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PM To Launch Rs 49,000-Crore Ken-Betwa River Link Project In Madhya Pradesh Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of the long-awaited Ken-Betwa river-linking project on Wednesday in Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh.
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Centre Unilaterally Announced River-Linking Project, Alleges Siddaramaiah
Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today accused the Central government of unilaterally announcing the river-linking project in the Union Budget without taking Karnataka into confidence.
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"Destructive Path": Jairam Ramesh On River-Linking Projects In Budget
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today alleged that the Narendra Modi government is on a "destructive path" as it talks of protecting the environment on the one hand but is promoting ecologically disastrous river-linking projects on the other.
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World Water Day: PM Launches 'Catch The Rain' Campaign. Know All About It
World Water Day is being observed today. India took a big step in its bid to provide water security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Catch the Rain' campaign, which aims to ''conserve rainwater when it falls, where it falls so that water reaches every corner of the nation.'' The 'Catch the Rain' campaign will go on from March 22 to Novem...
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8 Workers Killed As Tunnel Lift Cables Snap Near Pune
Eight labourers were killed after the cables of an elevator snapped when they were coming out of an underground tunnel today, police said. The underground tunnel, which police said is more than 100 feet beneath the surface, is being constructed near Akole village as part of the Nira-Bhima river-linking project on the outskirts of Indapur town, 120 ...
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PM Narendra Modi's Rs 5.5 Lakh Crore River-Linking Plan For Tackling Floods
After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
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India's first river-linking project takes shape: will it revitalise BJP's fortunes?
Before the general elections, the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has gifted the Malwa region India's first ever river linking project to solve the problem of water scarcity there.
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Bihar launches ambitious river-linking projects
The Nitish Kumar government has embarked on an ambitious plan to interlink rivers to solve the perennial flood problem and augment irrigation facilities.Ground work has already started on eight projects, of which five relate to tackling of floods, two to create additional irrigation facility and the last a hydel power plant, the state water resourc...
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PM To Launch Rs 49,000-Crore Ken-Betwa River Link Project In Madhya Pradesh Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of the long-awaited Ken-Betwa river-linking project on Wednesday in Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh.
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Centre Unilaterally Announced River-Linking Project, Alleges Siddaramaiah
Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today accused the Central government of unilaterally announcing the river-linking project in the Union Budget without taking Karnataka into confidence.
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"Destructive Path": Jairam Ramesh On River-Linking Projects In Budget
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today alleged that the Narendra Modi government is on a "destructive path" as it talks of protecting the environment on the one hand but is promoting ecologically disastrous river-linking projects on the other.
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World Water Day: PM Launches 'Catch The Rain' Campaign. Know All About It
World Water Day is being observed today. India took a big step in its bid to provide water security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Catch the Rain' campaign, which aims to ''conserve rainwater when it falls, where it falls so that water reaches every corner of the nation.'' The 'Catch the Rain' campaign will go on from March 22 to Novem...
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8 Workers Killed As Tunnel Lift Cables Snap Near Pune
Eight labourers were killed after the cables of an elevator snapped when they were coming out of an underground tunnel today, police said. The underground tunnel, which police said is more than 100 feet beneath the surface, is being constructed near Akole village as part of the Nira-Bhima river-linking project on the outskirts of Indapur town, 120 ...
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PM Narendra Modi's Rs 5.5 Lakh Crore River-Linking Plan For Tackling Floods
After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
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India's first river-linking project takes shape: will it revitalise BJP's fortunes?
Before the general elections, the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government has gifted the Malwa region India's first ever river linking project to solve the problem of water scarcity there.
-
Bihar launches ambitious river-linking projects
The Nitish Kumar government has embarked on an ambitious plan to interlink rivers to solve the perennial flood problem and augment irrigation facilities.Ground work has already started on eight projects, of which five relate to tackling of floods, two to create additional irrigation facility and the last a hydel power plant, the state water resourc...
