As rising waters flood homes and temples, villagers protest India’s US$87 billion river-linking project
Standing knee-deep in the Ken River, with mud smeared on her face to symbolize a connection to land her family has farmed for more than a century, Bitti Bai Kondar is among hundreds of tribal residents voicing anger over an $87 billion government project to link India’s rivers. The mother of four…
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