Chapter – 1
Introduction
1.1 National perspectives for water resources development
The erstwhile Union Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Water Resources) and the
Central Water Commission in the year 1980 formulated the National Perspectives for
Water Resources Development, which comprises two main components, viz.
Himalayan Rivers Development and Peninsular Rivers Development. Himalayan
Rivers Development envisages construction of storage reservoirs on the main
Ganga and the Brahmaputra and their principal tributaries in India and Nepal
alongwith inter-linking canal systems to transfer surplus flows of the eastern
tributaries of the Ganga to the West apart from linking of the main Brahmaputra with
the Ganga. Peninsular Rivers Development of the National Perspectives Plan
includes interlinking of major rivers flowing in the Peninsular India including the
southern tributaries of Yamuna. The major parts of this component are (I)
interlinking of Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery, (ii) interlinking of west
flowing rivers, north of Bombay and south of Tapi, (iii) interlinking of Ken with
Chambal and (iv) diversion of west flowing rivers. The interlinking of these rivers will
envisage construction of storage reservoirs at potential sites and canal systems for
transferring the waters from surplus to deficit basins/areas. The canals will also
include tunnels and lifts, wherever necessary.
1.2 History of the Project
a) Earlier Proposals
Preliminary feasibility report of Kalisindh-Chambal link canal project was prepared by
NWDA and circulated amongst the members of its Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC) and to the concerned State Govts. in September, 1991. The prefeasibility
report of Kalisindh-Chambal link project envisaged diversion of 417 Mm3 of water
from river Newaj (a tributary of Kalisindh) and 403 Mm3 of water from river Kalisindh
either to river Chambal at Rana Pratap Sagar or at Gandhi Sagar dam. The diverted
water was proposed to be utilised for irrigation at Kota barrage and the water of
Chambal thus saved was proposed to be utilised for irrigation to serve the drought
prone areas in the upper Chambal sub-basin. The potential storage/diversion sites
had been identified and the assessment of their approximate capacity and likely yield
was made based on toposheet studies. These projects were proposed to be utilised
to upgrade the level of irrigation of some of the tehsils of drought prone districts of
Ujjain, Shajapur and Dhar. Irrigation had also been proposed to be extended to an
adjoining tehsil of Ratlam district in which the level of irrigation of only 8.7% is likely
to be achieved from existing, ongoing and proposed projects.
The quantum of water for diversion was assessed after carrying out the water
balance studies of the sub-basins at the diversion points in accordance with the TAC
guidelines. As per these guidelines, before qualifying the water surplus for transfer,
an irrigation level of 60% of the culturable command area is to be achieved in the
donor sub-basin/basin. If this guideline is followed, there will be no surplus water
within the Chambal basin for serving the need of drought prone areas of Upper
Chambal sub-basin where, with the allocated surface water resources the level of
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irrigation of about 5.44% can only be attained. To have an equitable distribution of
water in different sub-basins of Chambal basin, a criteria of attaining a minimum
irrigation level of 30% both for areas upstream and downstream of diversion point in
the donor sub-basin has been adopted. The requirements projected in the indicative
master plan have been retained even when their irrigation levels are higher than
30%. Following this approach 820 Mm3 of water had been assessed as surplus at
the diversion points for transfer to serve the drought prone areas of Upper Chambal
sub-basin.
The Kalisindh-Chambal link project comprised of:
I. A diversion dam at Mohanpura on river Newaj with gross storage level 395.0
m to divert 417 Mm3 of water from its own catchment to Kundaliya river
through a 68.75 km long canal with FSL of 392.0 m at Mohanpura.
II. A storage dam at Kundaliya on river Kalisindh with FRL 370.0 m, gross
storage capacity of 533.0 Mm3 to transfer 403.0 Mm3 of water from its own
catchment and 337.0 Mm3 of water received from Mohanpura either to:
a) Rana Pratap Sagar having FRL of 352.81 m and live storage capacity
of 1566.52 Mm3 through a 114.00 km long water conductor length
involving 108.75 km long gravity canal and 5.25 km long tunnel, or
b) Gandhi Sagar having FRL of 399.89 m and live storage capacity of
7617 Mm3 through a 96 km long water conductor length involving a
gravity canal of 76 km and balance 20 km covered by pipelines, and
intermediate reservoirs with a lift of about 50 m. For this alternative,
28.74 MW of power was required for pumping whereas 8.85 MW could
be recovered because of additional power generation at Gandhi Sagar
due to availability of this additional water. Thus, there will be a net
requirement of about 20 MW to operationalise this link.
c) Another alternative was studied in the Kalisindh-Chambal link linking
Kundaliya to Gandhi Sagar to reduce the power burden on the power
grid. This alternative utilises part of the alignment of Kundaliya to Rana
Pratap Sagar outlined under (a) followed by an alternative alignment
meeting ultimately the alignment of Kundaliya to Gandhi Sagar outlined
under (b). The capital cost of this alternative was estimated 3% lesser
than the alternative detailed under (b).
