Dr.
Manmohan Singh
Honourable Prime Minister
Govt.
of India
New Delhi-110001
Subject: Unscientific reference and Hurdles in Hydropower development.
Sir,
As source of water, Himalayan Rivers, especially Ganga have been crucial for many human
settlements...
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Dr.
Manmohan Singh
Honourable Prime Minister
Govt.
of India
New Delhi-110001
Subject: Unscientific reference and Hurdles in Hydropower development.
Sir,
As source of water, Himalayan Rivers, especially Ganga have been crucial for many human
settlements from its origin up to confluence with sea.
The stretch of Ganga beyond Rishikesh
is fulfilling the demands of many industries including irrigation and transport.
Economic
activities including its use as natural sewers have placed a heavy burden on this river.
But in the last twenty years, initiatives to clean up Ganga river and reduce the amount of
industrial waste and sewage being discharged into rivers have not yielded desired results.
As
part of the India’s River conservation policy framework Ganga river is kept in topmost
priority and government has set an ambitious target of achieving good ecological status for
the river.
While significant progress towards this goal has already been made in terms of
sewage and industrial was
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