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 A Tughlakian folly [1]

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on October 31, 2002, the Supreme Court of India directed the central government to link the country's major rivers by 2015. The government responded with unprecedented enthusiasm. The National Water Development Authority (nwda) has proposed a national river grid and has identified 30 river links, which would connect every major river in the Indian mainland. It is quite well known that the two major river systems in the country

Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
Pankaj Singh [2], Dharamveer Singh [3]
Down to Earth [4]
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Ecology [5], Water Harvesting [6], Irrigation [7], Finance [8], Supreme Court [9], River Linking [10], India [11]
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