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India: Ecologically disastrous dams may get the go-ahead

2015-03-06 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In mid-February, the ministry of environment and forests virtually approved six hydropower dams. This is the latest in an 18-month-long debate on the ecological impact of dams in Uttarakhand. In June 2013, floods severely damaged parts of the state. About 6,000 people died, and tens of thousands of pilgrims were stranded. The disaster destroyed six villages, buried dozens of others in silt, and wrecked highways. Within days of the disaster, environmentalists and villagers alleged dams aggravated...

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