Previously unknown consequence of river interlinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muaLSBZYKJI Oct 9, 2023 Climate scientists in India have found that the river interlinking project will have drastic changes in the Indian summer monsoon, causing uninteded dryness and floods in various parts of the country.
River interlinking alters land-atmosphere feedback and changes the Indian summer monsoon https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41668-x
Tejasvi Chauhan, Anjana Devanand, Mathew Koll Roxy, Karumuri Ashok & Subimal Ghosh .. land-atmosphere feedbacks generate causal pathways between river basins in India. We further find that increased irrigation from the transferred water reduces mean rainfall in September by up to 12% in already water-stressed regions of India. We observe more drying in La Niña years compared to El Niño years. Reduced September precipitation can dry rivers post-monsoon, augmenting water stress across the country and rendering interlinking dysfunctional.