Comments on: Environmental Injustice: Hydropower Dams in Sikkim

By: ascg.org

ascg.org — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 05:59:25 +0000

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By: ASHOKE KUMAR DAS

ASHOKE KUMAR DAS — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:32:27 +0000

A carefully crafted article with lots of evidences from ground Zero to Open atmosphere, a formidable exercise to to save Teesta. I totally agree with the author. I am not an Sikkimese, but many times visited Sikkim over the last 20 years. As a tourist we are looking the environmental change of Teesta, because the road itself show us the mighty Teesta during towards and backwards journey to Gangtok. The colour of the river changed from blue to grey, everybody looking it. Before 2o years, from my experience, there was hardly 2 or 3 places where land sliding occurs after monsoon, but in my recent journey from 7th to 11 October, I have seen a lot of Land sliding zone in the entire road. Another scene I have seen in this time, there are lots of stone mining in the bank of the Teesta, which is also a great concern. We do not want so called development! If some part of Sikkimese people are thinking positively about these development, they have to rethink a while.

By: Kamal Lakhotia

Kamal Lakhotia — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:36:11 +0000

You should live in the jungles a nomadic life . Your article shows western propoganda so that we grovel to them .
Obviously you have no knowledge and put together from various activists who have their own agenda to grind at behest of the imperialist

By: Karma Nidup Bhutia

Karma Nidup Bhutia — Wed, 25 May 2022 10:22:02 +0000

Dear Prava, thanks for sharing the article by Dawa Yangi Sherpa on "Environmental injustice: hydropower dams in Sikkim". It was nice to know the author is an OGBS of DGH and that you were instrumental in guiding her. For Sikkim, I always felt hydropower potential should be exploited not only to meet the domestic demands but also to generate internal revenue which could have been substantial, if done in an objective manner. Of course, too many projects and too big a project should be avoided considering the vulnerability of earthquakes and the fragile ecology and the environment that we live in. When I headed the Power Department for a very short stint, I was able to convince the State govt. to defer and sideline the hydro project proposal of 10 to 12 firms (if I remember correctly) by making the submission that we should focus on the projects then under implementation and assess their cost and benefit before taking up more such projects. During that time the "ACT '' was very active holding protests against hydro projects. Govt. has the responsibility to focus on infrastructure and economic development to provide sustainable income and employment opportunities to its citizens but they need to do that without causing much harm to every aspect of human wants and needs such as in social, cultural, environmental and ecological spheres. Unfortunately, when there are other considerations in play (which is the bane of many poor and developing nations), we continue to commit follies one after another. I think we have to live with it until our citizens' awareness level improves. The article written by Miss DY Sherpa will definitely help in educating some of the so-called intellectuals and politicians (I hope) about the dangers of mass projectisation of our river valleys with an ulterior motive to develop infrastructure. Let us hope for the best. Regards. KN Bhutia (OGBS of DGH, 1968 batch)