It is an extremely timely warning. Do let us know where we can get
hold of the entire report.

Past policies of the central govt like freight equalisation, non
investment in irrigation in Bihar and overall very low investment in
each five year plan have shown that the central govt has been less
than equitable when it comes to Bihar.

WE have to ensure that such a project which is quite likely to be
unfair to Bihar does not take off without proper analysis.

Thanks

--- In biharchintan@..., "Dinesh Kumar Mishra"
<dineshkmishra@r...> wrote:
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> ILR – Bihar Views
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> In a recently published report of the Water Resources Department of
Government of Bihar, a new light is thrown on the entire programme of
ILR in the country. The report starts with saying that,
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> 1. First of all, all the requirements of the sub-basins of the
rivers should be fulfilled by linking them and once the performance of
this programme is evaluated, then only the linking of basins should be
taken up. This would give maximum benefits at minimal cost. It will
also give an opportunity to assess the factual position of surpluses.