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Project To Link Rivers
Project To Link Rivers
2,00,000 crore over a period of ten years, that translates into Rs 20,000
crore per annum. Further, no provision exists in the Constitution on the
role of the Centre on interlinking of river waters. To obviate any future
legal hitch, the Constitution may have to be amended, evolving an
agreeable institutional mechanism on the issue of the interlinking of the
rivers, sharing of their waters and pooling in resources for such
interlinking. This would also take care of water sharing disputes that we
have witnessed in the recent past. Finally, an independent authority,
having representation of all the States, is also required to be framed to
take up such a gigantic task. Such an authority may also borrow financial
resources and expertise from international funding and developmental
agencies, if so required. In a project of this magnitude, time planning is of
utmost importance and time gained is progress made.