I am sure the damage is far more then extinction of local species.You are
Right. There is no more fish/turtle/porpoise(Xihoo) left in the main stream
of the Brahmaputra all the way to sea due to following :
· One drop of Oily waste spreads to an invisible film spreading
1km.sq.blocking all Oxygen.
· Digboi, Dulijan, Oilfields drilling wastes ,refineries , papermills
- totally disgorge daily 1000 m.cu.(Ton) if not more. That is =
10,000,000,000,000 drops> will film up that many km.sq ( many times all
Brahmaputra) to make Planktons survive in all Brahmaputra IMPOSSIBLE without
Oxygen-thus blocked . No Plankton-No fish-No Xihoo-simply.
· We are not yet considering the open Sewer that is
Bharaloo,Bhogdoi,Bhareli. These carry Chemicals apart from fecals
One has to seriously look at the nature of effluents, the stock emitted over
the last few decades and their long term impact. Who Will? The Govt .
Pollution Control Board Chief only collects Crores of Hush-Money from these
culprits.
The state ought to institute an official scientific study(ALL ARE IN THE Hush
Hush payroll!!) immediately, calculate damages, impose a heavy pollution tax
with retrospective effect on these refineries and use this for abatement of the
stock of pulltants to the extent feasible (I am not sure how much can be done).
Yours Truly+ some concerned Techies Demonstrated Free To authorities at
Digboi,Duliajan, Jagiroad,Noonmati how to totally remove all Oily discharge to
open Bodies-in 2004-2005. After Demonstrating Free we wanted orders . We were
told that Delhi's Consultant TERI did not think our system will work--and they
have their own. They executed--but it became worse. Now TERI has been given all
help by Assam Govt like to IIT Etc to setup shop in Assam and Direct all future
measures --like Yamuna(Non )Cleanup in Delhi.Also, individual citizen groups
could file public interest law suits seeking compensation from these public
sector giants. ( I tried inducing the leading NGO Aranyak-kept quiet. No money
there) If the federal government (India ain’t no Federal) is unwilling to pay
up with retrospective effect, the state could use this (Dare Not) outstanding
dues to central government owned PSUs such as the electricity generating
units.Of course, considering the meagre royalties that are paid to the state
for the crude itself, it is foolhardy to hope for anything at all.
Thanks for Spelling out 1 small reason why we need to be Sovereign-to save
Assam/To save India .
mmSantanu. > > santanu roy said:> > > From BBC:> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6220892.stm> > i was talking to someone
in guwahati this weekend, and> he mentioned that some species of fish have>
disappeared due to pollution.> > x> > >
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