Perspective : Ken-Betwa Interlinking Project | 10 December, 2022

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In this episode of the Perspective Prog. Based on ‘Ken-Betwa Interlinking Project’. The Centre has approved the implementation of Ken-Betwa river link project, one of the links under peninsular rivers component with an estimated cost of Rs 44,605 crore… with central support of Rs 39,317 crore, as informed by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Parliament. As per the minister, the National Water Development Agency, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti has identified 16 links under the peninsular rivers component and 14 links under the Himalayan component of the National Perspective Plan for inter-basin transfer. He informed the Lok Sabha that pre-feasibility reports of all 30 links have been completed and feasibility reports of 24 links and detailed project reports of eight links have been completed. Further, under the intra-state link projects, the National Water Development Agency received 49 link proposals from 10 states, out of which pre-feasibility reports of 39 link projects and detailed project reports of six link projects were completed and sent to the states concerned.

Anchor:- Teena Jha
Producer:- Sagheer Ahmad
Guest Coordinator:- Anshuman, Vishwa Pratap Singh

Guests:
1. Avinash Mishra, Advisor, WR, E&F, Climate Change, Tourism, NITI Aayog
2. Abinash Mohanty, Sector Head, Climate Change & Sustainability, IPE Global
3. Prof. C.K. Varshney, Environmentalist & Former Dean, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU

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