Editorial

Dam Safety Bill deh flood control melabe

`Desh laga parts deh floods para besi dekthari dekena ase. Flood aro landslides control koribo nemide structural, non-structural aro institutional measures lagi. Lok Sabha deh Dam Safety Bill, 2019 toh passed kori kena ase. Etu bill toh July 29, 2019 deh Minister of Jal Shakti, Mr. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat para suru kora ase. Bill deh dams para pura desh ke surveillance, inspection, operation, aro maintenance debo nemide ase. Etu bill deh be  institutional mechanism para dams laga safety debo nemide ase.

Hosha toh hoile dams, reservoirs aro tusara water storage systems para flood otha toh namai dae.  Reservoirs para flood dekthari pai thaga ke lamba samai nemide solution debole paribo. Floods namabo nemide saija para be thaki thaga capacity deh flood namabo nemide motob pabole ase.  National Water Policy 2002 deh ‘adequate flood cushion’ in water storage projects nationwide nemide recommend korise aro flood control deh ‘overriding consideration’ debo lagi ketiya reservoir operations olai.

Reservoirs toh suru monsoon season time deh full hoise koile irrigation, hydropower nahoile  industrial supply laga demand ke lok koribo nemide mid-season deh besi paani debole ola thakibo pari. Dam Safety Bill ola deh flood prevention nemide specific scope toh nathaki kena ase.

Maharashtra aro Karnataka deh Almatti dam para paani charibole deri howah thakise. Etu para flood kori deya thakise. Purview pethor deh National Dam Safety Authority nemide flood control toh ektum laki. Yandem deh ami khan besi effective floodplain zoning norms laki, besi phak fragile ecosystems, Western Ghats nesana deh. Noti deh phal drainage channel nemide phal resource allocation laki aro riparian soil erosion deh bachabo nemide opai olabo lagi.

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