaghra link | Kosi and Ghaghra | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) | PFR completed |
| 3. | Gandak-Ganga link | Gandak and Ganga | –do– | FR completed (Indian portion) |
| 4. | Ghaghra-Yamuna link | Ghaghra and Yamuna | –do– | FR completed (Indian portion) |
| 5. | Sarda-Yamuna link | Sarda and Yamuna | NEPAL&INDIA (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana And Rajasthan) | FR completed (Indian portion) |
| 6. | Yamuna-Rajasthan link | Yamuna and Sukri | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and UttarPradesh | FR completed |
| 7. | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link | Sabarmati | –do– | FR completed |
| 8. | Chunar-Sone Barrage link | Ganga and Sone | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | Draft FR completed |
| 9. | Sone Dam – Southern Tributaries of Ganga link | Sone and Badua | Bihar and Jharkhand | PFR completed |
| Contd… | ||||
| 10. | Ganga (Farakka)-Damodar- Subernarekha link | Ganga, Damodar and Subernarekha | West Bengal,Odisha and Jharkhand | FR completed DPR in progress |
| 11. | Subernarekha-Mahanadi link | Subernarekha and Mahanadi | West Bengal and Odisha | FR completed |
| 12. | Kosi-Mechi Link | Kosi and Mechi | NEPAL & INDIA (Bihar and West Bengal) | PFR completed |
| 13. | Ganga (Farakka)-Sunderbans link | Ganga and Ichhamati | West Bengal | FR completed |
| 14. | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakkalink(Alternative to M-S-T-G) | Manas,Tista and Ganga | Assam, Bihar andWest Bengal | Dropped |