The case for cancellation of 4 hydropower on projects on the Ganga
Swami Sanand, formerly Professor G D Agarwal of IIT Kanpur, left his mortal body late last year after fasting for 112 days seeking cancellation of these projects. Twenty-six years old Brahmachari Atmabodhanand from Kerala has been on fast for 120 days seeking the cancellation of the same projects. Clean Ganga. The Union Government is spending about Rs 20,000 crores in building Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). Studies have shown that Ganga water has unique bacteria that kill 17 diseases. Biodiversity. The famous Mahseer fish of Uttarakhand migrates upstream to lay eggs. A study by IIT Roorkee has estimated that people of India would draw a benefit of Rs 23,255 crores per year if the Ganga flowed freely. We are depriving the people of this benefit by building dams. The cost of electricity from new hydropower projects is about Rs 7-11 per unit against Rs 3-4 per unit from solar power. https://freeganga.in/en/
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