Ken-Betwa hyperlink: UP, MP to signal pact at the moment

UTTAR PRADESH and Madhya Pradesh will signal an settlement to implement the Ken-Betwa Link Project on Monday, in keeping with the Jal Shakti Ministry.
In a press release issued Sunday, the ministry stated: “In the presence of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will sign a historic agreement on 22nd March 2021 to implement the Ken Betwa Link Project (KBLP), the first project of the National Perspective Plan for interlinking of rivers, through video conferencing/ virtual platform.”
“This agreement will herald the beginning of inter-state cooperation to implement the vision of Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee to carry water from areas that have surplus water to drought prone and water deficit areas through the interlinking of rivers,” the assertion stated.
Under the hyperlink venture, water from the Ken river will likely be transferred to Betwa River.