Ken-betwa Rivers

The project to link the Ken and Betwa rivers has been envisaged under the Centre's national river interlinking policy.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers project.

An agreement to implement the Ken-Betwa river link project was signed on Monday by the Jal Shakti Ministry and governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the first major project under the National River Linking Project (NRLP).

After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.

The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.

The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.

The Rs 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa project that will link rivers to ease drinking water woes of Bundelkhand region has received clearance from the green panel and Tribal Affairs ministry.

An ambitious plan to link river Ken and Betwa in Madhya Pradesh can prove costly for the Panna tiger reserve. If a proposed dam and reservoir is built, 100 sq km of the 550-sq km tiger reserve can go under water.

The Centre's project to link Ken and Betwa rivers has become a stage for a man-animal conflict in Madhya Pradesh's Panna tiger reserve.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today dismissed concerns over alleged slow progress in the Centre's Namami Gange programme saying the NDA Government has resolved to make the river as "one of the cleanest" in the world by October 2018.

The project to link the Ken and Betwa rivers has been envisaged under the Centre's national river interlinking policy.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers project.

An agreement to implement the Ken-Betwa river link project was signed on Monday by the Jal Shakti Ministry and governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the first major project under the National River Linking Project (NRLP).

After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.

The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.

The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.

The Rs 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa project that will link rivers to ease drinking water woes of Bundelkhand region has received clearance from the green panel and Tribal Affairs ministry.

An ambitious plan to link river Ken and Betwa in Madhya Pradesh can prove costly for the Panna tiger reserve. If a proposed dam and reservoir is built, 100 sq km of the 550-sq km tiger reserve can go under water.

The Centre's project to link Ken and Betwa rivers has become a stage for a man-animal conflict in Madhya Pradesh's Panna tiger reserve.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today dismissed concerns over alleged slow progress in the Centre's Namami Gange programme saying the NDA Government has resolved to make the river as "one of the cleanest" in the world by October 2018.