{"id":4557,"date":"2025-06-10T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:52:21","slug":"ken-betwa-link-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ken-betwa-link-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken-Betwa Link Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ken-Betwa Link Project Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Experts recently flagged concerns over the construction work for the Ken-Betwa river linking project going on in the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, citing a severe impact on the wildlife population inside the reserve.<\/p>\n<h2>About Ken-Betwa Link Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>river interlinking project<\/strong>\u00a0designed to\u00a0<strong>transfer surplus water from the Ken River\u00a0<\/strong>(<strong>Madhya Pradesh) to\u00a0<\/strong>the water-scarce\u00a0<strong>Betwa basin (Uttar Pradesh)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>both tributaries of\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0<strong>Yamuna<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is expected to\u00a0<strong>bring prosperity<\/strong>\u00a0to the drought-prone\u00a0<strong>Bundelkhand region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phase I\u00a0<\/strong>of the project involves the construction of the<strong>\u00a0Daudhan Dam in Madhya Pradesh,\u00a0<\/strong>a 77-meter-high structure, and a\u00a0<strong>221 km long canal,<\/strong>\u00a0including a 2 km tunnel, to move water efficiently.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The project will also generate\u00a0<strong>103 MW of hydropower<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>27 MW of solar power.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project will utilize 4,543.52 MCM of water, benefiting Madhya Pradesh (2,350 MCM) and Uttar Pradesh (1,700 MCM) for\u00a0<strong>irrigation, drinking water, and industrial use.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phase II\u00a0<\/strong>of the project includes the\u00a0<strong>Lower Orr Dam, Kotha Barrage,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Bina Complex\u00a0<\/strong>Projects to enhance water availability.<\/li>\n<li>A significant concern is the\u00a0<strong>impact on Panna Tiger Reserve<\/strong>, as nearly 6,000 hectares of its core area will be submerged due to the dam construction, affecting wildlife habitats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ken-Betwa Link Project FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the primary objective of the Ken-Betwa Link Project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Transfer of surplus water from Ken to Betwa basin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. The Ken and Betwa rivers are tributaries of which major river?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yamuna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which region is expected to benefit the most from the Ken-Betwa Link Project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Bundelkhand region<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/experts-flag-concerns-over-ken-betwa-project-in-panna-tiger-reserve-101749410232192.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is a river interlinking project designed to transfer surplus water from the Ken River to the water-scarce Betwa basin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[778,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-4557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-ken-betwa-link-project","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}