CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Government planning to club two phases of Ken-Betwa River linking project. The Union Government is planning to club phase I and phase II of its ambitious Ken-Betwa inter linking river (ILR) project.

Detailed explanation-2: -Government of Uttar Pradesh has requested NWDA to take up the study of linking Sharda River to Gomtiriver. Draft Pre-Feasibility Report of the Intra State link viz; Sharda-Gomti link has been completed by NWDA and submitted to the State Government in October, 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 8, 2021, the Cabinet approved the funding and implementation of Ken Betwa river linking project that will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 44, 605 crore.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2014, the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project got cabinet approval. In 2021, about four decades after conceptualization, India’s first river interlinking project, connecting Ken River in Madhya Pradesh with Betwa in Uttar Pradesh, finally got off the drawing board.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Ken-Betwa Link. The Ken-Betwa river-linking project will benefit the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.