On the occasion of World Water Day (22 March) through video conferencing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and therefore the Chief Ministers of Union Water Power, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister signed the historic agreement on the concept of former couples Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee's river joints project



Bundelkhand is one among the foremost dry and humid places thanks to geographical variations, the Ken-Betwa Link Project will bring a replacement stream of life to the districts, this project is that the first of its kind at the national level for interlinking of rivers. the target of this is often to transfer water from water surplus basin areas to water scarcity areas, that is, by connecting seven districts of Uttar Pradesh in Bundelkhand and nine districts of Madhya Pradesh to the link canal of Maudha Dam at Hamirpur under the Ken-Betwa Inter Link Project. To be filled up which can benefit both the states, within the districts of Mahoba, Jhansi, Lalitpur and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh and Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna etc.

In Madhya Pradesh, irrigation facility are going to be available in 10.62 lakh hectare of agricultural area, about 62 lakh people will get beverage . there'll be supply and there are hopes of generating 103 MW of hydropower. aside from this, many other schemes are proposed which are proposed like Lower Orr, Kotha Barrage and Bina Sankul multipurpose project which can further improve the interest of the people.


Ken-Betwa may be a tributary of the Yamuna River, after flowing 427 km north from the Kaimur hills near Jabalpur, the Ken river joins the Yamuna river in Chilla village of Banda district. The Betwa river originates from Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh 576 After flowing the km, it joins the Yamuna in Hamirpur district. In Dodhan village of Chhatarpur, the 2 rivers are going to be connected and made a dam.