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Interlinking Rivers in India:
The purpose of interlinking the rivers is to join the Indian rivers through reservoirs and canals. This will solve the problems of floods and will provide water throughout the year. Farmers will also get benefits as they will not be dependent on the monsoon for water etc.
- The interlinking of river project is a Civil Engineering project, which aims to connect Indian rivers through reservoirs and canals.
- The farmers will not have to depend on the monsoon for cultivation and also the excess or lack of water can be overcome during flood or drought.
- India has approx. 4% of the water available
- India's population is around 16 percent of the world's population. But every year, hundreds of millions of cubic cusec water flows into the ocean and India has to meet its needs with only 4 percent of the water.
What is the interlinking River project?
This project will connect 60 rivers of India, including the river Ganga. Hopefully, with the help of this project, there will be a reduction in the dependence of farmers on uncertain monsoon rains and there will also be millions of cultivated land for irrigation.
This project is divided into three parts:
- North Himalayan river link constituents;
- Southern Peninsular Component starting from 2005,
- Interstate interlinking of rivers.
This project is being managed under the National Water Development Authority of India (NWDA), Ministry of Water Resources.
Benefits of Interlinking Rivers
This project can solve the problem of drought and flood because at the time of need the river which causes flood can give water to the area of the river which has a shortage of water because the water can be stored or water can be transferred from water surplus area to the deficit. Ganga and the Brahmaputra region can get rid of floods that come every year with the help of this project.
- The irrigation, land will also increase by about 15 percent.
- 15,000 km of river and 10,000 km of navigation will be developed. Thereby reducing the transportation cost.
- Large-scale afforestation and about 3,000 tourist spots will be built.
- This project will solve the problems of drinking water and financially also will solve the problem.
- It is also possible to get jobs for landless farmers in rural areas.
West flowing and East Flowing Rivers
Rivers flowing towards the West
The rivers flowing towards the Arabian Sea have short courses
- The Shetruniji is on such a river which rises near the Dalkahwain Amreli district.
- The Bhadra originates near Aniali village in Rajkot district.
- The Dhadhar rises near Ghantar village in the Panchmahal district.
- Sabarmati and Mahi are the two famous rivers of Gujarat
- The Vaitarna rises from the Trimbak hills in the Nasik district at an elevation of 670 m.
- The Kalindi rises from the Belgaum district and falls in the Karwar Bay.
- Goa has two important rivers one is Mandovi and the other is Juara
- Kerala has a narrow coastline
- The longest river of Kerala
- Bharathapuzha rises near Annamalai hills.
- The Periyar is the second largest river in Kerala.
Rivers flowing towards the East
There are a large number of rivers flowing towards the east along with their tributaries.
There are small rivers that join the Bay of Bengal through small these are important in their own right.
The Subarnarekha, the Vaitarni, the Brahmani, the Vamsadhara, the Penner, the Palar, and the Vaigai are important rivers.
