Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles

One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first priorities after winning an overwhelming victory last year on a platform of development and growth is to fast-track a decades-old plan to link India’s rivers.The ambitious infrastructure project, based on an idea first put forth in 1980, envisions linking 14 rivers from the Himalayas with 16 across the … Continue reading Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles