<none> https://www.indiawaterportal.org/article-individual/14573 en Mining - An increasing threat to our rivers - Article by Nitya Jacob https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/mining-increasing-threat-our-rivers-article-nitya-jacob <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" id="md1"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description"><p style="font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><em>Content Courtesy: <strong><a href="http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/se.html" target="_blank" title="Solution Exchange">Solution Exchange</a></strong></em><strong> and <a href="http://watermusingsindia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Nitya Jacob"><em>Nitya Jacob</em></a></strong><br /><em>Author:<strong> Nitya Jacob</strong></em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">India’s arteries are choking. Her rivers, the lifeline of hundreds of millions, are over-taxed, polluted and encroached. They are being mined, dammed and emptied of water. Save for the four monsoon months, most rivers are streams of drains, depending on how many cities they pass through. This year people gaped in awe at the River Yamuna (I am sure they were over-awed by other rivers elsewhere too) as for the first time since 1978 looked like a river and not a drain.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:59:10 +0000 aarti kelkar khambete 14573 at https://www.indiawaterportal.org