With Hydro Projects in the Himalayas Flouting Norms, Disaster Is an Eventuality
A number of projects have not been complying with mandatory environmental flows , affecting the health of the Ganga. The authorities concerned have failed to enforce compliance.
The Bhagirathi River, site of the Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project, in Gangotri, Uttarakhand. Credit: Atarax42/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Government20/Feb/2021
In the wake of the recent flash floods that ravaged Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, questions are once again being raised on the suitability of hydropower or hydroelectricity projects (HEPs) in the Himalayan region. It is alleged that such projects are hindering the flow of the Ganga river immensely and their water discharge is inadequate, which adversely affects the health of the river.
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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