The Hindu : `Where is the project located?'

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Sunday, May 18, 2003

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`Where is the project located?'

By Our Special Correspondenti

New Delhi May 17. The Annual Report of the Ministry of Water Resources, which was recently tabled in Parliament, makes no mention of the ambitious river grid project estimated to cost Rs. 560,000 crores for 30 links.

This was mentioned by the former Planning Commissioner member and High Commissioner, L.C. Jain, while participating in a Citizens Meeting here today on the proposal to link rivers.

Mr. Jain said the report dated March 2003 neither mentioned the interlinking of rivers nor the constitution of a task force headed by Suresh Prabhu, nor of any finances linked with the project. The Task Force was set up in December 2002.

"'Where is the project located? In the PMO? It is not part of the plan; does not seem to be part of the Government, at least not of the plan," he said.

"Keep your vessels out for Ganges waters.

But water may not come," was his message to the people of Tamil Nadu, who are said to have kept their vessels ready for receiving Ganges waters through the interlinking project.

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