Over a thousand large dams in India will be roughly 50 years old in 2025 and such aging structures across the world pose a growing threat, according to a UN report which notes that by 2050, most people on Earth will live downstream of tens of thousands of dams built in the 20th century. The report, titled 'Ageing water infrastructure: An emerging global risk' and compiled by United Nations University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health, says most of the 58,700 large dams worldwide were constructed between 1930 and 1970 with a design life of 50 to 100 years.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/ageing-water-storage-infrastructure-emerging-global-risk
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Ageing-Water-Storage-Infrastructure-An-Emerging-Global-Risk.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/duminda-perera
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vladimir-smakhtin
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/spencer-williams
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/taylor-north
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/allen-curry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/united-nations-university-institute-water
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/environment-and-health-unu-inweh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dam-safety
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
