Reply #3: While you are at it... consider the 4300 [View All]

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dams in India, a few of which probably didn't need to be built, I could be wrong, but then there's this....

http://www.irn.org/programs/india/

Throughout South Asia, dams have been the source of heated controversy. Despite investments of tens of billions of dollars, dams have rarely met their expected benefits of irrigation, power generation and flood control. Instead, they have displaced millions of people, destroyed forests and decimated fisheries. In response, massive popular opposition has grown to become a force to be reckoned with.

IRN works to strengthen the network of people fighting destructive dam construction in South Asia and has helped establish the South Asia office of the International Committee on Dams, Rivers and People.

Dam building in India

With 4,300 dams in place, India is one of the world’s major dam building countries. According to estimates, large dams have submerged a land area of about 37,500 square kilometers and have displaced at least 42 million people in India.