Context:
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed to implement the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (Modified PKC-ERCP) Link Project.
Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (Modified PKC-ERCP) Link Project:
- States – Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
- Ministry – Ministry of Jalshakti
- Aim – To address drought issues in Eastern Rajasthan, and Malwa and Chambal regions of Madhya Pradesh
- PKC link project – One of the 30 links included in the National Perspectives Plan
- Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) – To provide drinking and industrial water to 13 districts of eastern Rajasthan like Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer etc.
- Aims at Intra-basin transfer of water within the Chambal basin
National Perspectives Plan:
- Also called – National River Linking Project
- Year – 1980
- Formulated by – Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Water Resources) and the Central Water Commission
- Nodal Agency – National Water Development Agency
- Aim – Transferring water from water-surplus basins to water-deficit basins
- Total projects – 30 links (16 under the Peninsular Component and 14 under the Himalayan Component)
Chambal River:
- Origin – Vindhya Range, Madhya Pradesh
- States – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- Mouth – Empty into Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh.
- Main tributaries –
- Left-hand tributaries- Banas and Mej
- Right hand tributaries – Parbati, Kali Sindh and Shipra
- Important dams – Gandhi Sagar dam, Rana Pratap Sagar dam and Jawahar Sagar Dam
- Protected Areas – National Chambal Sanctuary (Gharials), Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve
Source: The Indian Express
Previous Year Question
Recently, linking of which of the following rivers was undertaken?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2016 Prelims]
(a) Cauvery and Tungabhadra
(b) Godavari and Krishna
(c) Mahanadi and Sone
(d) Narmada and Tapti
Answer: (b)
