1. Jancy Vijayan Director(MDU), NWDA

2. MURRAY DARLING BASIN AREA

7. NEED FOR INTER BASIN WATER TRANSFER (IBWT) GENERALLY KNOWN IN INDIA AS INTER LINKING OF RIVERS(ILR)PROJECTS TO DEVELOP MORE VIABLE SOURCE OF WATER, TO ADDRESS UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WATER WITH RESPECT TO SPACE, TIME, QUANTITY AND QUALITY

9. CountryNumber of existing schemesAnnual transfer (BCM) IFDMultiOtherTotalIFDMultiOtherTotal ASIA154412711002347342 AMERICA15145180818140166 EUROPE117254356935108 AFRICA2316212248 OCEANIA31111512 18 TOTAL3679115230116325201642

10. ILR PROJECTS DEVELOPED AND COMMISSIONED FOR MEETING DEMANDS OF POPULATION GROWTH MINIMIZING FLOOD AND DROUGHT HAZARDS CONTROLLING DETERIORATION OF LOCAL SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER SOURCES FOOD AND ECONOMICAL INDEPENDENCE AND SUSTENANCES IMPROVING NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES DANUBE ODER ELBE CANAL ANALYSES OF DATA

15. REGIONAL IMBALANCE REGIONAL IMBALANCE IN POPULATION SETTLEMENTS

16. CONTINENTNUMBER OF RIVER BASINS RIVER BASINS SHARED BY COUNTRIES More than 1 More than 2 More than 4 Asia3016123 America301741 Europe291994 Africa2017146 Oceania5200 Total114713914