STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF

INDIA’S NATIONAL RIVER-LINKING

PROJECT By

CH.P.S. SAI RAM12481A0121

K.MANASA.G.K12481A0157

GUDLAVALLERU ENGINEERING COLLEGE

CONTOURS OF NRLP

Building 30 links, 3000 small and large reservoirs, 12500 km of canals to link 36 Himalayan and Peninsular rivers to effect 178 km3 of inter-basin water transport. 35 MHa of new irrigated area; 35 GW of hydro-capacity; navigation and flood control benefits.Gestation Period: Proposed=2016; Most Likely=2050Cost = Rs 560,000 cr. at 2002 prices (US $ 120 Billion); 1 - 1.5% of India’s GDP for the next 3 decades. Largest infrastructure project anywhere, ever. Five times the size of the ……Three Gorges Project.

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PROJECT GOAL PURPOSE

Support South Asia’s quest for food livelihoods and water security

Capitalize on the uncommon opportunity created by the NRLP

Promote a balanced, analytical and informed national discourse on India's Water Future 2050, and approaches to shaping it, including through the River-Linking project

Concluding Workshop VI: Planning for a Food, Livelihoods and Water Secure India 2050

Phase III12 Months

Phase II15 Months

Phase I9 Months

OUTPUTACTIVITIESPHASE

11 Studies, Synthesis & National Workshop I

A Sharp, Well-Rounded Prognosis of India’s Water

Future - 2025/2050 & of the Water Challenge Facing the

Nation

Phase II A Phase II B16

Studies, Synthesis

& National Worksho

p II

7 Studies,

Synthesis &

National Worksho

p III

Phase III APhase III B14 Studies, Synthesis &

National Workshop

IV

8 Studies, Synthesis &

National Workshop

V

Phase II A Phase II BHow adequate, complete and

cost-effective a response is the River-Linking

Project to India’s Water

Challenge 2050?

How to maximize net social benefit of the River-Link Project

Phase III AIf NRLP fails to take off, how else can India

effectively meet its Water

Challenge 2050?

Phase III AHow best to

put into operation the

National Perspective

Plan

PHASE-WISE ACTIVITIES AND METHODS…THE 3 YEARS AHEAD…

A Sharp, Well-Rounded Prognosis of India’s Water Future - 2025/2050 & of the Water Challenge Facing the

Nation

Environmental Water Demand

India’s Macro

Hydrology

Domestic and

Industrial Water

Demand

Indian Agriculture

and Irrigation

Food Security and

Trade Liberalizatio

n

Regional Patterns in Economic Growth

Demographic Projections

Phase I…

Revisiting Water

Availability and

Demand

[1] How adequate, complete and cost-effective a response is the River-Linking Project to India’s Water Challenge

2050?[2] How to maximize net social benefit of NRLP?

Institutions and Political

Economy

Env’tal and Ecological Valuations

Economic Analysis

Financial Feasibility

Technical Feasibility

Implementation

Effectiveness

Social Cost-Benefit

Analyses

Phase II…

[1] If the NRLP fails to take off, how else can India effectively meet its Water Challenge 2050?

[2] How best to put into operation the NWSPP?

Water Institutions and Policies

Water Demand

Management

Virtual Water

Transfers

Ganges Water

Machine

Decentralized Water

Harvesting

Alternative Energy

Sources and Scenarios

Inter-Sectorial

Competition

Water Use Efficiency

and Productivity

Phase III…

FIRST RIPImplemented in Bhopal near Malwa

region.Between Narmada- Kshipra.First phase was completed in

14months.If this RIP works,3000 villages,72

towns will get drinking water and water to irrigate 16lakh acres of land.

IMPACT OF RIP

ECONOMIC: The economy at present cannot support such a

costly scheme, which is nearly 25% of India’s GDP.

SOCIAL: Displacement of people. SUSTAINABILITY& ENVIRONMENT: Slow death of Aral sea, due to river diversion

scheme.

ALTERNATIVES OF RIP Conserving water in the soil through

ORGANIC FARMING. O.F increases humus, it holds 90% of

water like sponge. Rain water harvesting.

Agriculture: 14% of India’s G.D.P 21% before bifurcation More need of irrigation water

ANDHRA PRADESH

Water from neighbouring states River Krishna-65%- Western Ghats 3000 TMC Water wasted

Water Available and Wastage

Polavaram project Dummugudem-Nagarjuna-Sagar-Tail pond

link

Need Of Projects

10 lakh acres of Rabi in command- Godavari 8 lakhs acres in north Andhra Reduce pressure on NSP Advantages Disadvantages Row over the project and All round Development

POLAVARAM PROJECT

Enhancement of water availability – 130 TMC Net water availability increase

Dummugudem –Nagarjuna-Sagar -Tail pond link

Diversion - 200 TMC of water - river Godavari t- river Krishna .

Immediate steps by Government.Ap’ s food grains - Indian food Basket-salt

pans.

Conclusion

Article from The Indian Express International water management institute

editions The Inter Basin Water Transfers via

http//nwda.gov.in/

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