The Government of India has recently launched the ambitious National Inland Waterways program tha... more The Government of India has recently launched the ambitious National Inland Waterways program that plans to convert 111 rivers or river stretches into large commercial waterways. These waterways represent possibly the largest intervention in and disruption of our rivers, second only to large dams.
This new report examines the scope and extent of the waterways program, its rationale, the legal regime and its adequacy, interventions needed to create and maintain waterways, impacts of these interventions – social, environmental and financial, questions about the viability and desirability of waterways, and raises several key issues and presents suggestions for the way forward.
Coal based thermal power plants (CTPPs) need water in huge quantities, and hence have a significa... more Coal based thermal power plants (CTPPs) need water in huge quantities, and hence have a significant impact on water resources in the surroundings. However, it is generally assumed that few such concerns exist with respect to coastal coal based power plants as they use sea water, which is available in virtually unlimited amounts. This is fallacious thinking, because it is based on an understanding that sees the use of water by CTPPs only in arithmetic or algebraic terms. In reality, the impact of CTPPs on water is multi-faceted and based on a multi-dimensional, complex relationship. This report presents some preliminary findings related to the impact on water of coastal CTPPs based on a field visit to some operational and in-pipeline coastal plants in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The visit was undertaken in early July 2014.
The Government of India has recently launched the ambitious National Inland Waterways program tha... more The Government of India has recently launched the ambitious National Inland Waterways program that plans to convert 111 rivers or river stretches into large commercial waterways. These waterways represent possibly the largest intervention in and disruption of our rivers, second only to large dams.
This new report examines the scope and extent of the waterways program, its rationale, the legal regime and its adequacy, interventions needed to create and maintain waterways, impacts of these interventions – social, environmental and financial, questions about the viability and desirability of waterways, and raises several key issues and presents suggestions for the way forward.
Coal based thermal power plants (CTPPs) need water in huge quantities, and hence have a significa... more Coal based thermal power plants (CTPPs) need water in huge quantities, and hence have a significant impact on water resources in the surroundings. However, it is generally assumed that few such concerns exist with respect to coastal coal based power plants as they use sea water, which is available in virtually unlimited amounts. This is fallacious thinking, because it is based on an understanding that sees the use of water by CTPPs only in arithmetic or algebraic terms. In reality, the impact of CTPPs on water is multi-faceted and based on a multi-dimensional, complex relationship. This report presents some preliminary findings related to the impact on water of coastal CTPPs based on a field visit to some operational and in-pipeline coastal plants in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The visit was undertaken in early July 2014.
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This new report examines the scope and extent of the waterways program, its rationale, the legal regime and its adequacy, interventions needed to create and maintain waterways, impacts of these interventions – social, environmental and financial, questions about the viability and desirability of waterways, and raises several key issues and presents suggestions for the way forward.
available in virtually unlimited amounts. This is fallacious thinking, because it is based on an understanding that sees the use of water by CTPPs only in arithmetic or algebraic terms. In reality, the impact of CTPPs on water is multi-faceted and based on a multi-dimensional, complex relationship.
This report presents some preliminary findings related to the impact on water of coastal CTPPs based on a field visit to some operational and in-pipeline coastal plants in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The visit was undertaken in early July 2014.
This new report examines the scope and extent of the waterways program, its rationale, the legal regime and its adequacy, interventions needed to create and maintain waterways, impacts of these interventions – social, environmental and financial, questions about the viability and desirability of waterways, and raises several key issues and presents suggestions for the way forward.
available in virtually unlimited amounts. This is fallacious thinking, because it is based on an understanding that sees the use of water by CTPPs only in arithmetic or algebraic terms. In reality, the impact of CTPPs on water is multi-faceted and based on a multi-dimensional, complex relationship.
This report presents some preliminary findings related to the impact on water of coastal CTPPs based on a field visit to some operational and in-pipeline coastal plants in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The visit was undertaken in early July 2014.