Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a “Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers” vide Office Memorandum dated April 13, 2015, to look into issues relating to Inter linking of Rivers (ILR). The terms of reference of Task Force are as follows:-
- Take-up all issues for expediting the work on Interlinking of River as per National Perspective Plan for Interlinking of Himalayan and Peninsular rivers. They would also facilitate interlinking of intra-state, intra-basin rivers. Briefly the Task Force would review the;
a. Time schedules for completion of remaining feasibility studies and DPRs.
b. Implementation schedule of the ILR project.
c. Innovative funding mechanisms for ILR Projects. - Consider alternative plans, in case the proposals in the National Perspective Plan are not feasible.
- Provide guidance on norms of appraisal of individual projects in respect of economic viability, socio-economic, environmental impacts and preparation of resettlement plan;
- Devise suitable mechanisms for bringing about speedy consensus amongst the states;
- Propose suitable organisational structure for implementing the project;
- Review the work of the sub-committees set up by the special committee on ILR and facilitate the completion of task assigned to them.
- Any other aspects considered essential to achieve the objective mentioned above.
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