Task force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) has approved the preparation of final detailed project report (DPR) on the proposed Mahandi -Godavari

The task force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) has agreed and approved the preparation of final detailed project report (DPR) on the proposed Mahandi -Godavari link by ensuring utilisation of the allocated Godavari waters by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, en route the link canal of the project.

• The interlinking of rivers involving the two Telugu States, has been taken at the 13th meeting of the task force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) held in New Delhi on 25 Feb 2021.
• The draft detailed project report (DPR) on Godavari-Cauvery link was prepared by the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and was circulated among all the Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery Basin States in March 2019.

 
About Godavari River
​The Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra. Godavari river rises near Nasik in Maharashtra and flows for a length of about 1465 km before outfalling in to the Bay of Bengal. The principal tributaries of the river are the Pravara, the Purna, the Manjra, the Penganga, the Wardha,the Wainganga the Pranhita (combined flow of Wainganga, Penganga, Wardha), the Indravati, the Maner and the Sabri.
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About Mahanadi River
Mahanadi River, river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state and submerge in Bay of Bengal . The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.