Goa Collecting Visual Proof Of Construction On Mhadei River

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 8, August 2011

State water resources minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues said that state government officials are being sent to the dam site to get pictures of the construction activity for a proper documentation.

Mhadei river is considered a lifeline of Goa and environmentalists in the state feel that diversion of water would spell doom on the ecology downstream.

Rodrigues said that the documentation of the construction work would be used against Karnataka to fight a case before Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal. Read the full report here.

Source: Hindustan Times, Panjim.

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