from sikkimexpress ST Gyaltsen, Gangtok In reference to your article dated March 3, 10 titled “Precarious Gangtok if earthquake hits” regarding the assessment of NMID is timely. The people in the State are living in a fool’s paradise. It is a disaster waiting to happen. The disastrous situation is compounded by the fact that all the 30 or more odd dams already constructed, under construction or on the anvil for tendering or negotiations with construction companies are concentrated in an area of 70 km by 40 km which is a high density of dams per square kilometre. Also, it is true that dams are required for power generation and would contribute to revenue generation in this revenue-starved state. And on the positive side dams are relatively less polluting than thermal and coal power plants. However, dams are environmentally damaging and also leave carbon footprints. On th...
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