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Interlinking of rivers may serve as a major source of assured irrigation and all-weather inland navigation in India. Comment on its feasibility taking into account physical, economic and ecological implication.

  • UPSC 2017
  • Contemporary Issues

Assured irrigation requires water to reach the recipient command in the year its own monsoon fails; all-weather navigation requires a guaranteed draught through the lean season. Both are promises about reliability, not volume — and reliability is where the National River Linking Project is weakest.

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