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Ken-Betwa Interlink Means 'Bundelkhand Will Suffer for Decades to Come' -Aathira Perinchery

-TheWire.in

Experts also said the approval is premature for coming before environmental clearances required by law, and could really be motivated by electoral gains.

Kochi: On December 8, the Union cabinet approved the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project, apparently intended to address water scarcity of the Bundelkhand region across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. In its current form, it entails the construction of a dam and a channel between the Ken and Betwa rivers. The project has a total outlay of Rs 44,605 crore.

However, environmental experts and activists have called the government’s move a “political decision” designed to grab votes in upcoming elections, and that the government continues to overlook numerous deleterious hydrological and environmental effects the interlink will have.

The project

The Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will connect the Ken and Betwa rivers and transfer water from the former to the latter to irrigate agricultural tracts of and supply drinking water to the Bundelkhand region.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh signed the project’s memorandum of agreement in March 2021.

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