India, Aug. 14 -- Poor management of dams exacerbate floods, instead of mitigating them, it adds
There is no doubt that heavy and erratic rainfall is one of the reasons for floods in several states. But that is often coinciding with dams being full due to poor management, resulting in dam-induced floods.
With Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala among other states under deluge, questions are being raised over their flood management system. The disaster aggravates by the release of water from overflowing dams in the region at the same time that relentless rainfall hits it.
An assessment of the Krishna river basin by South Asia Network On Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) shows how mismanagement on releasing the water from various dams worsene...