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Links, news, comment and accounts of the programmes and plans to link together the major rivers of the country.

Interlinking of Indian rivers: Proposal of 'G

http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/10/5704

Account of the proposals, how they may affect Bangladesh, and the possible consequences for both countries. By Dr. Ichhamuddin Sarkar, New Nation, Bangladesh.

Interlinking of Rivers

http://indianfarmers.org/PTRFF/article_uday.htm

Dr. M.S.Udaya Murthy urges the immediate start on the scheme, and describes its potential and benefits.

Interlinking Rivers -The Millennial Folly

http://www.countercurrents.org/en-ghosh150503.htm

Shailendra Nath Ghosh writes critically of the scheme and the reasoning behind it.

Panacea for Water Ills or Deceptive Mirage

http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2003/June/Interlinking_rivers.htm

A critical account of the scheme from a Marxist perspective.

SaciWaters: Interlinking Indian Rivers: Bane or Bo

http://www.saciwaters.org/interlinking.htm

A detailed study of the scheme, presented in 2002, providing technical background information, and details of possible benefits and drawbacks.

Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers

http://riverlinks.nic.in/

Government body set up to plan and oversee the project. Includes details of schemes and links, and assessments of local and international perspectives.

The River-linking Programme in India

http://www.sdnpbd.org/river_basin/index.htm

An account of the scheme, the hydrology of the subcontinent, and other aspects, particularly as it affects Bengal. From Sustainable Development Networking Programme Bangladesh.