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Will SC save the act of Bhagirath(i) : 1st engineer of universe
Will Bhagirathi go the Saraswati way? SC notices Centre
Press Trust of India
Posted online: Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 1501 hours IST
New Delhi, August 11: Will upper arm of river ganga, the Bhagirathi, go underground like the mythological Saraswati and wreak havoc in Terai region due a to non-release of water from the controversial Tehri dam?
Taking into account this concern raised in an application filed by CMDR Sureshwar Sinha, which is also shared by noted scientist Prof M G K Menon, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Y K Sabharwal issued notices to the Centre and Uttaranchal government indicating that the issue needed to be addressed urgently.
Giving six-days to the governments to file their responses and steps contemplated to meet the feared catastrophe, the bench, also comprising Justice B N Srikrishna and Justice P P Naolekar said, "if any steps were to be taken immediately, the governments could initiate them without even taking the leave of the court."
The court also issued notice to Tehri Dam Management Authority on the application which said the dam on the river Bhagirathi was not performing as expected, with most of its water finding its way into a deep aquifer due to low release of storage water on the river for surface flow.
"There is now a distinct danger of the river disappearing underground," it said adding that when the dam's last tunnel is closed in October-November the flow of the river water into the deep aquifer would increase substantially reducing the surface flow.<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'><span style='font-family:Arial'></span></span>
Will SC save the act of Bhagirath(i) : 1st engineer of universe
Will Bhagirathi go the Saraswati way? SC notices Centre
Press Trust of India
Posted online: Thursday, August 11, 2005 at 1501 hours IST
New Delhi, August 11: Will upper arm of river ganga, the Bhagirathi, go underground like the mythological Saraswati and wreak havoc in Terai region due a to non-release of water from the controversial Tehri dam?
Taking into account this concern raised in an application filed by CMDR Sureshwar Sinha, which is also shared by noted scientist Prof M G K Menon, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Y K Sabharwal issued notices to the Centre and Uttaranchal government indicating that the issue needed to be addressed urgently.
Giving six-days to the governments to file their responses and steps contemplated to meet the feared catastrophe, the bench, also comprising Justice B N Srikrishna and Justice P P Naolekar said, "if any steps were to be taken immediately, the governments could initiate them without even taking the leave of the court."
The court also issued notice to Tehri Dam Management Authority on the application which said the dam on the river Bhagirathi was not performing as expected, with most of its water finding its way into a deep aquifer due to low release of storage water on the river for surface flow.
"There is now a distinct danger of the river disappearing underground," it said adding that when the dam's last tunnel is closed in October-November the flow of the river water into the deep aquifer would increase substantially reducing the surface flow.<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'><span style='font-family:Arial'></span></span>