The studies for alternative (a) & (b) were carried out and presented in PFR of
Kalisindh-Chambal link whereas the alternative (c) was only highlighted for the
consideration at the feasibility stage of the report.
b) Present Proposals
The Govt. of Madhya Pradesh in their comments on the prefeasibility report of
Kalisindh-Chambal link pointed out that the link proposal was not economically viable
on account of its low Benefit-Cost Ratio and Internal Rate of Return. Keeping in
view the comments of State Govt., further studies have been done to accrue more
benefits by increasing the quantum of water for diversion by off-taking the link canal
from Parbati River at Patanpur instead of Mohanpura on river Newaj. Therefore, the
proposal has now been modified and renamed as Parbati-Kalisindh- Chambal link
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project. In the modified proposal, one additional reservoir at Patanpur across
Parbati River is proposed to be included in the study. Considering the reservoirs at
Patanpur across Parbati, at Mohanpura across Newaj, at Kundaliya across
Kalisindh, the simulation studies have again been carried out for various
combinations of reservoirs and canal capacities to optimize the benefits. To optimize
the capacities of intermediate reservoirs for minimum storage, the studies have been
done in series starting from downstream most reservoir, considering the operational
details and the capacities of destination reservoir i.e. Rana Pratap Sagar/Gandhi
Sagar to accommodate bulk transfer of water in monsoon months and demand
pattern of the seven projects proposed by NWDA in the upper Chambal sub-basin.
Keeping in view the requirement of seven projects in Upper Chambal sub-basin, the
enroute demands for irrigation & domestic use and additional requirement of water
ex- Kota barrage, the total quantity of 1360 Mm3 of water is proposed to be diverted
through the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link canal. The salient details of modified
proposal are as follows:
i. A 21.0 m high storage dam is proposed at Patanpur across river Parbati to
divert the water of Parbati river to the proposed reservoir at Mohanpura dam
through a 55.37 km long gravity canal(open channel 48.76 km and tunnel 6.61
km).The link canal is proposed to off-take from left bank of Parbati river at
Patanpur reservoir with FSL 411.0 m. The Patanpur reservoir on river Parbati
will have gross storage capacity of 156 Mm3 and area of submergence at FRL
will be 29.98 sqkm.
ii. A 24.0 m high storage dam is proposed at Mohanpura across river Newaj to
store and divert the surplus water of Newaj and to receive water from
Patanpur reservoir and for onward transmission of combined water to
Kundaliya reservoir through a 73.17 km long gravity canal (open channel of
68.78 km length and two tunnels of lengths 1.29 km and 3.10 km
respectively). The link canal is proposed to off-take from left bank of river
Newaj at FSL 392 m. The Mohanpura reservoir will have gross storage
capacity of 140 Mm3 and the area of submergence at FRL 400 m will be 25.10
sqkm.
iii. A 45.0 m high storage dam is proposed at Kundaliya on Kalisindh river to
transfer the surplus water available in Kalisindh at Kundaliya and the
combined waters received from Patanpur and Mohanpura reservoirs to river
Chambal either (a) at Rana Pratap Sagar through 115.08 km long link canal
(open channel of 105.52 km length and two tunnels of length 3.6 km and 5.96
km respectively) or (b) at Gandhi Sagar through a 98.09 km long link canal
(78.35 km gravity canal and 19.74 km covered by pumping reach). In the
case of linking to Gandhi Sagar dam, the lift of about 50.15 m is proposed
directly from Kundaliya dam in three stages requiring 22.38 MW of power for
pumping whereas 9.07 MW of power is likely to be generated by transferred
water at Gandhisagar dam. Thus, net requirement of power for pumping will
be about 13.31 MW in this alternative. The actual head in this case for three
stage pumping is calculated as 59.07 m. This linkage has been considered
as first alternative to Gandhi Sagar. In the present study, this alternative is
named as (b)-I. In the second alternative, the link canal alignment will follow
the same alignment as in case of Rana Pratap Sagar for a length of 45.0 km
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(open channel 41.4 km and 3.6 km tunnel) and thereafter, the canal is
proposed to run for a length of 5.0 km in North-Westerly direction to feed the
sump well from where a single stage lift of 47.42 m is proposed followed by a
3.2 km long pipe line and 20.09 km long gravity canal upto Gandhi Sagar,
requiring 18.10 MW of power for pumping whereas, 9.07 MW of power is
likely to be generated by transferred water at Gandhi Sagar. Thus, net
requirement of power for pumping will be about 9.03 MW in this alternative.
