//php if(!empty($last_str)){if(!preg_match('~[0-9]+~', $first_str)){echo $title;}else{echo $last_str; }}else{echo $title;}?>278 : The ‘Interlinking of Rivers’ Project in India: Potentials and Challenges
Amit Ranjan and Faiza Saleem
18 December 2017
India’s river-linking project carries significant possibilities and challenges for the country. Through the transfer of water from water-rich to water-stressed regions, the project may address the issue of floods and droughts, but it may also produce an adverse impact on the catchment areas of the respective rivers. This paper assesses the ‘Interlinking of Rivers’ project in India through a discussion of its positive and negative effects.