The Godavari-Cauvery link project

 The Godavari-Cauvery link project is a river interlinking project that involves diverting water from the Godavari River to the Cauvery River. The project is part of a larger plan to link the Mahanadi and Brahmaputra river basins to water-deficient regions in southern India. The Godavari-Cauvery link project is made up of three components: Godavari (Inchampalli/Janampet) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila), and Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut). 

The project would divert 4,189 million cubic meters (MCM) of water from the Godavari River to the Cauvery River. The water would be allocated as follows: 

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: 1,250 MCM each 

Tamil Nadu: 1,150 MCM 

Karnataka: 450 MCM 

The project would also include a micro irrigation system to improve water use efficiency. The link canal would pass through the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, and would cover the districts of Jayashankar Bhoopalapally, Warangal, and Nalgonda in Telangana, and Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. In Tamil Nadu, it would cover Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Perambalur, and Tiruchirapalli. 

As of July 2024, the fate of the project depends on whether all party states, including Chhattisgarh and Odisha, approve it. 

Godavari Inchampalli Janampet Cauvery Grand Anicut Link Project

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Status of Inter-Linking of Rivers Project - PIB

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Andhra Pradesh agrees to Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery link | Vijayawada News - Times of India

10 Nov 2023

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The linking of Godavari with Cauvery requires consensus between Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. The take off point for the interlinking lies at Inchampalli, after the confluence of Indravati with Godavari.15 Jul 2024

Year-end target for Godavari-Cauvery link project DPR Telangana DC Correspondent 15 July 2024 11:10 PM Godavari-Cauvery link project DPR. HYDERABAD: The National Water Development Agency under the Ministry of Jal Shakti has set a target of completing a detailed project report for the interlinking of Godavari and Cauvery rivers by the end of this year. This issue was discussed at a meeting of NWDA at its 73rd governing body in New Delhi on Monday. The linking of Godavari with Cauvery requires consensus between Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. The take off point for the interlinking lies at Inchampalli, after the confluence of Indravati with Godavari. Since the backwaters of the Samakka-Sarakka barrage built by the Telangana government cover where the Inchampalli barrage is proposed the NWDA is studying this issue in consultation with Telangana on the possibility of integrating Inchampalli with Sammakka-Saarakka or if they can be built separately without any technical glitches. The project envisages transfer of around 4,189 million cubic metres of water, and the NWDA meeting took note that separate meetings were held with Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to deliberate the issues raised by these states to evolve a consensus.

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/year-end-target-for-godavari-cauvery-link-project-dpr-1810504