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Link rivers Gadkari urges States
Context
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked officials to work on ways to “better utilise” water from non-Himalayan rivers that are emptying out into the sea
Polavaram project example
- He cited the Polavaram project as an example of where water was being transferred from the Godavari to the Krishna river and how parts of it going into the sea could be diverted to water-deficit regions
- Polavaram is a major irrigation project being constructed on the Godavari River across Andhra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
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WORD POWER
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- Ruse: an action intended to deceive someone; a trick
- Palliative: (of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition
