अन्य प्रकार की जल संकट का समाधान करने के लिए नदियों को जोड़ने की सम्भावना पर चर्चा कीजिए। (150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए) 10 अंक / Discuss the feasibility of interlinking rivers to resolve the issue of water stress in other regions. (Answer in 150 words) 10 marks

feasibility of rivers will help solve several of India's interconnected budget - 2022 announced interlinking for southern rivers: Kaveri- Godavari, Krishna-Godavari, Pennar- Kaveri

Advantages :

1. Flood and drought level

(i) 68.2 % area prone to

[illegible] more prone flood

(ii) area more in flood

2. irrigation (currently only 52% [illegible])

4. Tourism, hydro electricity, etc

Challenges/there are various challenges

1. prohibitively high cost ~ 1500 billion %

~ 1.85 billion $

~ [40]% GDP

2. interconnecting rivers of north to south would -

involve a number of [180 CCM] of water

as precedent of such a large interlinking entailing excessive globally

3. requirements of 4000 - 6000 dams

require significant forest land to be

submerged

4. Issues of rehabilitation of displaced population

5. elevation bias: northern plains 300m above sea level

Peninsular ~ 600 m above sea level

(Impossible ~ need 100 LM of electricity to pump water,

[need] of electricity)

6. inter- state: cross- border river [illegible] disputes

Thus, (in view of challenges,

Way Forward

1. decentralization of water governance;

2. interlinking process on small scale

(i.e. local, national, state)

3. fixed water supply: (harvesting saving)

(CWRC),

[illegible]