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    The document discusses India's interlinking of rivers project aimed to address growing water scarcity. It notes that while annual rainfall is 400 MCM, total utilizable surface and groundwater is only 114 MCM, and demand will exceed supply by 2025. The project was proposed in the 1970s and agencies were created in the 1980s to study feasibility. However, the document raises several concerns with the project related to its immense costs, technical challenges, environmental and social impacts, and argues that local water management and conservation alternatives may be more practical solutions given the uncertainties and issues with the interlinking plan. It concludes the project may not be viable in the foreseeable future.

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    The document discusses India's interlinking of rivers project aimed to address growing water scarcity. It notes that while annual rainfall is 400 MCM, total utilizable surface and groundwater is only 114 MCM, and demand will exceed supply by 2025. The project was proposed in the 1970s and agencies were created in the 1980s to study feasibility. However, the document raises several concerns with the project related to its immense costs, technical challenges, environmental and social impacts, and argues that local water management and conservation alternatives may be more practical solutions given the uncertainties and issues with the interlinking plan. It concludes the project may not be viable in the foreseeable future.

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    INTERLINKING OF RIVERS

    TODAY WE ARE WATER STRESSED, BUT TOMORRROW WE WILL BE WATER SCARCE.

    WHY WILL BE INDIA WATER DEFICIT?


    Annual rainfall- 400 m.ha.m. Total utilizable surface and ground water after full development of water resources-114m.ha.m.

    UTILIZATION:
    1991- 58m.ha.m. 2001- 79m.ha.m 2025- 114m.ha.m

    Thus the entire quantum of utilization water will be exhausted by the year 2025.

    Proposed solution
    INTERLINKING OF RIVERS

    HISTORY OF INTERLINKING
    1972-Ganga cauvery link proposed by Dr. K.L.Rao

    1974-Garland canal proposal by captain Dastur . 1980-Ministry of water resources frames the National perspective plan(NPP) . 1982-The National water development agency (NWDA) set up to carry out pre feasibility studies . 1999-A National commission (NCIWRDP) set up to review NWDA reports . Aug 15, 2002- President Abdul Kalam mentions the need for river linking in his independence day speech . Oct 2002- Supreme court recommends that the government formulate a plan to link the major Indian rivers by the year 2012. Dec 2002- Govt. appointed a task force on interlinking of 37 rivers led by Mr. Suresh Prabhu. The deadline was revised to 2016.

    STATED BENEFITS
    Alleviating droughts and flood control. Cheap water for irrigation. Availability of drinking water. Generation of hydroelectric power. Allowing more inland navigation. Employment generation. Fostering a spirit of national integration.

    INTERLINKING:SALVATION OR FOLLY
    Riparian rights: conflict between states (as- kauveri and
    Mahanadi issue) have to be resolved. In addition worry of Bangladesh and Nepal have to be taken into account.

    Financing: Raising 5.6 lakh crores of rupees is a tough task

    and if created maintenance of huge asset is a problem. Fear of privatization of water resources.

    Flood period: Idea of networking flood water to the deficient


    basin does not consider the surplus period of donor area and deficient period of recipient area.

    Desertification: Prevention of natural flooding may led to


    desertification as there will be loss of fertile soil.

    River pollution: Reducing the flow of river by diversion


    will increase the concentration of pollutants in the river.

    Security: Security of network will be an enormous load on


    security forces of central and state governments. As canal can be easily breached by manual or natural activities.

    Land acquisition and displacement: Misery and


    injustice to the displaced people in obtaining compensation due to systemic corruption.

    Technical feasibility: The slope, altitude and other


    topographical aspects have to be considered. (e.g. for Ganga, Patna is diversible surplus but for raising water to Vindhya chain i.e. 2860 ft. high enormous amount of power is required).

    ILR PRICE TAG


    Financial cost:5.6 L Crores Rs:-

    250% of Indias tax revenue in 2002 1/4th of Indias annual GDP Twice the entire irrigation budget of India since 1950

    Rehabilitation cost: - Estimated that 8,000 sq. km. of land affecting the
    thousands of villages and towns

    - 33 mn of people have been displaced in India during the last 50 years most have not been rehabilitated and ILR will also displace million of people from the most needy section.

    Environmental cost: - 50,000 ha of forest to be submerged only by


    peninsular link. - Intensive irrigation in unsuitable soils will lead to water logging and salinity. - Highly polluted rivers will spread toxicity to other rivers. - River system will be altered catastrophically creating droughts and desert.

    Doubtful role of government agencies


    Claimed that 35 mn ha of dry land regions will be brought under irrigation but the areas not clearly identified. No clear answer to the issue of displacement and resettlement. The reports regarding the feasibility of the interlinking not made public.

    KEN BETAWA LINK:


    Not yet clear, which is surplus basin and which is deficit. 1991 census data used for the implementation in 2005. No proper assessment of the ecological and social aspects. Only 3 dams figured in the report out of 10.

    Alternatives to ILR
    Rainwater harvesting and conservation of water resources : Changes in topography, soil
    system and runoff flow pattern in a changing climatic environment is considered. Not only stored rain water but soil erosion is also prevented.

    Recharging ground water reservoir : Skills have


    to be developed for arresting rain water where it falls and allowing it to recharge these ground water reservoirs.

    Large scale utilization of ground water in deltas : practically feasible and initiatives for
    borewell development and irrigation needed with responsibility lying .

    Community participation: Approaches of reducing


    water consumption by the affluent in the cities and reducing the wastage of water by the farmers in their field can be attempted.

    Options for Power

    Reduce T&D losses

    End Use efficiency (pumps, CFLs)

    Demand Side Management .

    Generation options: Small Hydro, wind, biomass, solar

    CONCLUSION
    considering the pragmatic view of all the issues raised it can be concluded that implementation of this ambitious scheme is not possible in foreseeable future. Hence it can be a better option to concentrate on the local resources and think upon the alternatives available

    References:
    National seminar on interlinking of rivers , seminar document, April 2003. Gopal Krishna and Uma Shankari, Interlinking Rivers: Contradiction and confrontations, 2004, riverlinks@yahoogroup.com Interlinking the rivers of India is a mirage, Dec 2002. www.indiatogether.org/opinions/guest/interlink.htm The mindlessness called river linking proposals, may 2003, www.sandrp.org B.P. Radhakrishna, Linking of major rivers in India: Boon or Bane?, June 2003, current Science, Vol. 84, No. 11

    Dev Goel, A political economic analysis of Indias river interlinking project, 2005, http://dscholarship.lib.fsn.edu/undergrad/132 S.G. Vomabatkere, Interlinking of Rivers: Salvation or Folly?, 05 Sep, 2006, http://www.indiatogether.org/2003/jan/wtrsgvintlink02.htm Anil Aggarwal, Interlinking of Indias Rivers- A reality check, 2004, http://studentorgs.ntexas.edu/aidaustin/conf2004 /reading_list/ILR_booklet B. Sivaraman, Interlinking of rivers in India, June 2003, http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2003/june/in terlinking_river.htm

    Learning's:
    The environmental, political and the economical aspects of the topic have provided us with the importance of water conservation. To answer the problem of water scarcity, local centralized steps can be the most viable effort (e.g. water harvesting). But in these efforts we also have to play important roles by creating awareness among the individuals of the society as well as within us. And this effort we have already initiated by efficient use of water in our day to day life. We wish to be the part of these efforts in our coming days and will certainly prove our worth to the society we live in.

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