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Discuss the ecological and economic challenges of river linking in India.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Contemporary Issues

Ken-Betwa is the only link of the National Perspective Plan under construction, so the objections must now be argued on it. Cleared by the Union Cabinet in December 2021 at Rs 44,605 crore, its foundation stone laid in December 2024, completion targeted for 2030, it builds a 77-metre Daudhan dam on the Ken in Panna…

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