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Snapshot of the day

December 25, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

Today, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project in Khajuraho and touted it as a solution for the surrounding region’s water security problem. But warnings from scientists indicate the project will come with its own set of problems, reports Aathira Perinchery. She cites experts as doubting the idea that river water is ever “wasted” if it isn’t used fully by human beings; as having recalled the government has not provided evidence to support its claim that the Ken river basin has a surplus of water and the Betwa basin a deficit; as