 "Budget 2022: Rs 44,605 crore allocated to Ken-Betwa river link project in Bundelkhand")
New Delhi: The implementation of Ken-Betwa rivers linking at an estimated cost of Rs 44,605 crore will be taken up, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. She said the draft DPRs of five river links, namely Damanganga-Pinjal, Par-Tapi-Narmada, Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Pennar, and Pennar-Cauvery have been finalised. The Ken-Betwa Link Project is aimed at providing irrigation benefits to 9.08 lakh hectares of farmers’ lands, drinking water supply for 62 lakh people, 103 MW of Hydro, and 27 MW of solar power, Sitharaman said while presenting the Budget for 2022-23. Allocations of Rs 4,300 crore in RE 2021-22 and Rs 1,400 crore in 2022-23 have been made for this project, she said. Once a consensus is reached among the beneficiary states, the Centre will provide support for implementation, she said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The project is aimed at providing irrigation benefits to 9.08 lakh hectares of farmland and drinking water supply for 62 lakh people in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, Sitharaman said
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