National Interlinking of Rivers Authority

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).

  • The proposed body would look into inter and intra state river linking projects and generate the funds for the same.

Interlinking River (ILR) Projects

  • As of now, there are 6 ILR projects under examination –
  • Ken-Betwa (Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh)
  • Damanganga- Pinjal (Maharashtra and Gujarat)
  • Par-Tapi-Narmada (Maharashtra and Gujarat)
  • Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga (Assam and West Bengal)
  • Mahanadi-Godavari (Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana)
  • Godavari-Cauvery (Grand ....
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