Environmental and Social Issues – Hydro Power

All developmental activities such as the one like construction of hydro project, has its positive as well as negative impacts. One of the consistent areas of controversy surrounding hydropower development has been over environmental and social issues. We are living in the world of technological revolution today and every hydro power developer of India carried the responsibility to look into the social challenges and environmental issues due to developmental activities being performed by them. But at the same time, in order to spur a sustainable economic growth and realize the government’s programme to provide clean power for all citizens by 2012, hydroelectric projects must be supported and assigned the top priority The models of sustainability can only be achieved, if today’s generation is conscious towards the rights of the future generation to come.