To meet surging domestic energy demand, provide power to the largest population in the world that lacks electricity (> 400 million people), and reduce rapidly growing CO2 emissions, the Government of India (GOI) has embarked on a fast-track dam-building program.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/threats-india%E2%80%99s-himalaya-dams
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-edward-grumbine
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/maharaj-k-pandit
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/government-india-goi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/riverine-ecology
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-basin
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change