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&lt;em&gt;With growing environmental distress, policymakers cannot shy away from adopting best eco-management practices&lt;br /&gt;
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In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &amp;ldquo;man made disaster&amp;rdquo;, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India&amp;rsquo;s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis &amp;mdash; one of water scarcity. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Urbanisation without vision&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chennai, however, is not alone in terms of suffering from the consequences of human folly. Urbanisation at the cost of reclaiming water bodies is a pan-India if not worldwide phenomenon. There are examples in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and even Mexico city. In Bengaluru, 15 lakes have lost their ecological character in less than five years according to a High Court notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the city&amp;rsquo;s administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets. The lakes, which are now encroached areas, find use as a bus stand, a stadium and, quite ironically, as an office of the Pollution Control Board. In Mexico city, what was once a network of lakes built by the Aztecs in the 11th and 12th centuries, has given way to a downtown city centre. Parts of the city, especially downtown, sink a few metres every year causing immense damage to buildings. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &amp;ldquo;man made disaster&amp;rdquo;, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India&amp;rsquo;s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis &amp;mdash; one of water scarcity. &lt;br /&gt;
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In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &amp;ldquo;man made disaster&amp;rdquo;, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India&amp;rsquo;s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis &amp;mdash; one of water scarcity. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unlike issues such as traffic congestion or crime which are visible, environmental degradation is not what most people can easily see or feel in their every day lives. Therefore, when the consequences of such degradation begin to wreak havoc, it becomes difficult to draw the correlation between nature&amp;rsquo;s vengeance with human failings. In Chennai, more than 30 waterbodies of significance have disappeared in the past century. Concretisation or the increase in paved surfaces has affected the percolation of rainwater into the soil, thereby depleting groundwater levels to a point of no return.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Urbanisation without vision&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chennai, however, is not alone in terms of suffering from the consequences of human folly. Urbanisation at the cost of reclaiming water bodies is a pan-India if not worldwide phenomenon. There are examples in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and even Mexico city. In Bengaluru, 15 lakes have lost their ecological character in less than five years according to a High Court notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the city&amp;rsquo;s administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets. The lakes, which are now encroached areas, find use as a bus stand, a stadium and, quite ironically, as an office of the Pollution Control Board. In Mexico city, what was once a network of lakes built by the Aztecs in the 11th and 12th centuries, has given way to a downtown city centre. Parts of the city, especially downtown, sink a few metres every year causing immense damage to buildings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Telangana, the byzantine network of tanks and lakes built by the Kakatiya dynasty has disappeared over the years. However, the question is not about what follies were committed in the past, but about what we can do in the present and, more importantly, for the future. In Telangana, &amp;ldquo;tanks have been the lifeline of the State because of its geographical positioning&amp;rdquo;. The State&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;topography and rainfall pattern have made tank irrigation an ideal type of irrigation by storing and regulating water flow for agricultural use&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Hindu<br />
<br />
<em>With growing environmental distress, policymakers cannot shy away from adopting best eco-management practices<br />
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In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &ldquo;man made disaster&rdquo;, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India&rsquo;s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis &mdash; one of water scarcity. <br />
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Unlike issues such as traffic congestion or crime which are visible, environmental degradation is not what most people can easily see or feel in their every day lives. Therefore, when the consequences of such degradation begin to wreak havoc, it becomes difficult to draw the correlation between nature&rsquo;s vengeance with human failings. In Chennai, more than 30 waterbodies of significance have disappeared in the past century. Concretisation or the increase in paved surfaces has affected the percolation of rainwater into the soil, thereby depleting groundwater levels to a point of no return.<br />
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<em>With growing environmental distress, policymakers cannot shy away from adopting best eco-management practices<br />
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In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &ldquo;man made disaster&rdquo;, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India&rsquo;s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis &mdash; one of water scarcity. <br />
<br />
Unlike issues such as traffic congestion or crime which are visible, environmental degradation is not what most people can easily see or feel in their every day lives. Therefore, when the consequences of such degradation begin to wreak havoc, it becomes difficult to draw the correlation between nature&rsquo;s vengeance with human failings. In Chennai, more than 30 waterbodies of significance have disappeared in the past century. Concretisation or the increase in paved surfaces has affected the percolation of rainwater into the soil, thereby depleting groundwater levels to a point of no return.<br />
<br />
<em>Urbanisation without vision</em><br />
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Chennai, however, is not alone in terms of suffering from the consequences of human folly. Urbanisation at the cost of reclaiming water bodies is a pan-India if not worldwide phenomenon. There are examples in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and even Mexico city. In Bengaluru, 15 lakes have lost their ecological character in less than five years according to a High Court notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the city&rsquo;s administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets. The lakes, which are now encroached areas, find use as a bus stand, a stadium and, quite ironically, as an office of the Pollution Control Board. In Mexico city, what was once a network of lakes built by the Aztecs in the 11th and 12th centuries, has given way to a downtown city centre. Parts of the city, especially downtown, sink a few metres every year causing immense damage to buildings. <br />
<br />
In Telangana, the byzantine network of tanks and lakes built by the Kakatiya dynasty has disappeared over the years. However, the question is not about what follies were committed in the past, but about what we can do in the present and, more importantly, for the future. In Telangana, &ldquo;tanks have been the lifeline of the State because of its geographical positioning&rdquo;. The State&rsquo;s &ldquo;topography and rainfall pattern have made tank irrigation an ideal type of irrigation by storing and regulating water flow for agricultural use&rdquo;.<br />
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Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/ecological-perils-of-discounting-the-future/article28429678.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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-The Hindu

