29.04.2017
Dear friends,
in March of this year, a High Court judge
of the province of Uttarakhand
in north India has issued a ruling giving the rivers Ganga and
Jamuna, both
considered holy by the Hindus, the juristic status of a person
or "living
entity". That means, these rivers or their legal
representatives on their
behalf can sue anybody or any juristic person if they feel
aggrieved and seek
redress.
Is
it good news for the
environment? How realistic is it that, in case of pollution of
their waters,
the rivers can sue the government and a court would order the
latter to stop
all industrial development and dam building activities in
their catchment
areas?
These
and other related
questions are now being discussed in India. I have taken part
in the discussion
by means of comments and letters, which I have now published
in my blog site
under the title
Rights of Rivers? – Are They
Realizable?
I hope you are interested in the question
and would read the texts. If
you find them helpful for understanding the issues, may I
request you to
forward them to your political friends and other political
activists?
With best wishes
Saral Sarkar
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