Water: Impact of Dams On Its Qualities

About the BookThis book explores the impact of hydropower dams on subtle, physiochemical and biotic qualities of river water. It is suggested that water acts as a medium of transferring spiritual charges in the three major religions of the world?Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. It is shown that river waters carry spiritual charges and that these are damaged by hydropower projects.It is shown that even RunofRiver dams bring changes in subtle physiochemical and biotic qualities of river water.Finally, it presents an alternative method of generating hydropower so that the qualities of water of the Ganga can be conserved.About the AuthorAfter graduating in Science, Bharat Jhunjhunwala acquired his doctoral degree in economics from the University of Florida at the age of 23. He returned to India and joined the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore as an Assistant Professor. He lives on the banks of River Alaknanda. He has been actively involved in conservation of river Ganga. He has filed a number of cases before the High Courts, Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal on the subject.He has undertaken extensive studies of economic thought of ancient India. He has written about 15 books on various subjects relating to ancient Indian thought and economics. He writes a weekly column on political economy which is published in about 50 newspapers in five languages in India.