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印度最高法院于2013年8月下旬作出决定,考虑到可能带来的深远影响,在北阿坎德邦(喜马拉雅山脉沿线地区)将暂停修建新的水电大坝。6月中旬,该地区遭遇了罕见的暴雨、特大洪水和山体滑坡,造成超过5 000人死亡或失踪。一些生态学家和地质学家认为,在某种程度上,大坝和水利水电工程加剧了季风所造成的影响。法院的调查结果反映了一些担心,北阿坎德邦新修的一大批水利水电工程会对阿拉卡南达河和巴吉拉蒂河(这两条主要支流合并后形成了恒河)流域造成影响。法院提及了
The Supreme Court of India decided in late August 2013 that, taking into account the possible far-reaching implications, the construction of a new hydroelectric dam will be suspended in Uttarakhand (along the Himalayas). In mid-June, the region suffered rare rainstorms, catastrophic floods and landslides, killing more than 5,000 people and missing them. Some ecologists and geologists believe that, to some extent, dams and hydroelectric projects have exacerbated the effects of monsoons. The court’s findings reflect some fears that a large number of newly constructed hydropower projects in Uttarakhand may have an impact on the watersheds of the Arakandananda and Bagiratha rivers, which formed the Ganges after the merger of the two major tributaries . The court mentioned