{"id":6204,"date":"2019-11-26T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:20:42","slug":"kerala-will-prevent-implementation-of-pamba-achankovil-vaippar-river-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/kerala-will-prevent-implementation-of-pamba-achankovil-vaippar-river-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala will prevent implementation of Pamba-Achankovil-Vaippar River Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Union Minister has assured Kerala that river interlinking projects would be undertaken only with the approval of the States involved. The project was envisaged in 1995 for producing 500 MW of power for Kerala and irrigating the lands in Tamil Nadu. The river link proposal envisages the diversion of water from the Pamba and Achankovil rivers in Kerala to the Vaippar basin in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerala had also opposed the move at the sixth special\ngeneral meeting of the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) held on August\n21 this year. The river link proposal, listed among the river linking projects\nof the NWDA, envisages diversion of 634 Mm3 of water from the Pamba and\nAchankovil rivers in Kerala to the Vaippar basin in Tamil Nadu. The project\nenvisages irrigation of 91,400 hectares in Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and\nThoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, generation of 500 MW and regulated release of water\nduring lean periods to Kerala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister has assured Kerala that river interlinking projects would be undertaken only with the approval of the States involved. The project was envisaged in 1995 for producing 500 MW of power for Kerala and irrigating the lands in Tamil Nadu. 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