Ignoring the crucial linkages of a river’s upstream, midstream, and downstream flows can endanger not just the river, but human communities and ecology sustained by it.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/study-%E2%80%98environmental-flows%E2%80%99-rivers-must
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/riverine-ecology
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-linking