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Indian govt working on river-linking project: CSE director general

The Indian government is working to 'transfer water from rivers by digging canals', Sunita Narain, director general of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, said on January 20.

'The reasons behind the (Indian) government's initial move for river interlinking were to transfer a large amount of water from northern India to southern India. But the government has realised that it is a Herculean task, which were always done,' she said when talking to New Age at the National Press Club in Dhaka.

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