With growing environmental distress, policymakers cannot shy away from adopting best eco-management practices

In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a &ldquo;man made disaster&rdquo;, a pointer to how...'
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Ecological perils of discounting the future -Kalvakuntla Kavitha

-The Hindu With growing environmental distress, policymakers cannot shy away from adopting best eco-management practices In a report last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) called the Chennai floods of 2015 a “man made disaster”, a pointer to how the encroachment of lakes and river floodplains has driven India’s sixth largest city to this ineluctable situation. The Chennai floods are a symbol of consistent human failings and poor urban design which are common to most urban centres in India if not urban centres across the world. Now, Chennai is in the midst of another crisis — one of water scarcity. Unlike issues such as traffic congestion or crime which are visible, environmental degradation is not what most people can easily see or feel in their every day lives. Therefore, when the consequences of such degradation begin to wreak havoc, it becomes difficult to draw the correlation between nature’s vengeance with human failings. In Chennai, more than 30 waterbodies of significance have disappeared in the past century. Concretisation or the increase in paved surfaces has affected the percolation of rainwater into the soil, thereby depleting groundwater levels to a point of no return. Urbanisation without vision Chennai, however, is not alone in terms of suffering from the consequences of human folly. Urbanisation at the cost of reclaiming water bodies is a pan-India if not worldwide phenomenon. There are examples in cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and even Mexico city. In Bengaluru, 15 lakes have lost their ecological character in less than five years according to a High Court notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the city’s administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets. The lakes, which are now encroached areas, find use as a bus stand, a stadium and, quite ironically, as an office of the Pollution Control Board. In Mexico city, what was once a network of lakes built by the Aztecs in the 11th and 12th centuries, has given way to a downtown city centre. Parts of the city, especially downtown, sink a few metres every year causing immense damage to buildings. In Telangana, the byzantine network of tanks and lakes built by the Kakatiya dynasty has disappeared over the years. However, the question is not about what follies were committed in the past, but about what we can do in the present and, more importantly, for the future. In Telangana, “tanks have been the lifeline of the State because of its geographical positioning”. The State’s “topography and rainfall pattern have made tank irrigation an ideal type of irrigation by storing and regulating water flow for agricultural use”. Please click here to read more.