Redesign dams, not rivers

Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga. This is where I left our conversation in my previous column. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial committee in which I participated as a member was discussing how much the ecological flow - the water that should be left in the river for ecosystem and livelihood purposes - should be at all times. How much water is needed for the river to be a river, and not a drain?

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