India's ambitious project to link its rivers may provide solutions to water shortages but could also cause significant environmental and social disruptions.
India plans to launch a $168 billion project to connect its rivers, aiming to address water shortages and improve irrigation.
Experts warn that the project could displace half a million people, submerge vast tracts of land, and disrupt natural monsoon patterns.
Critics argue that the government has not adequately considered alternative, less disruptive water management strategies.
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[The] “initial assumption, is that river basins are independent systems and output from one … can be used to feed the other. [But] changes in one can lead to changes in another.”
— Tejasvi Chauhan, water engineer and biosphere modeler, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.
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