It is a good project that has been conceived many decades ago. This concept could easily have been implemented either in fifties or early sixties but these days when it is so difficult to construct even dams with moderate size reservoirs, how can you think of taking up a gigantic project involving millions of people though such a project is necessary for solving water woes in the future. The government should take forward the project with out hurry taking all aspects such as dependable long term hydrology of the rivers, long term rain fall data,rainfall data, water balance in basins and most important taking into consideration the requirement of water in the long term in case of donor basin. beside, environmental impact of such a massive project in case of donor rivers, area en route and in case of recipient basins should be analysed in details, treatment measures required to minimise such impacts identified and their efficacy established. In addition to above the impact of this project on inhabitants be analysed and measures to rehabilitate them in proper manner to their satisfaction have to be formulated and implemented in the project. Above all as long as parochial thinking is in our minds,This project can never be implemented successfully. Feeling that this is being done for my fellow countrymen and is necessary for my country has to be inculcated in people. Ken- Betwa Link, although a small component of this gigantic project and may not face problems on large scale including the political one, its benefits should be widely publicised by the government so that people are enlightened and they are mentally prepatrd foe many more such projects in future. This campaign should be more intense in areas where such project are envisaged in near future to prepare mentally the local habitation. This project when completed can serve as a laboratory to analyse both short term and long term impact of the project on the environment and serves as EIA guide for future projects.

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It is a good project that has been conceived many decades ago. This concept could easily have been implemented either in fifties or early sixties but these days when it is so difficult to construct even dams with moderate size reservoirs, how can you think of taking up a gigantic project involving millions of people though such a project is necessary for solving water woes in the future. The government should take forward the project with out hurry taking all aspects such as dependable long term hydrology of the rivers, long term rain fall data,rainfall data, water balance in basins and most important taking into consideration the requirement of water in the long term in case of donor basin. beside, environmental impact of such a massive project in case of donor rivers, area en route and in case of recipient basins should be analysed in details, treatment measures required to minimise such impacts identified and their efficacy established. In addition to above the impact of this project on inhabitants be analysed and measures to rehabilitate them in proper manner to their satisfaction have to be formulated and implemented in the project. Above all as long as parochial thinking is in our minds,This project can never be implemented successfully. Feeling that this is being done for my fellow countrymen and is necessary for my country has to be inculcated in people. Ken- Betwa Link, although a small component of this gigantic project and may not face problems on large scale including the political one, its benefits should be widely publicised by the government so that people are enlightened and they are mentally prepatrd foe many more such projects in future. This campaign should be more intense in areas where such project are envisaged in near future to prepare mentally the local habitation. This project when completed can serve as a laboratory to analyse both short term and long term impact of the project on the environment and serves as EIA guide for future projects.