Aerial view of the washed away Tapovan hydel power project plant after Sunday’s glacier burst. Photo: PTI
New Delhi: After a massive flash flood triggered by a glacial lake burst wreaked havoc in the Rishiganga valley of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district recently, serious concerns are once again being raised over hydropower and hydroelectricity projects in the region.
Experts have demanded a ban on heavy infrastructure work carried out under such projects in the fragile eco-sensitive zones of the Himalayas. Deep concerns have also been expressed over the adverse effects on the health of the Ganga river as these projects restrict water flow.
Maintain and raise MSP to protect the rivers
Maintain and raise MSP to protect the rivers
Arun Kumar Gupta, Bharat Jhunjhunwala
The farmers are agitating for ensuring the continuation of Minimum Support Price (MSP) by legislation. One aspect of this demand is that they be assured of minimum remunerative prices for their produce. Another aspect is that MSP can become the instrument for saving our rivers.
According to the Consortium of the Indian Institutes of Technologies that made the Ganga River Basin Management Plan, the rivers are the best measure of the overall health of our environment. The condition of our land is reflected in the rivers through agricultural runoff. The river water will become poisonous if the land has become poisonous due to the use of pesticides. The same will happen if the air is polluted. Maintenance of the health of the river requires that it has sufficient water just as maintenance of the health of a human being requires that her body has sufficient
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