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NGO writes to Planning Commission to reject funding for dam on Yamuna [1]

Says river’s catchment area is fragile and falls under Zone V seismic belt

Citing the fragility and seismic nature of the Yamuna catchment as one of the reasons for not going ahead with the construction of dams, a Delhi-based non-government organisation, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, has written to the Planning Commission to refrain from funding construction of the proposed Lakhwar Byasi hydroelectric dam project over the river.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2013
Smriti Kak Ramachandran [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [4], Dehradun (D) [5], Lakhwar [6], Dams [7], Yamuna [8], Planning Commission [9], NGO [10], Ecosystems [11], Dams/ Irrigation [12]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakhwar
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/yamuna
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation