Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that his Ministry will start work on three river interlinking projects within the next three months. These include the Ken-Betwa Linking Project, Damanganga- Pinjal Link Project and the Par-Tapi-Narmada Link projects. He said, the three projects are ready with all necessary approvals and he will hold meetings with the concerned Chief Ministers soon to sort out inter-state issues. Mr Gadkari was speaking at the 31st Annual General Meeting of the National Water Development Agency Society in New Delhi.<br/> <br/>Expressing his concern about the plight of people in the thirteen droughts prone and seven floods prone regions of the country, Mr Gadkari stressed upon the need to develop effective means for conserving the available water and sharing the surplus. The Minister said, there is a need to evolve ways to conserve the nearly 60 to 70 per cent of water that runs-off into the oceans.