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The proposed airport would destroy 7km of the Kamban canal, which feeds 84 water bodies used to irrigate regional farmland.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because whoever controls the dams upstream controls the water, food and electricity of everyone downstream — and India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty shows river flows are now being used as a weapon between nuclear-armed neighbors.
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livemint.com — The runway and the roots: How a 1,000-year-old village fought a ₹27,400 crore a
"the proposed airport would destroy 7km of the Kamban canal, a historic canal system that drains excess water from Palar river and feeds 84 water bodies that are used to irrigate land in the region"
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Extracted JUL 7; approved JUL 8 at 0.50.
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