The actual head in this case for single stage pumping is calculated as 62.41
m. This alternative has been named as alt-(b)-II. The last reach of 15.54 km
in this alternative is the same as in alternative (b)-I.
In case of linking to Rana Pratap Sagar known as alternative (a) or Gandhi Sagar
alternative (b)-II, the link canal is proposed to off-take from left bank of Kundaliya
reservoir at FSL 368.7 m with trapezoidal section. The Kundaliya reservoir will have
gross storage capacity of 1234 Mm3 and the area of submergence will be 118.0
sqkm at FRL 378 m.
1.3 The Report
The objective of this feasibility report is mainly for facilitating firming up the proposals
and for discussions among the concerned States for arriving at broad consensus /
agreements on diversion/utilization of waters, sharing of costs and benefits etc. After
arriving at agreements among the concerned States the preparation of Detailed
Project report is to be taken up.
This report deals with the feasibility study of the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link
project, which is a component of the third part of Peninsular Rivers Development of
National Perspective Plan. This proposal envisages diversion of about 1360 Mm3
combined surplus water of Parbati, Newaj (a tributary of Kalisindh) and Kalisindh
rivers for utilization in enroute for irrigation and other uses through link canal and 676
Mm3 of water is proposed to be transferred to the reservoir already built across river
Chambal either at Gandhisagar/or at Rana Pratap Sagar for irrigation in the drought
prone areas of upper Chambal catchment on substitution basis where the present
level of irrigation is merely 5.44% of Culturable area.
1.4 Aims of the Project
The main aim of the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link project is to make available
water to drought prone areas of upper Chambal sub-basin from the surplus water
available in its tributaries viz. Parbati and Kalisindh rivers on substitution basis.
Diversion of 676 Mm3 of water to Chambal river at Gandhisagar/Rana Pratap Sagar
will be utilized by way of substitution to provide annual irrigation for 1,09,400 ha in
drought prone areas of upper Chambal sub-basin and to augment water in the
Chambal river at existing Kota barrage to provide an annual irrigation of about 2150
ha area in the Bhind and Morena districts of Madhya Pradesh. Irrigation benefits in
upper Chambal sub-basin will be provided through the seven projects identified by
NWDA on the basis of toposheet studies namely Sewarkheri, Ramwasa, Bachora,
Soncheri, Sekri Sultanpura, Chitabad in Ujjain district and Paduniya is located in
Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. The surveys & investigation of these identified
projects have not been taken up so far but the same will be taken up at the time of
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preparation of Detailed Project Report of the link.
In addition to annual irrigation of 1,09,400 ha area in target command in upper
Chambal catchment, the enroute irrigation, considering linking to Rana Pratap Sagar
i.e. alternative (a), will be 1,08,739 ha area in enroute command (Madhya Pradesh
65,657 ha and Rajasthan 43,082 ha). In case of linking to Gandhisagar, the enroute
irrigation benefit has been worked out for both the alternative i.e. (b)-I and (b)-II.
Adopting the alternative (b)-I, irrigation benefits in enroute command will be 1,18,860
ha (93,649 ha in Madhya Pradesh and 25,211 ha in Rajasthan) while for Alternative
(b)-II, the enroute irrigation benefits will cover an area of 1,17,253 ha (90,474 ha in
Madhya Pradesh and 26,779 ha in Rajasthan) in addition to annual irrigation of
1,09,400 ha in target command in upper Chambal catchment.
Under the alternative (b)-I & (b)-II linking to Gandhisagar dam, the link will also
provide 50 Mm3 of water to water deficit existing Bhanpura canal benefiting irrigation
to an area of 10,121 ha.
