The future of India's obsolete dams: Time to review their safety and structural integrity |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Physics and Technology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;2. Laboratory of Vacuum Nanotechnology, Institute of Combustion Problems, Almaty, Kazakhstan;1. College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China;1. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India;2. Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India;3. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany;1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA;2. Vermont EPSCoR, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA;3. International Water Management Institute, Vientiane, Lao Democratic People’s Republic;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;5. Institute for Water and Environment Research, Thuy Loi University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam;6. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand;7. Engineering Systems and Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Tampines, Singapore;8. Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand;1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China;2. State Key Lab. of Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, 430072 Wuhan, China;3. Jiangxi Academy of Water Science and Engineering, 330029 Nanchang, China;4. State Key Lab. of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | India has built over 5000 large dams till date to boost electric power and to enhance irrigated agriculture. In spite of this big dam building venture, India lacks expertise in decommissioning old dams. As a matter of fact, India has more than 500 large dams that were built 50 years ago, and 100 of them have passed over a century. This article analyses the existing facts on India's outdated dams, their safety matters and recommends future strategies to safeguard the large dams from potential future threats. |
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| Keywords: | Dam Decommission Structural integrity Safety Community India |
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