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Parliament panel flags underutilisation in river interlinking scheme, seeks faster rolloutA parliamentary panel is concerned about the slow pace of the Interlinking of Rivers scheme. Funds allocated for 2025-26 remain largely uns...21 Mar, 2026, 12.14 PM IST- CM Naidu pledges Rs 70,000 cr for irrigation, vows to make Andhra drought-proofAndhra Pradesh government plans to invest in irrigation projects. Chief Minister Naidu announced a Rs 70,000 crore investment. This investm...19 Sep, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
- River interlinking projects in India may aggravate water stress: StudyIndia's river interlinking projects, aimed at addressing droughts and floods, may worsen water stress and disrupt monsoon patterns, accordi...27 Sep, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
- River inter-linking must be scientific, not political: Jaggi Vasudev"When we talk about inter-linking of rivers, it must be done taking the science into consideration. We should not do it emotionally or for ...28 Nov, 2017, 10.53 PM IST
- Rs 5.5 lakh-crore river interlinking to take off by DecemberThe newly appointed water resources minister Nitin Gadkari has issued instructions to his officials asking them to take up the projects in ...07 Sep, 2017, 11.43 PM IST
- Government aims to begin work on 3 river inter-linking projects soonThe projects will cost the government around Rs 40,000 crore and will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Nitin Gadkari.05 Sep, 2017, 09.41 PM IST
- Cabinet approves constitution of special committee for inter- linking of riversThe status-cum-progress report of the special committee will be submitted bi-annually for information of Cabinet to facilitate "faster and ...15 Nov, 2016, 10.36 PM IST
- River interlinking on large scale not practical: Murli Manohar JoshiJoshi said, had it been practical, then nature itself would have done it. "The rivers would have been inter-connected. But it is not."11 May, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
- Centre, Maharashtra to soon discuss Nar-Par-Tapi-Narmada river interlinking projectThe proposed Par-Tapi-Narmada river interlinking project is all set to become a major cause of conflict between Gujarat and Maharashtra.10 Feb, 2016, 09.57 AM IST
- Ken-Betwa link to be model of river interlinking project: CentreCentre announced that the Ken-Betwa link would be a model for its ambitious river interlinking project and also that steps are being taken ...15 Sep, 2015, 11.05 PM IST
- Farmers join hands to link wells, form water bank in SataraTaking his cue from the much-discussed national rivers interlinking project, a farmer in Satara has managed to interlink wells in his own v...02 Jul, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
- Centre approaches Odisha for river interlinkingFeasibility reports for 16 links have been completed, while four projects are in the pipeline for execution.07 Jun, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
- Government constitutes task force on interlinking of riversThe Task Force will take up all issues for expediting the work on interlinking of rivers. It would also consider alternative plans in place...14 Apr, 2015, 07.48 PM IST
- Inter-linking of rivers to be completed in a decade: Uma BharatiAddressing the first meeting of the special committee for Inter-linking of Rivers here, she sought cooperation of various states for inter-...17 Oct, 2014, 08.48 PM IST
- Rivers interlinking: Government says states need to be taken on boardGovt said the issue was high on its agenda but maintained that it cannot move ahead before taking states on board as water is a state subje...01 Mar, 2012, 04.18 PM IST
- Is river interlinking worth the money, asks SCThe SC on Thursday wanted to know the fate of the Rs 5 lakh crore river interlinking project, mooted by then President A P J Abdul Kalam an...07 Jan, 2011, 03.43 AM IST
- Jairam objects to river interlinkingThe long-standing proposal of interlinking of rivers seems to have found its way back on the agenda.06 Oct, 2009, 06.31 AM IST
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