Citation:
תקציר:
Water is the most precious gift of nature to life on earth. India is one of the few countries in the world which has ample quantity of this prized possession. However, the imbalances have thrown up many debatable issues, one of them being the Inter-linking of Rivers (or ILR). The Interlinking of Rivers programme is aimed at linking different surplus rivers of country with deficient ones to probably help in increasing irrigation intensity in the country, increasing water availability for both drinking and industrial purposes, mitigating effects of droughts and floods to a certain extent. The paper focuses of certain factual understanding of the project and its feasibility towards making water a more sustainable resource on planet Earth.