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Linking of Rivers
Linking of Rivers:-Ken and Betwa
The linking of the Ken river
in Madhya Pradesh and Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh last month, the Madhya
Pradesh government is planning to add another buffer area of nearly 8,000
hectares (ha) into the Panna Tiger Reserve.
A dam is
proposed on river Ken at Daudhan 2.5 km upstream of existing Gangau weir. The
75% dependable yield of Ken upto Daudhan site has been assessed as 6188 Mm3
. The net water availability at dam site after accounting all the upstream
requirements is obtained as 3291 Mm3 . The downstream commitments
from Ken at Daudhan are 2225 Mm3 .
The total
length of the link canal from Ken at Daudhan to its outfall point is 231.45 km
including a 2 km long tunnel in its head reaches. The design discharge of the
link canal at its head is 72 cumecs. The canal is designed as a trapezoidal
section with rounded corners and lined for the entire length. The full supply
depth and bed width of the canal at its head are 3.56 m and 12 m respectively
with 1 in 10,000 bed slope.The link canal after traversing about 230.00 km
outfalls in an existing reservoir namely Barwa Sagar from where the diverted
water will join Betwa river through a natural stream in the upstream of
Parichha weir.
The Betwa
command comprises of four projects namely Barari, Neemkheda, Richhan and Kesari
in the upper reaches of the Betwa basin. An area of 1.27 lakh ha in the Raisen
and Vidisha districts of Madhya Pradesh will be benefitted by utilising 659 Mm3
of water annually from this link by way of substitution. This link is also to
provide annual irrigation to 47000 ha area enroute in the drought prone
Chhatarpur and Tikamgarh districts of Madhya Pradesh and Hamirpur and Jhansi
districts of Uttar Pradesh. The water use for this command is 312 Mm3
. Besides, an area of 3.23 lakh ha annually under earlier proposed KMPP command
(termed as Ken command in this report) in the Chhatarpur and Panna districts of
Madhya Pradesh will be benefited.
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