{"id":20001597,"date":"2011-08-22T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/184.172.177.95\/~chinad\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2015-09-30T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T19:01:13","slug":"world-bank-nepal-dams-wont-stop-indian-floods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/water\/world-bank-nepal-dams-wont-stop-indian-floods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank: Nepal dams won&#8217;t stop Indian floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1598\" title=\"Blog World Bank Nepal dams won't stop Indian floods\" src=\"http:\/\/184.172.177.95\/~chinad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Blog-World-Bank-Nepal-dams-wont-stop-Indian-floods-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/>For decades, Indian planners working to harness the waters of the Ganges and its tributaries have believed building dams in Nepal will save\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bihar\">Bihar<\/a>\u00a0and eastern\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uttar_Pradesh\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>\u00a0from the floods that occur almost every year. A recent comprehensive study led by the World Bank says this belief is no more than a myth.<\/p>\n<p><em>The full version of this article is now on our third pole project page. Continue reading it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/en\/4479-World-Bank-Nepal-dams-won-t-stop-Indian-floods\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, Indian planners working to harness the waters of the Ganges and its tributaries have believed building dams in Nepal will save Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh from the floods that occur almost every year. 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