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Comment on the feasibility of interlinking of rivers of India and its possible contribution to resolution of water crisis.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Contemporary Issues

The National Perspective Plan (1980) proposes moving water from basins classified as surplus to basins classified as deficit through 30 link canals joining 26 major rivers, in two arms — a Himalayan Rivers Development Component of 14 links (storages in India, Nepal and Bhutan carrying Kosi, Gandak, Ghaghara and Sarda flows westward) and a Peninsular…

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  • The scheme whose feasibility is being judged
  • Feasibility: the premise is weaker than the engineering
  • Contribution to the water crisis
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