PM pitches for river inter-linking

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today batted for inter-linking of rivers in the country, saying it can help address the issue of imbalance between areas having excess water and those facing scarcity of the resource.
Responding to the question by a student during the ‘smart India hackathon’, Modi said while 17 per cent of the world population is in India, the country has only four per cent of water.
“Water is limited for our population…There are areas which face floods. Then there are rivers which are dry. If there is inter-linking, the problem can be solved,” he said, adding river inter-linking is the vision of the Government and will come true one day. (AGENCIES)

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