It’s a curious case of dam fundamentalism, now manifested as ILR (interlinking rivers) fundamentalism. On 7 June, as widely reported by the media, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti “threatened to go on hunger strike if the Ken-Betwa river linking project is further delayed”. She termed the attempt to delay the project by environmentalists as a ‘national crime’, as reported by Business Standard. The threat was directed against all those raising questions about her ministry’s Ken-Betwa River Link proposal.
Many of those opposing the Ken-Betwa. . .