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Irrigation and Interlinking of Indian Rivers by Nath,Thakur Shailendra

ISBN: 9788170359166
Binding: Hard Bound
Biblio: xii+218p.,tabls., 25 cm
Weight: 580 gms
Pages: 230
Imprint: Daya Publishing House
Year: 2014
Price : Rs 995.00
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About the Book
All India rivers interlinking is a large scale civil engineering project that aims to join majority of India rivers and proposed to reduce the persistent water shortage in parts of India. Though critics oppose the project yet it is beneficial to India seeing its large dependence of agriculture on monsoon and gradual reduction of agriculture in GDP. Individual Indian major rivers along with its tributaries have been discussed in detail in the book to have an idea about its source, flow and ecology. How to settle the interstate water sharing disputes on the basis of famous international cases decided has also been discussed.