India’s Massive River Links Project Can Disrupt River Ecology like Never Before
Viswamitra sage : (Addressing Beas and Satluj rivers)—You move like chariots to the sea, through the power of Indira. You are full of water and wish to unite with each…
River Interlinking Project
Interlinking Rivers: The story from scratch
The interlinking of rivers (ILR) is ill-conceived, ruinously expensive, technically questionable, ecologically devastating, and socially disruptive. Here’s why ILR needs to be scrapped, and integrated water resource management of river…
Ken-Betwa River Link Project Will Not Solve The Water Problems of Bundelkhand
Ken-Betwa Link Project--Instead of transferring water from a river already ravaged by sand mining, a very different approach is needed for resolving water problems of Bundelkhand The foundation stone…
Why Inter-Linking of Rivers Project Will Prove to be A Very Costly Blunder
The Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) Project in India is one of the most gigantic water-transfer projects ever envisaged in the entire world. This involves 30 (or 29) links of 37…
The Idea Of Interlinking Rivers: Cupidity or Stupidity?
The idea A project to interlink Indian rivers was formally declared in 2002. It was envisaged as a grand scheme to link 37 major Indian rivers by 30 link canals…
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