The Bagmati loses its way in Kathmandu amid political vacuum and urban chaos. The chaos and urban sprawl of today’s Kathmandu have taken a serious toll on the stretch of the Bagmati and its tributaries that meet in the city. In the absence of clear guidelines regulating river water use and diversion, the city extracts some 30 million litres of water each day from this seasonal river to quench its thirst, even in the dry season.
To read more click on to the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/darkling-waters [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/darkling-waters-0
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/darkling-waters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/aditya-batra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bagmati
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-oxygen-demand-cod
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kathmandu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/squatter-settlement
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-land-use
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-sprawl
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biological-oxygen-demand-bod
