By Ramaswami Ashok Kumar, B.E.,M.E.,Negentropist, Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal, 299, Tardeo Road, Nana Chowk, Mumbai-400007.
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Ramaswami Ashok Kumar
Re: Tanveer Kaur, and Rajeev Kumar, “Impact of Parbati Hydroelectric Power Project Stage-II on the Interdependence of Ethno-Botanical Resources and the Inhabitants of the Parbati Valley in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh.” Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, vol. 7, no. 4 (2019): 117-127. doi: 10.12691/aees-7-4-1.
1. The authors may share the exact numbers of each
species for all the species enumerated in the study area during the period of data
collection along with the date on which enumeration was done. This will help
determine the number of threatened species and their IUCN rank. Some species are common, others are less
common and many are rare, may be a couple of plants only in the area for the
rare ones. So this data will be a ready
reckoner to monitor the species diversity from time to time. Note that Parbati
III is working even though Parbati II is under construction.
2. The
authors have an assessment of the nallas drying up and this is critical for the
ecology of the region. Also the impact on the communities in the region by
depriving them of the natural commons wealth by identifying the species
scarcity affecting the people is very useful for further work.
3. An
assessment of the fundamental physiological services rendered by the plants and
the fauna and their interconnections is needed and compared with that provided
by the projects.
4. An
impact study of the world’s dams on the projects shows that the root cause of
the regular tunnel collapses in the area and elsewhere is the dynamics of the world’s
dams in tune with the hydrological cycle.
5. The altering of the ecology of the world’s regions
by dams. Dams divide the area into
upstream and downstream areas and inflict on the area suddenly changing water
regimes from instant to instant. Feeder
tunnels stop the natural regime in its tracks. This ubiquitous man-made changes
to nature disturbs the species balance- both fauna and flora and exposes the
human beings to pandemics like the present COVID19. An audit for example of the
Kullu tunnel collapse area shows that the power flow through the forest area of
Himachal Pradesh far exceeds(ball park estimate: an order of magnitude more) the
power generated by the hydroelectric plants.
The multi natural input multi natural output nature is infinitely superior in
meeting man’s needs for a long long time by automatic reproduction into evolved
forms(Table 1a).
Figure P2: The contrasting ecological diversity of the area
Figure P3: The contrasting ecological diversity of Kullu area studied
Figure P4: Himalayas: Kullu and Uttarkhand disasters due to the World's Dams
6. The
exercise of providing the world demand of water for power and other demands by
reservoirs by damming rivers and tunneling off the water from tributaries is
causing climate change by direct heating up of the earth causing earthquakes, cyclones,
flash floods, cloud bursts, avalanches and is now actively engaged in the
flattening of the Himalayas(Witness just this year’s Chamoli disasters, the
tunnel collapses in the Himalayas, avalanches, extreme rains and droughts,
forest fires, buildings and cars ablaze, ships catching fire, nuclear disasters
from Chernobyl to Kashiwasaki Kariwa,Fukushima and even Narora).
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facts at Ramaswami Ashok Kumar. PERFECT DESIGNS. Blogspot for STARTERS. Then
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Re:
What is missing from
UN report? The contribution of dams to the quick full suicide of modern
civilization. Did you know that NHPC is even today CLEAR FELLING CLIMAX
FORESTS?
Dam caused
earthquakes, as they move from one earthquake to another, resulted in the
destruction of tunnels by rockburst because of millions of Kelvin temperature
shock input to masses of rock in Kullu every second! See the COVID19 signal from nature because
of man-made climate change(Figure 1).
Figure 1. World Dam Dynamics as it played out on 21-05-2021 at 1730 h IST.
The Parbati Hydro
Projets have the potential for permanently
unstoppable geomorphic changes
The amount of
Himalayan Rock that could be potentially moved by dam content changes like just
this one exceeds by three orders of magnitude the geomorphic mass that could be
moved by 1000 one megaton thermonuclear bombs(1). Further, such hydro projects
may possess capacity for instantaneous geomorphic change concentrated in
specific places, a frightening aspect of human geomorphic potential and the proliferation
of such projects should be avoided at all costs. The total movement of earth
material by this process is roughly equivalent to the total combined movement
of material by mining, agricultural, road building, and other human activities
each year. An estimated 3.8×109 tons of material are moved by mining each year
in the US alone (Hooke, 1994; see Chapter 13.6).(1). However, many nuclear devices and/or the combined effect of the world’s dams could disrupt geomorphic systems in
ways that could initiate on-going geomorphic changes. Thus the effect of the
world’s dams, and destabilization of vegetation and ground cover, could
initiate catastrophic geomorphic responses beyond the work of the initial
explosions. Study Table 1 which is self explanatory. Exactly at the time of the earthquake on 21-05-2021 at
12hrs UTC the tunnel collapse commenced. Lives were lost.
References
1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/thermonuclear-explosion
2Earthquake data from USGS Earthquake Search website and EMSC-CSEM.
3Ramaswami Ashok Kumar. Blogspot. My Complete Profile.
The papers on Himalayan projects for power, as with other projects in modern civilization are all based on vested interest science. Show one paper by the so called specialists dealing with the effects of world dam dynamics on these projects. And you see the result: the flattening of the Himalayas, also by bursting because of shock input temperatures. It is my despecialised vision which is bringing out the interconnectedness of all. The despeciaising of one's vision was emphasised by Wendell Berry an American Farmer and by Mahatma Gandhi(1908) even before Wendell was born.
ReplyDeleteEnvironmental, geological and hydrological study & clearance for HEP is very critical in India. Various central & state goverment agencies rebiew and suggest there concerns. Environmental agencies and NGT always review/ monitor the project. So environmental negligence is not possible.
ReplyDeleteIts true that 100% ecological protection is not possible but minimum protection to be taken care.
As per my view, it would be better for take long term data for get the actual impact on vegetation as well as natural disaster due to construction of project. Conclusion based on short term data would not giving perfect result.
Re:
ReplyDeletehttps://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-how-sardar-sarovar-dam-is-providing-irrigation-water-in-summer-for-the-first-time-in-history-7350969/
Also it has joined hands with the World's dams to flatten the Himalayas and convert it to a dust bowl. See Ramaswami Ashok Kumar.2021. PERFECT DESIGNS. IMPACT OF PARBATI HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS. Blogspot.
Re: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bro-sets-up-2-centres-of-excellence/article34788812.ece?homepage=true#comments_34788812
ReplyDeleteWhen we visited Sikkim including Nathula in 1996, we found the mountains clear felled to create border roads. When they tried to replant, the trees would not grow. We took time off to visit the Regional Botanist there and we were told that it is a question of respecting the local ecology of the forests: Some species are dominant, some are less common and many are rare. The rear species vanished and with it the forest was destroyed. Will the centres of excellence cooperate with the Botanical and geological and zoological surveys of India and start a millennium long program of restoring the ecology of the region with people's cooperatives? Or will they continue to convert the Himalayas into a dust bowl as the concerned stakeholders are busy doing so in the Western Himalayas?
Re:https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-message-from-the-ipcc-report/article35946913.ece?homepage=true
ReplyDeleteThis article is a big zero because it ignores my work on dams as the principal cause of many catastrophes befalling the wild man and his industrial revolution. In living in this world by his own will and skill, the stupidest peasant or tribesman is more competent than the most intelligent worker or technician or intellectual in a society of specialists- Wendell Berry In the Unsettling of America- Culture and Agriculture. See Ramaswami Ashok Kumar. 2021. PERFECT DESIGNS. Blogspot. Also see by the same author,
http://modernandnormal.blogspot.com/2006/09/modern-and-normal-civilizations.html