CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project at a cost of ₹44, 605 crore at the 2020-21 price level. The Centre would fund ₹39, 317 crore for the project, with ₹36, 290 crore as a grant and ₹3, 027 crore as a loan.

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: -The Ken-Betwa link project (KBLP) is the first river interlinking project, among the 16 similar projects planned under the Peninsular Rivers Development of the NPP. It will connect the tributaries of the Yamuna River, namely the Ken river in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh and the Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the river interlinking project that aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh (MP) to Betwa in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.