A provision of about 14 Mm3 of water for drinking water supply to the villages and
towns of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan located in the vicinity of link canal has
been made. This would cater to the needs of about 3.84 lakh people of both the
States at consumption of 100 lpcd.
1.5 General description of the Project Area
1.5.1 Location of the Project
The project area is located in Guna, Rajgarh, Shajapur and Mandsaur districts of
Madhya Pradesh and Jhalawar, Kota and Chittorgarh districts of Rajasthan. The
location of the three dam sites along the link project, seven dams proposed in upper
Chambal sub-basin and the destination existing reservoirs across river Chambal are
given below:
(a) Proposed dams along the link canal
(i) Patanpur dam site: The proposed dam site is situated on the border of
Guna and Rajgarh districts near village Parsana about 35 km from Biaora town of
Rajgarh district.
(ii) Mohanpura dam site: The proposed Mohanpura dam site on the river Newaj is
located near village Mohanpura of Biaora tehsil in Rajgarh district. (iii) Kundaliya
dam site: The proposed Kundaliya dam site on river Kalisindh is located near village
Kundaliya of Zeerapur tehsil in Rajgarh district of M.P.
(b) Destination Reservoirs
(i) Gandhisagar dam: The Gandhisagar dam already built on river Chambal is
located near Gandhisagar colony of Bhanpura tehsil in Mandsaur district of M.P.
(ii)Rana Pratap Sagar: The existing Rana Pratap Sagar dam on river Chambal is
located near village Rawatbhata of Rawatbhata tehsil in Chittorgarh district of
Rajasthan.
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(c) Dams proposed in the upper reaches of river Chambal
The location of seven dams identified by NWDA in the upper reaches of Chambal
sub-basin lying in M.P. is furnished below in Table-1.1.
Table – 1.1
Location
Name of Project
District Tehsil
Sonechiri Ujjain Khachrod
Ramwasa Ujjain Ujjain
Bachora Indore Depalpur
Padunia Dhar Badnawar
Sewarkheri Ujjain Ujjain
Sekri Sultanpura Ujjain Barnagar
Chitabad Ujjain Mahidpur
1.5.2 Access to Project area
(a) Patanpur dam site: The project area is approachable by road from Biaora to
Maksudangarh state highway. It is about 35 km from Biaora town, which is on
National Highway No. 3, Agra-Mumbai road. This site is approachable during all the
seasons. Biaora is well connected by Ujjain-Guna broad gauge railway line. The
nearest airport is Bhopal about 150 km from dam site.
(b) Mohanpura dam site: It is approachable by road from Agra-Mumbai road NH-3.
The project site is about 4 km from Parsulia village, which is 10 km from Biaora town
situated on NH-3.
(c) Kundaliya dam site: The project site is approachable by Ujjain-Jhalawar state
highway and Khilchipur-Jhalawar road. It is about 5 km from Soyatkalan - Nalkheda
WBM road and 15 km from Zeerapur by WBM road. Indore is the nearest airport,
which is about 175 km from the dam site, and the nearest railway station is
Bhawanimandi on Mumbai-Delhi western railway line, which is about 90 km from
project site.
The project area is well connected by the Mumbai-New Delhi, Ujjain-Guna railway
line and National Highway No. NH-12 and NH-3. There is a network of important
district roads in the area connecting villages and tehsil headquarters and railway line
in the region. Aerodromes at Bhopal, Indore and Kota also serve the area.
1.5.3 Climatic conditions
The climate of the project area is sub-humid except in certain portions of Rajgarh
and Jhalawar districts where it is semi-arid. It has three seasons; the cold season
from November to February, the summer season from March to mid June and the
south-west monsoon season from the mid June to October. The temperature varies
from maximum 42o C in May to minimum 9o C in January. The average annual
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rainfall in the project area varies from 800 mm to 1200 mm and it is in the medium
rainfall zone.
1.5.4 Topography, physiography and geology
The link project is located mainly in parts of the Malwa plateau of western Madhya
Pradesh. It is bounded in the south by the great Vindhyan ranges from where most
of the southern tributaries of Yamuna originate. The project area is characterised by
a typical Trappean topography comprising extensive plains, low lying flat topped hills
and isolated hills forming mesa, bute, cuesta and various other landforms. The rivers
mostly flow from south to north with dendritic to sub-dendritic pattern. The drainage
density in the area is low to moderate. Vegetation is poor. The area of Shajapur
and Rajgarh districts falls under the Malikidesh Physiographic section followed by
Umatwara plateau. The northern part of Rajgarh and the southern part of Jhalawar
district form the Jhalawar plateau with an average elevation of 300 m to 450 m and
interspread by the Ratibar Dungar ranges. The land slopes are gentle from south to
north.
