Water mangement experts in Gujarat believe, the flood, which ravaged several regions of the state and parts of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka recently, was a 'once-in-a-century' phenomena and building enough storage facilites would help minimise the damage. | |
| Scientists of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), headquatered in Colombo, doing pioneering work on water management issues in India, feel that building dams and reservoirs, as envisaged under the interlinking of rivers on the western coast of Indian peninsula will help partially counter the type of flooding witnessed in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka recently. |
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| "The recent floods that submerged large parts of land in these states should be treated as a freak weather phenomenon," said Tushaar Shah, principal scientist, IWMI at Anand. |
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| "Building enough storage facilities like dams and reservoirs can help minimise the damage caused due to floods in the downstream regions of the rivers," Shah said adding, "still it cannot completely eliminate the danger of deaths and losses, in event of heavy rains in catchment areas." |
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| Giving example of developed nations such as Germany, France and Netherlands, where floods have wrought havoc, very similar to the one witnessed in our country, Shah said, "these countries have one of the best infrastructres in the world and yet they are helpless against such sudden flooding." |
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