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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi riverbeds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">A CAG inspection report submitted to the Uttarakhand governor says that already the riverbed is completely dry at Shrinagar (Garhwal) and what flows downstream is the water released by a power plant from its tunnel and those diverted from tributaries. If all projects are allowed to go through, the aquatic life and biodiversity of the river basin will be virtually erased. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Sources said the report also expresses fear that all villages settled along the river basin will be uprooted once the rivers go dry, leading to mass migration and cultural erosion. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The CAG comes down hard on the state government whose power policy of 2006 allows a private player to divert up to 90% of the river water to power turbines, leaving only 10% to flow in the natural course of the river. The norm worldwide is to divert a maximum of 75% of water from a river to prevent the river from drying and to maintain its natural course. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The government's auditor undertook a detailed review of dam construction and its impact on the Ganga early this year, following protests by environmental and citizens' groups. Though not officially released - as it's yet to be tabled in the assembly - a copy of the report has been sent to the Centre. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Sources said the report attacks the hydro-power policies of the Uttarakhand government for sanctioning at least 53 hydel power projects on the two rivers, which when completed would translate to a dam every 5-7km of the river stretch. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">As a result of such intense damming, the report says that 3 to 4km of the riverbed around each project will have no water. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The report also casts doubts on the state government's intentions in launching the plan, given the fact that a majority of the projects had been awarded to companies that had neither the financial capacity nor were they remotely connected with constructing and running of power plants. These include knitwear companies and cycle manufacturers from Ludhiana, Bhatinda and Kanpur. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">According to the state power policy, projects generating 100mw and above will have to pay a royalty of Rs 5 crore to the government annually. Any project less than that will have an obligation of only Rs 5 lakh. And as a result, most of the 53 power projects are below 100mw, sources said. </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Apparently concerned at the destruction of the riverbed, the Centre had recently decided to shut down two hydel projects at Bhaironghati (381mw) and Pala-Maneri (480mw) on Bhagirathi. A 600mw project at Loharinag-Pala is also likely to be shut down. </font>
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Power plants will dry up Ganga in Uttarakhand: CAG by Pradeep Thakur

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