- A Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken Betwa Link Project in the presence of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 22 March 2021.
This is the first project of the National Perspective Plan for interlinking of rivers.
This project involves transfer of water from the Ken to the Betwa River through the construction of Daudhan Dam and a canal linking the two rivers, the Lower Orr Project, Kotha Barrage and Bina Complex Multipurpose Project.
The project will provide irrigation facilities in 10.62 lakh hectares of agricultural area every year, drinking water supply to about 62 lakh people and also generate 103 MW of hydropower.