Which among the following can be inferred from the passage?
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The most important reason for the delay in the project is the objection raised by some states against it.
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Though the project had been well planned, the delay occurred because of unforeseen circumstances.
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The government Committee set up in 1999 to examine the project, was very positive about the projects out come.
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The drought of 2002 gave an impetus to the ongoing proposal of interlinking of India's major rivers.
(1) is not the answer because the passage mentions that it was one of the reasons and not the main reason. (2) is not the answer because it is mentioned in the second paragraph that, 'all the complex engineering, economic, environmental and social issues involved in the project have never been carefully studied'. (3) is wrong because it is mentioned in the last line of the second paragraph that, 'the committee was ambivalent about the benefits of interlinking of the country's rivers'. (4) is the answer because it is mentioned in the first line of the last paragraph.