Mahanadi in peril: A victim of governmental policies and climate change
By: Ratha, Keshab Chandra
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BookPublisher: Bihar Journal of Public Administration Description: 17(1), Jan-June, 2020: p.94-103.Subject(s): Hirakud Dam, Irrigation, Industries, Floods, Odisha
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Bihar Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: The rivers have been the victims of environmentally hostile policies of the governments. Most of the rivers in India have been contaminated and losing the volume of water day after day on one hand and the rivers are meted out with injudicious policies in the name of economic growth tilted in favour of industries and corporate activities on the other. Governments meted out improper treatment to the river resulting into adverse impact on river’s water, weaker sections of society and agriculture. There are better incidents of governments’ policies to save rivers viz. the Narmada river has been decided to be given the status of a corporate body or legal person by the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Uttrakhand has in its one of the historic verdicts, passed the order to confer the status of legal person on the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. It is also significant to be noted that earlier the Wanganui river has been provided with the same status by the Parliament of New Zealand.1 The legal person status requires government to maintain free and clean flow of rivers. Mahanadi deserves governmental protection, but the governmental policies have not only harmed the river but the people and agriculture also. Mahanadi, the lifeline of Odisha, faces the serious troubles. Climate change and the fight between industry and agriculture over gradual reduction of water from the Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha is a much probable cause for recurrent disasters and continuous unrest. No doubt, the financial gains from these industries go far away while causing an adverse damage to land and downstream regions. As such the present paper examines the worst effects of Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi, adverse impact on agriculture and the people of its basin, it further intends to suggest measures for appropriate policy to save Mahanadi. – Reproduced
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The rivers have been the victims of environmentally hostile policies of the governments. Most of the rivers in India have been contaminated and losing the volume of water day after day on one hand and the rivers are meted out with injudicious policies in the name of economic growth tilted in favour of industries and corporate activities on the other. Governments meted out improper treatment to the river resulting into adverse impact on river’s water, weaker sections of society and agriculture. There are better incidents of governments’ policies to save rivers viz. the Narmada river has been decided to be given the status of a corporate body or legal person by the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Uttrakhand has in its one of the historic verdicts, passed the order to confer the status of legal person on the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. It is also significant to be noted that earlier the Wanganui river has been provided with the same status by the Parliament of New Zealand.1 The legal person status requires government to maintain free and clean flow of rivers. Mahanadi deserves governmental protection, but the governmental policies have not only harmed the river but the people and agriculture also. Mahanadi, the lifeline of Odisha, faces the serious troubles. Climate change and the fight between industry and agriculture over gradual reduction of water from the Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha is a much probable cause for recurrent disasters and continuous unrest. No doubt, the financial gains from these industries go far away while causing an adverse damage to land and downstream regions. As such the present paper examines the worst effects of Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi, adverse impact on agriculture and the people of its basin, it further intends to suggest measures for appropriate policy to save Mahanadi. – Reproduced
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