Economic Incentives for the Conservation of Bharathapuzha River: Focus on Sand Mining
Published By: Madras School of Economics (MSE) on eSS | Published Date: March , 2016Rivers in Kerala are assailed by pollution, sedimentation, sand mining, and constriction of flows. The indiscriminate and unscientific sand mining,
even in the midst of many regulatory and protective measures for their
conservation, have made the condition of these rivers pathetic.
Bharathapuzha basin is the largest among all the 44 river basins of Kerala
and the second longest river of the State. The drying up of
Bharathapuzha River has become a matter of grave concern to the
scientists and environmentalists. This paper tries to establish that
implementing economic incentives is a possible method which can be
adopted in the conservation practices of Bharathapuzha River.
Author(s): Lakshmi Sreedhar, Zareena Begum Irfan | Posted on: May 04, 2016 | Views() | Download (442)