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500 dams in India over 50 years old [1]

Even as Kerala and Tamil Nadu battle it out over the Mullaperiyar Dam, there are at least 100 large dams in the country which are over one hundred years old and call for urgent steps and legal mech

Publication Date: 
05/12/2011
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
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Dams [3], India [4], Dam Safety [5], Water Resources [6], Tamil Nadu [7], People [8], Research Agencies [9], Central Water Commission (CWC) [10], Legislation [11]

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