Digital Goa, May 28 – Dr. Gopal Krishan, Scientist D, National Institute of Hydrology(NIH) Roorkee, and his team completed salinity measurements of selected points of Mhadei river in Goa and its tributaries for the lean season under study referred to NIH by Union Ministry of Jal Shakti. He will be submitting his report to Union water resource ministry. Samples were also collected in two different seasons earlier to get a clear understanding of the impact of Karnataka’s river diversion attempt on river Mhadei in Goa. The state government had written to the Union ministry of Jalshakti on March 6,2020 expressing apprehensions that the diversion of the Kalasa waters under project would lead to increased salinity in the Mhadei and cause ecological devastation.
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