Beas river banks, near Kullu, India. Photo source: ©©NA.dir
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Environmental activists believe that Larji dam officials are bribed by a sand mafia to open the gates at one go instead of releasing the water slowly, as is being done in other dams.
They claim that fast discharge of a huge volume of water leads to large amount of sand getting settled on riverbeds, which dry up fast.
These deposits are smuggled by the mafia in late-night operations…
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