Overview

Inter-basin water transfers are complex human interventions on natural systems that can have profound adverse as well as beneficial social, economic and environmental implications. India's plan to interlink its rivers (ILR) and to transfer water may, according to one set of views, generate positive benefits through improved and expanded irrigation and may also contribute to flood and drought hazards mitigation for India, although the magnitudes are debatable. However, there are opposing views, in the context of India itself, that the interlinking plan is economically prohibitive, fraught with uncertainties, and has potential for disastrous and irreversible adverse after-effects. Water deficit can be reduced through improved water management without large scale engineering interventions. Moreover many of the rivers involved, particularly in the Himalayan component, are international and, therefore, the scheme has major implications for other riparians. Indeed, the planned transfer of water from the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers will adversely impact Bangladesh socially, economically and environmentally---unless arrangements are made to maintain historical flows, which is unlikely to be feasible. Any multipurpose storage reservoirs in upstream countries, such as Nepal and Bhutan, would facilitate energy generation and other benefits but will also cause adverse environmental and social impacts to these countries. Therefore, the ILR plan will further complicate existing water sharing and management problems between India and other co-basin countries. Strengthening and expansion of cooperative efforts among the co-basin countries for water resources development and sharing can generate economic benefits for the people of these countries and also foster co-riparian relationships.

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Author:   M. Monirul Qader Mirza (University of Toronto, Canada) ,  Ahsan Uddin Ahmed (Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP), Dhaka, India) ,  Q.K. Ahmad
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.722kg
ISBN:  

9780415404693

ISBN 10:   041540469
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 July 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Interlinking Rivers in India: Issues and Concerns Interlinking of Rivers: Experience from Across the World The Vital Link The Interlinking of Indian Rivers: Questions on the Scientific, Economic and Environmental Dimensions of the Proposal A Systems Approach to Interlinking Rivers in India: An Examination of Viability Impact of the Interlinking of Rivers on Nepal: A Critical Analysis Modeling the Interlinking of the Ganges River: Simulated Changes in Flow India's Energy Future and Interlinking of Rivers Potential Public Health Implications of Interlinking of Rivers in India Living in the Downstream: Development in Peril Assessment of the India's River Linking Plan: A Closer Look at the Ken-Betwa Link Implications of Climate Change in South Asia on Interlinking Project of Indian Rivers Interlinking of Rivers in India: International and Regional Legal Aspects The Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Water Management in India Water-Based Cooperation in the GBM Region with Particular Focus on Interlinking of Rivers in India Could Bangladesh Benefit from the River Interlinking Project? Hydrological Impact on Bangladesh of Chinese and Indian Plans on the Brahmaputra.

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Mirza\, M. Monirul Qader; Ahmed\, Ahsan Uddin; Ahmad\, Q.K.

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