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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 178: UP government ad spending and the Ken-Betwa link project
Description: This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by the Wire reporter Dheeraj Mishra and Newslaundryâs Ayush Tiwari.Dheeraj talks about his report on the Ken-Betwa link project in Bundelkhand. The project aims to solve the regionâs prolonged issue of water scarcity. Dheeraj explains that the problem lies with the governmentâs claim that the Ken river has surplus water at all â a claim that âisnât backed up by any independent researcher or independent instituteâ. He also tells the panel that the project will require over 6,000 hectares of forest land, which will include the Pan...