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Article: The salting of the rivers

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October 30, 2009
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New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Major rivers of the world, including the Ganga and Brahmaputra, are facing a big human onslaught, a point to note ahead of the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December.

The areas drained by the Ganga (2,510 km) and Brahmaputra (960 km in India) in India are getting regularly submerged due to the construction of dams and canals, and rising sea levels.

The Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins are important to India because they support close to 40 per cent of India's agricultural production and some of the unique bio-diverse hot spots.

Any change in the water flow systems of these rivers could result in a 15-20 per cent fall in India's farm production, a source of ...

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