BTN: River Linking Scandal – Water Transfer from Least Developed to Highest Developed Basin

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From: Ravinder Singh <corruptionfree04@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:40 AM
Subject River Linking Scandal – Water Transfer from Least Developed to Highest Developed Basin

River Linking Scandal – Water Transfer from Least Developed to Highest Developed Basin

 

There is relentless conspiracy for over three decades to rob Bihar and UP of their water resources. First it was Ganga Cauvery link proposed by K.L.Rao and others then Garland Canal Project and for last five years River Linking projects.

 

Water flows in major rivers of four Southern States is 216 BCM (4,5,6 &7) and medium rivers 152 BCM (8, 9 & 18) or 358 BCM. Even after allowing for 50 BCM of water use in upper basins of Godavri and Krishna in Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh, 308 BCM water is available for four states.

 

308 BCM is 15 times more than all the water available to Punjab but Punjab produces more food than all four southern states put together. This is also 7 times more than available in California Rivers.

 

Instead of efficient and productive use of water in four states it was most lunatic to even think of transferring Ganga waters for South. TN has 15 BCM share in Cauvery, 6 BCM in Pennar and 16 BCM in medium rivers together 39 BCM – equal to water resource of California. TN get very good rains spread over June to February two monsoon seasons.

 

Most strangely in all instances water from less developed basin is envisaged to transfer to more developed basin. Four Southern states have already created seven times more storage than UP and Bihar per million hectares.

 

Kalam and Prabhu foolishly promoted River Linking schemes.

 

http://www.cwc.nic.in/ISO_DATA_Bank/waterrelated2007/chapter1pdf/TABLE%201.28FINAL.pdf  

Column 3 Major & Medium irrigated by river waters,

http://www.cwc.nic.in/ISO_DATA_Bank/waterrelated2007/chapter1pdf/TABLE%201.09FINAL.pdf

Column 3 Live storage Capacity Created

States	1. Ultimate Surface Irrigation Potential	2. Water Storage Potential Created	2/1
AP, TN, Karnataka, Kerala	10 m hect.	73 BCM	7.3
UP & Bihar	17.3 m. hect.	17 BCM	1

Minor Irrigation is not provided by rivers so not considered.

 

http://www.cwc.nic.in/ISO_DATA_Bank/waterrelated2007/chapter1pdf/TABLE%201.08FINAL.pdf  

Columns 3 & 4

River Basins	Average Annual Flows in MCM	Live Storage Created 2007	Percent
2. Ganga	525023	39445	7.5%
3. Mahanadi	66879	12334	18.4%
4. Godavri	110540	25124	22.7%
5. Krishna	78124	41803	53.5%
6. Cauvery	21358	8597	40%
7. Pennar	6316	2649	42%
8. EFR in AP	22520	1601	7%
9. EFR in T.N.	16458	1838	11%
18. WFR K & K	113532	10236	9%

 

It is Scandalous to draw water from least developed Ganga and Mahanadi river basins to highest developed river basins in Ganga Cauvery Link earlier and Mahanadi – Pennar link.

 

But most importantly Flood protection is more important than power generation or water stored for irrigation. Flood damage in Surat was more than all the benefits of Ukai Dam in 40 years. But without Ukai Dam floods would have caused substantial damage every year. Good flood protection is achieved storages are 30% of the average annual flows for rivers up to 20 maf flows.

 

Ravinder Singh

October29, 2008

 

Table 1.28

http://www.cwc.nic.in/ISO_DATA_Bank/waterrelated2007/chapter1pdf/TABLE%201.28FINAL.pdf

Ultimate Irrigation potential from Major & Medium Irrigation in four Southern States Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala is 10 million hectares out of 58.465 million hectares for India. These states have 17% ultimate surface irrigation potential of India.

 

UP and Bihar together have 17.3 million hectares ultimate irrigation potential which is 30% of India.

 

Table 1.09

http://www.cwc.nic.in/ISO_DATA_Bank/waterrelated2007/chapter1pdf/TABLE%201.09FINAL.pdf

Live storage capacity already created in these four states is 73 billion cubic meter out of 206 BCM. This is 35%.

 

UP and Bihar together have only 17 billion cubic meter live storage capacity which is 8.25%.  

 

 

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