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Sikkim's citizens say NO! to dams

90% of people living around dams in Sikkim testify to environmental damage, increased hazards and decreased resources. Can their situation be changed?

Ghanashyam Sharma

Durga P Sharma

Posted on 13 Jan, 2014 02:18 PM

Hydropower is considered as 'green' power and the Sikkim Government's policy has been to synchronize development imperatives with conscious efforts on environment sustainability. This paper presents the results of a survey carried out among communities living along a 54-km long project affected stretch of the Teesta river.

Dams intensify the impact of earthquakes

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