Description Of Peninsular River Development

India harbours a plethora of water bodies flowing in and out of it. The rivers, lakes, seas, and ponds can all be found in India’s different parts and states. Rivers in India have always borne the most significance, culturally and as a means of sustenance. One such set of waterways is the peninsular rivers in India. The peninsular river development initiation comprises various interlinking of these rivers. 

What Are Peninsular Rivers?

The peninsular rivers are the water bodies that have their roots from the peninsular shaped plateaus and small hillocks in India. These rivers fill with seasons and are non-perennial as they get watered from rains. Consequently, they cannot keep water flow at a constant stage for a year. Some well-known peninsular rivers are the Kaveri, Narmada, Tapi, Krishna, Mahanadi and Godavari. 

They are opposite to Himalayan rivers that start flowing from the Himalayan ranges. In comparison to Himalayan Rivers, peninsular

 rivers are shallow and have no excessive erosion activity. They have features like smaller basins and areas of the catchment. Furthermore, peninsular rivers are simultaneous rivers as they comply with the path of the slope.

For the peninsular rivers, the bedrock is brittle. This bedrock cannot be eroded feebly, and they require more force. Another distinctive feature of these peninsular rivers is that they flow and form the U valley. Prominent peninsular rivers have their origin in the Western Ghats. As these rivers flow west, they drain into the Arabian Sea. And the peninsular rivers that flow eastwards drain into the Bay of Bengal. 

Names Of Peninsular Rivers 

The peninsular rivers flow from the Western or the Eastern Ghats. Below are the names of peninsular rivers in India:

1. Narmada River
2. Tapi River
3. Godavari River
4. Kaveri River
5. Mahanadi River
6. Krishna River 

Features Of Peninsular Rivers 

Peninsular rivers have adapted to these features based on their flow speed, origin and geographical settings. Some crucial features of the peninsular rivers are:

• Peninsular rivers are shallow. By shallow, it indicates the breadth of these rivers. The breadth of these rivers is limited as they originate from the cervices of the  plateaus. 
• Peninsular rivers are seasonal. They only survive or exist during the monsoon seasons. Excessive heat dries up the rivers. Winters tend to freeze the rivers from flowing. 
• Peninsular rivers take shape from the plateaus in India. Therefore, they only originate from the western or eastern ghats of India. 
• Peninsular rivers are brittle in the bedrocks they harbour. The bedrocks are hard to break or brittle. It is only with more force that the bedrocks can be upheaved.

What Is the Peninsular Rivers Development Project?

The Indian government has taken very stringent initiatives to maintain the continuation and implement new in peninsular river development. This peninsular river’s development program can be understood in four prominent parts.

• Interlinking Mahanadi Godavari Krishna Cauvery rivers and constructing storage at capability sites in those basins. This is the primary interlinkage of the river structures. The Mahanadi and the Godavari surplus are meant to be transmitted to the needy regions within the South.
• Interlinking rivers from the west, north of Bombay and south of Tapi. This scheme elucidates production for storage capacity on the streams. It also aims at linking them to make availability of a considerable quantity of water. This is to switch to regions wherein extra water is needed. The scheme affords for envisaging water sourced canal to the metropolitan areas of Bombay; it additionally affords irrigational facility to the coastal regions of Maharashtra.
• Interlinking of Ken-Chambal Rivers. The scheme affords a grid (of water) for Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and linking canal sponsored using it as storage optimally. 
• Diversion of different rivers flowing in the west. Heavy rainfall at the western aspect of the Western Ghats runs down more streams, which drain into the Arabian Sea.

These are the major government plans for the development of the peninsular rivers. These developments have been devised to ensure that the river water is utilised in the best way. In addition to that, these plans do not hinder nature or exert any pressure on the environment.

Conclusion

We have discussed the Indian water bodies, peninsular rivers, the government’s plans for the peninsular river development in India. Also discussed peninsular rivers, its distinctive features and comparison to the Himalayan rivers.