As Modi Govt Fast-Tracks Controversial Project To Link Rivers, Thousands Of Anxious, Angry Adivasis Set To Lose Homes.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in December 2024 for a dam that will destroy over 4 million trees in a key tiger reserve and displace thousands, mostly Adivasis, anger spread across 11 Madhya Pradesh villages. Locals complained of broken promises and violations of India’s compensation and forest laws, as a controversial Rs 44,000-crore project first conceived 30 years ago to link the Ken and Betwa rivers to address the region’s water scarcities nears fruition.
