The project in numbers
Ken-Betwa link project is a river-linking and drought-mitigation infrastructure project for Bundelkhand, with major implications for inter-state water management, irrigation planning, and environmental trade-offs.
- The Ken-Betwa link project is an inter-basin water-transfer project intended to move water toward drought-prone areas of Bundelkhand.
- The project connects river systems across Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
- The Indian Express side box functions as a quick-reference explainer and highlights the project's scale, cost, land requirement, and likely village-level impact.
What happened
The Ken-Betwa link project is presented as a major water-transfer project that will connect the Ken and Betwa systems across Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The project is intended to shift water toward drought-prone parts of Bundelkhand.
A side box in The Indian Express presents the project as a quick-reference explainer. It highlights the planned canal length, the project cost, the land requirement, and the number of villages likely to be affected.
UPSC can ask the Ken-Betwa link project as a Prelims fact set on river-linking and as a Mains question on inter-state water sharing, drought-proofing, ecological costs, rehabilitation, and the trade-off between irrigation benefits and environmental safeguards.
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