River interlinking projects in India raise concerns about water stress, study finds

India's ambitious river interlinking projects, which aim to tackle the country's growing issues of droughts and floods, may unintentionally exacerbate water stress and disrupt monsoon patterns, warns a study published in the journal Nature.

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