advantages and disadvantages of interlinking rivers
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1 India receives most of its rain during monsoon season from June to September, most of it falls in northern and eastern part of India, the amount of rainfall in southern and western part are comparatively low. It will be these places which will have shortage of water. Interlinking of rivers will help these areas to have water throughout the year.
2. The Ganga Basin, Brahmaputra basin sees floods almost every year. In order to avoid this, the water from these areas has to be diverted to other areas where there is scarcity of water. This can be achieved by linking the rivers. There is a two way advantage with this – floods will be controlled and scarcity of water will be reduced.
3. Interlinking of rivers will also have commercial importance on a longer run. This can be used as inland waterways and which helps in faster movement of goods from one place to other.
4. Interlinking creates a new occupation for people living in and around these canals and it can be the main areas of fishing in India.
Disadvantages of interlinking rivers are:
1. Interlinking of rivers will cause huge amount of distortion in the existing environment. In order to create canals and reservoirs, there will be mass deforestation. This will have impact on rains and in turn affect the whole cycle of life.
2. Due to interlinking of rivers, there will be decrease in the amount of fresh water entering seas and this will cause a serious threat to the marine life system and will be a major ecological disaster.
3. Due to the creation of Canals and Reservoirs, huge amount of area which is occupied by the people will be submerged leading to displacement of people and government will have to spend more to rehabilitate these people.
4. The amount required for these projects is so huge that government will have to take loans from the foreign sources which would increase the burden on the government and country will fall in a debt trap.
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MERITS OF INTERLINKING
Increased Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas
People in the rural areas are now compelled to migrate to cities in search of jobs, causing rapid deterioration of our
national economy. Villages are getting poorer and cities are getting congested – resulting in unprecedented pollution
of air, water and soil in the cities. Only way to reverse this unhealthy trend is to create more job opportunities in rural
areas through agricultural and agro-industry based projects. As the proposed link canals and the storages are going to
be mostly in rural areas, it is going to create large employment opportunities for the rural youths.
Dry Weather Flow Augmentation
Transfer of surplus water stored in reservoirs during monsoon and releasing it during dry season will ensure a
minimum amount of dry weather flow in the rivers which will help in pollution control, navigation, fisheries, growth
of forests, protection of wild life etc. Any water body either in storage reservoirs or in flowing link canals will be very
attractive and offer recreational opportunities for both rural and urban people
DEMERITS OF INTERLINKING
Loss of Livelihood & Displacement of Tribal Poor People
The project will definitely cause loss of land, forests, fisheries etc. on which most of the poor and tribal people sustain
their livelihood. There will be massive displacement of people loosing their age old property, source of income, their