The region is occupied by rock masses of two chronologically different geological
domains of which the lowermost comprises sub-horizontal sedimentary sequence of
the Vindhyan Super group unconformably overlain by thick cover of basaltic lava
flows and associated intertrappeans of the Deccan Trap Complex. Alluvium
corresponding to the Quaternary to Recent period is mostly confined to the river
basins. Soil profile in the area ranges in thickness from 0.5 m to 6 m.
Regional geological information has revealed that the basaltic lava flows occurring
along Kundaliya-Rana Pratap Sagar (RPS) alignment or Kundaliya-Gandhisagar
alignment belong to the Mandleshwar, Kalisindh and Kankariya - Pirukheri
Formations in an ascending order to Malwa Group of the Deccan Trap Complex
which unconformably overlies the Suket Shale Formation of Khorip Group of the
Vindhyan Super group in Bhanpura-Ramganjmandi-Eklingpura sector of the scheme.
The 5.96 km long tunnel near Eklingpura leading to the RPS reservoir runs through
the Vindhyan scarp comprising the Suket Shale Formation in the up dip slopes and
the Chittorgarh Fort Sandstone Formation on the hill top. Here, the Vindhyan
sequence represents part of the south-western limb of the NW trending regional
(Jhalawar) anticline.
The area around the Kundaliya dam site is almost flat with rolling undulations on
both the flanks of the Kalisindh River. The 3.3 km long dam alignment, except the
0.23 km long river section, has soil cover consisting of yellowish, concretionary soil,
sandy-silty loamy soil, black cotton soil in addition to river borne, unconsolidated to
semi-consolidated recent sediments of sands, kankars, boulders etc. Near the dam
axis, the right river flank has two flow units of mixed characters with a thickness of 8
m to 10 m (Mandleshwar Formation). In the river bed, along the dam alignment, the
older flow unit is exposed. The basalt in this flow unit is dark gray, fine to medium
grained, hard, compact, massive and rarely prophyritic
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1.5.5 Population
(a) Affected and Benefitted: As per 1991 census, the overall average density of
population in the command area of the link canal is 139 persons per sqkm. Due to
the submergence of the proposed reservoirs, about 5411 families comprising 0.27
lakh people would be affected. Population of about 3 lakh is likely to be benefitted
by the project.
(b) Occupation: The work force in the area constituted about 12,245 of the
population, out of which 7,639 are cultivators and agriculture labourers. The
remaining work force is engaged in brick manufacturing, wood work etc.
1.5.6 Natural resources
Except agricultural land resources, there are no significant mineral or other natural
resources available in the command area. However, a few stone quarries in the
area and Kota stone is found in Jhalawar and Kota districts of Rajasthan feeding the
local construction activity. About 244 ha forest area may come under submergence
of Patanpur and Kundaliya reservoirs. All the forest area are protected and open
scrubs type.
1.5.7 Land use and socio-economic aspects
On the basis of the statistics available for the year 1995-96, it is seen that the area
not under agricultural use in the enroute command is 7.19%. The net sown area is
60.86% and the area sown more than once is 23.9%. Thus the gross cropped area
works out to 84.79%.
Agriculture is predominant occupation of the people of the region. Cultivation is
mainly dependent upon rainfed tanks, open wells, bore wells and Nallas during
Kharif. The tanks and nallas almost get dried up during summer. Hence, agriculture
activities in the Rabi season are limited. The comprehensive study on socio-
economic, ecological and environmental impact assessment could not be got carried
out at the time of preparation of this report. However, the above study has now been
awarded to M/s RITES Ltd., Gurgaon (Haryana) and the same will be incorporated in
the DPR (Detailed Project Report) of this project.
