Content courtesy: South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People
The highlights of the January newsletter by South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) are as follows:
- Many inconsistencies in the EAC's approval of 775 MW Luhri Hydropower project, that is proposed to be built on Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh.
- Indian Biodiversity Congress lays stress on freshwater biodiversity conservation.
- MoEF to amend Wetlands Rules (2010) to include main river channels in its definition of wetlands, in line with Ramsar Conventions.
- To quench the thirst of people in Maharashtra, the government should stop diverting water from East flowing rivers to the West.
- India presses China to have a water commission/an inter-governmental dialogue/ a treaty, to deal with water issues between the two countries.
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Post By: Sumathi Sivam
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