Kanhar Irrigation Project was dormant for nearly 40 years before Uttar Pradesh govt set about reviving it.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sonbhadra-dam-four-decades-later-where-fears-return-flood
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/maulshree-seth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kanhar
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sonbhadra
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation