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Apex body on river linking in pipeline
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- The Central government is working on the establishment of an exclusive body to implement projects for linking rivers, To be called the National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA).
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- Interlinking of Rivers:
(1) The subject of establishment of the Authority was discussed at the last meeting of the Special Committee on Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR).
(2) As of now, 6 ILR projects: Ken-Betwa, Damanganga-Pinjal, Par-Tapi-Narmada,Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga, Mahanadi-Godavari & Godavari-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) — have been under examination of the authorities.
(3) With regard to the peninsular rivers, the Centre has chosen to focus on the Godavari-Cauvery link than the earlier proposal to link the Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery rivers.
- About National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA):
(1) Projects: The proposed body is expected to take up both inter-State and intra-State projects.
(2) Funds: It will also make arrangements for generating up funds, internally and externally.
(3) Once approved, the projects will be pursued as national projects, wherein the Centre will absorb 90% of the cost and the States concerned the rest.
Sources
The Hindu