River water Interlinking

• connecting 2 or more rivers
  • through canal
  • to reap the advantages of
    • drought control
    • flood control
    • inland waterways navigation
    • employment generation

Current Project

• Ken Betwa
  • environmental concerns

Recently Concluded

• Godavari-Krishna

Disadvantages of River Interlinking

• damage to Delta
• Mangroves damage
• sudden changes in river water salinity
  • fresh water aquatic species damage
  • E.g.: Krishna Godavari Link Canal
• Soil Salinity
  • Indra Gandhi Canal
  • causing Water Logging
• inter-state river water disputes
  • Ken Dispute ➡️ b/w MP & UP
• land acquisition increases
  • Habitat Fragmentation
    • Panna Tiger Reserve by Ken-Betwa link canal
      • development of wildlife corridors to cross canal

Way Ahead

• EIA before hand
  • no EIA was done in the cases of
    • IG canal
    • Krishna-Godavari
• offsetting negative impact
  • by including positive measure u/ Project planning phase
• Fetching the Pipelines, if river interlinking not possible, ➡️ Pipelines Approach

Also refer: Kalasa Banduri