Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project
2022 MAR 21
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Geography > Dams and reservoirs > water management
Why in news?
- Tribals in Gujarat are protesting against the Centre’s Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project.
More about the news:
- About 6065 hectares of land area will be submerged due to the proposed reservoirs. A total of 61 villages will be affected, of which one will be fully submerged and the remaining 60 partly.
- The affected families may lose their lands or houses or both in the submergence when the reservoirs are created.
- The districts where the project will be implemented are largely dominated, by tribals who fear displacement.
About Par Tapi Narmada river-linking project:
- The Par Tapi Narmada link project was envisioned under the 1980 National Perspective Plan under the former Union Ministry of Irrigation and the Central Water Commission (CWC).
- The project proposes to transfer river water from the surplus regions of the Western Ghats to the deficit regions of Saurashtra and Kutch.
- It proposes to link three rivers:
- Par, originating from Nashik in Maharashtra and flowing through Valsad, Gujarat.
- Tapi from Saputara that flows through Maharashtra and Surat in Gujarat.
- Narmada originating in Madhya Pradesh and flowing through Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Components of the project:
- The link mainly includes the construction of seven dams (Jheri, Mohankavchali, Paikhed, Chasmandva, Chikkar, Dabdar and Kelwan), three diversion weirs and two tunnels.
- Of these, the Jheri dam falls in Nashik, while the remaining dams are in Valsad and Dang districts of South Gujarat.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Gujarat, Maharashtra and the central government in 2010.
- It envisaged that Gujarat would get the benefit of the Par Tapi Narmada link project through en-route irrigation from the link canal and in the drought-prone Saurashtra Kutch region by way of substitution.
PRACTICE QUESTION:
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding?
1. Par river flows through two Indian state
2. Tapi river originates from Satpura Range
3. Narmada river flows in a rift valley,
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
Answer