The uproar over 'dams' following the Uttarakhand disaster is ill-informed

The environmentalist lobby has been predictably up in arms in the aftermath of the Uttarakhand flash floods. "Dams" have been blamed unequivocally for all the ills that have currently befallen the region. This is a scenario in which the environmental lobby gets plenty of media airtime. But as always, instead of using this an opportunity to bring reason and clarity into the picture, there has been a lot of demand to ban "dams" in Uttarakhand. This is the kind of situation where the environmental lobby loses its fight instead of gaining an upper hand in enacting better laws and better enforcement of regulations.

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