The sheer magnitude of the disaster is the result of profit-driven - TopicsExpress



          

The sheer magnitude of the disaster is the result of profit-driven economic processes. Road and hotel construction, aiming at boosting tourism, continues in haste and without proper planning. Since 2000, seven new dams have been built, and work is in progress in nine more, while plans exist for another 19. These involve the continuous blasting of hills, disturbing the rock structure of the already fragile Himalayan mountain system.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:06:45 +0000

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