The Ken Betwa Link Project: A Tale of Displacement and Deception The protests in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur and Panna districts over the Ken Betwa River Linking Project have brought into sharp focus the darker side of India's development ambitions.
Beneath the rhetoric of "transformative" infrastructure, a complex web of displacement, deception, and bureaucratic bungling has emerged.
At its core, the controversy revolves around the rehabilitation of thousands of tribal families who stand to lose their ancestral lands due to the project.