Abstract
The Government of India, on directions from the Supreme Court in 2002 and advice from the National Water Development Agency (NWDA), proposed an estimated US$120 billion National River Linking Project (NRLP) which envisages linking 37 Himalayan and Peninsular rivers (Figure 1; NCIWRD 1999). Doing this will form a gigantic South Asian water grid which will annually handle 178×109 m3/yr of interbasin water transfer; build 12,500 km of canals; generate 34 gigawatts of hydropower; add 35 million hectares (Mha) to India’s irrigated areas; and generate inland navigation benefits (IWMI 2003; NWDA 2006; Gupta and van der Zaag 2007).
Original language | English |
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Pages | 215-231 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | Second National Workshop on Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation 2009 - New Delhoq, India Duration: 8 Apr 2009 → 9 Apr 2009 |
Workshop
Workshop | Second National Workshop on Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation 2009 |
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Country/Territory | India |
City | New Delhoq |
Period | 8/04/09 → 9/04/09 |
Other | 8-9 April 2009 |
Keywords
- IR-80137