
Tribal households affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking mission stage protest on the Barana river, in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, in April 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: ANI
Night had fallen over Daudhan village in Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand area. A delicate beat of a dhol got here from the gap because the dump vans and heavy machines fell silent.
Inside his bakhri (mud home), Munni Lal sat chatting together with his neighbours. About 500 m away, development work on the Daudhan dam, throughout the Ken river, continued. The dam is the principle a part of the Ken-Betwa river-linking mission.
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