1.6 Fitment of the scheme in the overall development plan of the river basin
With the coming up of this project, the main benefit shall accrue to the drought prone
upper catchment of Chambal basin in the State of Madhya Pradesh where the level
of irrigation is merely 5.44% of the culturable area. As a result of transferring 663
Mm3 of surplus water available in Parbati, Newaj (a tributary of Kalisindh) and
Kalisindh sub-basins of Chambal basin to Chambal river either at Gandhisagar or
Rana Pratap Sagar, the seven projects identified by NWDA in the upper reaches of
Chambal basin for benefiting the drought prone areas of this region can be
implemented. The development of irrigation facilities in the drought prone areas of
upper reaches of Chambal basin can not be enhanced without implementation of this
link project as the Chambal waters have already been harnessed jointly by Govt. of
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M.P. and Govt. of Rajasthan through construction of major projects on main
Chambal river viz. Gandhisagar, Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar.
1.7 Choice of the project
In the present study, the option-III for all the three alternatives has been studied in
detail. The option-I and option-II for all the alternatives, if felt necessary, will be
studied at the time of preparation of DPR of the link.
1.8 Stages of development of project
It is proposed that the PKC link project will be completed in a period of 8 years. It is
expected that pre-construction survey, investigation, topographical surveys of 7
identified dams in upper reaches of Chambal, design of all civil works would be
completed in the 1st and 2nd year. Simultaneously some work will be taken up in
upper reaches of Chambal basin and on the enroute areas. The land acquisition for
colony, head works, construction of colony, procurement of machinery and layout will
be completed in 2nd and 3rd year. The canal excavation and construction of
embankment for canal including linking will be taken up in 2nd year and completed in
6th year. Excavation work of spillway for dams will be completed in 4th and 5th year.
The concrete, masonary and earthwork for Patanpur, Mohanpura, and Kundaliya
diversion dam and the seven storage/diversion dams in the Upper Chambal sub
basin are to be started from the 3rd year and completed in the 7th year. The major
cross drainage work along with minor structures will be started in the 4th year and will
be completed in 6th year. Construction of pumping stations, installation of the
pumps, layout of pipelines and construction of enroute storage structure (sump) for
the link to Gandhisagar will be started in the 5th year and will be completed by 8th
year. The tunneling work for the link will be started in the 3rd year and will be
completed by 7th year. Installation of gates etc. will be done in the 7th and 8th year
and the whole project will be completed by the end of 8th year.
1.9 Interlinking of link project with the existing projects
Keeping in view the comments of the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, the studies have
been done to explore the possibility of linking the existing projects namely Chapi,
Gagorini, Bhadwara and Bhanpura canal system. The location of Chapi, Gagorini,
Bhadwara projects are at higher elevation to the link alignment. Therefore, linkage
of these projects is not possible through the proposed P-K-C link project. Only
Bhanpura existing canal system can be benefited from this link under alternative (b)-
II, linking to Gandhi Sagar. A provision of 50 Mm3 of water has been kept in this
study for benefiting the existing command of Bhanpura canal.
1.10 Interstate aspects
As the project is interstate in nature involving Madhya Pradesh State and Rajasthan
State, a consensus on sharing of water is a very important issue. The sharing of
Chambal waters is governed by interstate agreement reached between State of
Madhya Pradesh and State of Rajasthan according to which the water from Chambal
reservoirs is to be shared on 50:50 basis. Since the surplus water is proposed to be
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transferred from the tributaries of river Chambal entirely through the territory of
Madhya Pradesh and benefiting both the States, a fresh interstate agreement
between the two States on sharing of cost & benefits will be required. More details
about interstate aspects are given in Chapter-3: ‘Interstate aspects’.
1.11 Cost and benefit of the scheme
The economic analysis of the proposed P-K-C link project has been carried out for
three alternative alignments of the link canal. Under each alternative three different
options have been studied to transfer the water. Accordingly, the cost and benefits
adopting 3rd option in each alternative has been worked out. The power consumed in
lifting the required quantity of water for transfer to Gandhi Sagar reservoir and the
power generated due to availability of the equivalent quantum of water at G.S. has
been taken into account in the economic analysis. Based on economic analysis and
other merits, linkage to Gandhisagar through alternative-(b)-II with option III has
been adopted in the study. The total estimated cost of P-K-C link project works out
to Rs.298902/- lakh, Rs.312547/- lakh and Rs.305830/- lakh for alternative (a),
alternative (b)-I and alternative (b)-II respectively. The B.C. ratio for whole project
including projects proposed in upper reaches of Chambal for all the three
alternatives viz. Alt.(a), Alt.(b)-I and Alt.(b)-II is worked out as 1.67, 1.59 and 1.63
respectively.
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