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Dr. Manmohan Singh
The Honble Prime Minister of India
Government of India, South Block,
New Delhi 110 001
Namaskar,
Subject: Conservation of BHAGIRATHI River
We understand that a series of Dams are being planned for construction on the river Ganges between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi for generation of Hydropower. Construction of a dam disturbs the natural flow regime, ecology, and the belief of devout Hindus in purity of the river Ganges that they consider sacred. Thinkers and social workers of present times, such as Pandit Mohan Malaviya and our respected past Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, have written how it binds the population of India with countless beliefs and faith.
Urbanization and non-sustainable industrial development has sullied Ganga and other rivers. To correct the wrong done, river conservation programs were launched. The first such effort was formulated as Ganga Action Plan under the directions of former Prime Minister, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
Except in the Himalayan reach, the Ganges is made to carry sewage from cities and foul wastes from industries. Large amounts of water are abstracted. Now the onslaught is on the Himalayan reach, on the River Bhagirathi. First, the Tehri dam was built, then Maneri Bhali II at Uttarkashi. Next a series of 5 dams are planned or being built between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi for generation of hydropower. At these sites water is stored, then released periodically through tunnels at suitable locations where power houses are built, back into the stream channel. The same is repeated again (and again) further downstream. The result is that in long stretches and over considerable period of time, there is no flow in the channel. The Ganges runs dry.
The final insult is that the Environment Impact Assessment report of the projects, states that no monument of historical, religious or archaeological value is affected!
Professor Dr. G. D. Agrawal, formerly Professor and Dean at IIT, Kanpur, and Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board, a noted teacher, a renowned environmentalist and a devout Hindu, in protest of such callous attitude, has decided to go on fast from June 13, 2008, until death, unless it is decided that henceforth, all development work which affects the flow in the stream channel between Gangotri and Uttarkashi is stopped.
I/we strongly agree with the stand taken by Professor Agrawal. It is a matter of making choice between a thousand megawatts of power and upholding the faith of billions of people. We request you to kindly intervene and halt the headlong destruction of the national environment, and the loss of bio-diversity and human life and preserve India's ecological future.
Thanking You,
The Honble Prime Minister of India
Government of India, South Block,
New Delhi 110 001
Namaskar,
Subject: Conservation of BHAGIRATHI River
We understand that a series of Dams are being planned for construction on the river Ganges between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi for generation of Hydropower. Construction of a dam disturbs the natural flow regime, ecology, and the belief of devout Hindus in purity of the river Ganges that they consider sacred. Thinkers and social workers of present times, such as Pandit Mohan Malaviya and our respected past Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, have written how it binds the population of India with countless beliefs and faith.
Urbanization and non-sustainable industrial development has sullied Ganga and other rivers. To correct the wrong done, river conservation programs were launched. The first such effort was formulated as Ganga Action Plan under the directions of former Prime Minister, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
Except in the Himalayan reach, the Ganges is made to carry sewage from cities and foul wastes from industries. Large amounts of water are abstracted. Now the onslaught is on the Himalayan reach, on the River Bhagirathi. First, the Tehri dam was built, then Maneri Bhali II at Uttarkashi. Next a series of 5 dams are planned or being built between the Gangotri glacier and Uttarkashi for generation of hydropower. At these sites water is stored, then released periodically through tunnels at suitable locations where power houses are built, back into the stream channel. The same is repeated again (and again) further downstream. The result is that in long stretches and over considerable period of time, there is no flow in the channel. The Ganges runs dry.
The final insult is that the Environment Impact Assessment report of the projects, states that no monument of historical, religious or archaeological value is affected!
Professor Dr. G. D. Agrawal, formerly Professor and Dean at IIT, Kanpur, and Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board, a noted teacher, a renowned environmentalist and a devout Hindu, in protest of such callous attitude, has decided to go on fast from June 13, 2008, until death, unless it is decided that henceforth, all development work which affects the flow in the stream channel between Gangotri and Uttarkashi is stopped.
I/we strongly agree with the stand taken by Professor Agrawal. It is a matter of making choice between a thousand megawatts of power and upholding the faith of billions of people. We request you to kindly intervene and halt the headlong destruction of the national environment, and the loss of bio-diversity and human life and preserve India's ecological future.
Thanking You,
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