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25 Apr 2009, 1642 hrs IST, TNN

VARANASI: To save the Ganga, it is important to define the minimum flow of its water at national level, says Prof Uday Kant Chowdhary of Ganga Research Laboratory, BHU.

According to him, the duration of storage of water in a reservoir defines the quality of water. The stored water does not have the quality of the river water. Referring his book 'The Five Theories of River Management', he also claimed that the problem of river pollution could be addressed efficiently and cost effectively by utilising river's own renewable energies.

According to him, the growing pollutant load and deterioration of downstream ecological balance could be solved at minimum cost on sustainable basis by utilising the renewable river energies. He said problems like constantly reducing dilution factor due to decrease in water flow aggravated the pollution problem. This problem becomes extremely severe during the low stage of river from February/March to June/July. 

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Additional link:

Home page of Prof. U K Chowdhary on institute’s website:

http://www.itbhu.ac.in/civ/index.php/faculty.html

(Prof. U K Chowdhary)

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