{"id":28719,"date":"2018-10-24T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28719"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:01:29","slug":"indias-first-river-interlinking-project-caught-in-u-p-m-p-tussle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-river-interlinking-project-caught-in-u-p-m-p-tussle\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first river interlinking project caught in U.P.-M.P. tussle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/indias-first-river-interlinking-project-caught-in-up-mp-tussle\/article24212657.ece\">India\u2019s first river interlinking project caught in U.P.-M.P. tussle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Number of issues has been hindering the Ken-Betwa Project- the first river-interlinking project in India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The project will transfer surplus water from Ken River to Betwa Basin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/currentaffairs.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled.png?resize=348%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><u>Two phases: <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> phase involves the building of Dhaudhan dam, and a 230km long canal for transferring water from the Ken River to Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Phase: local water management projects- the Kotha barrage, Lower Orr and Bina complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><u>Benefits:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Irrigate drought-prone areas of Bundelkhand Region and adjoining areas<\/li>\n<li>Meeting drinking water needs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Major Issues:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><u>The dispute over water sharing <\/u><\/li>\n<li>The dispute over water sharing between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during the Rabi season<\/li>\n<li>Madhya Pradesh declined the assumptions of 2005 agreement between U.P and M.P on water sharing<\/li>\n<li>Madhya Pradesh has demanded inclusion of local water management projects to meet the water needs. These projects are included in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> phase and inclusion in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> phase would require fresh environmental appraisals.<\/li>\n<li>Acquiring non-forest land; environmental concerns<\/li>\n<li>The project involves deforesting a large portion of the Panna Tiger reserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s first river interlinking project caught in U.P.-M.P. tussle News: Number of issues has been hindering the Ken-Betwa Project- the first river-interlinking project in India Important facts: The project will transfer surplus water from Ken River to Betwa Basin &nbsp; Two phases: 1st phase involves the building of Dhaudhan dam, and a 230km long canal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-river-interlinking-project-caught-in-u-p-m-p-tussle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s first river interlinking project caught in U.P.-M.P. tussle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704911091},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}