{"id":45201,"date":"2017-04-18T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/159712047986"},"modified":"2017-04-18T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T10:42:58","slug":"indian-basmati-rices-increased-production-is-contributing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=45201","title":{"rendered":"Indian basmati rice\u2019s increased production is contributing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Indian basmati rice\u2019s increased production is contributing to the problems of the Yamuna river.
\nRecently, a high court in India declared the Yamuna river a living entity, bestowing on her the same legal rights as a person. Many shared the news on social media, excited about this seemingly major move towards cleaning up the heavily polluted river, once called \u201cdead\u201d by the United Nations.
\nBut a closer look shows that the development, while a nice gesture, won\u2019t actually achieve much.
\n\u201cThis status was only given by a court in the Northern state of Uttarakhand, where the Yamuna is already pristine enough to drink and there\u2019s not much pollution,\u201d says Krisztina Danka, Ph.D. (Krishna-lila Dasi), director of the upcoming documentary The Stolen River. \u201cThe problem is that according to Indian law every state has a right to all its natural resources, including rivers. So this ruling has absolutely no bearing on the other states further down the river \u2013 such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh \u2013 where most of the pollution is actually taking place. Thus it doesn\u2019t solve the problem!\u201d
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Indian basmati rice’s increased production is contributing to the problems of the Yamuna river.
\nRecently, a high court in India declared the Yamuna river a living entity, bestowing on her the same legal rights as a person. Many shared the news on social media, excited about this seemingly major move towards cleaning up the heavily polluted river, once called “dead” by the United Nations.
\nBut a closer look shows that the development, while a nice gesture, won’t actually achieve much.
\n“This status was only given by a court in the Northern state of Uttarakhand, where the Yamuna is already pristine enough to drink and there’s not much pollution,” says Krisztina Danka, Ph.D. (Krishna-lila Dasi), director of the upcoming documentary The Stolen River. “The problem is that according to Indian law every state has a right to all its natural resources, including rivers. So this ruling has absolutely no bearing on the other states further down the river – such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh – where most of the pollution is actually taking place. Thus it doesn’t solve the problem!”
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