Doon Valley Summary

According to expert Nicholas Georgescu-Reogen, the modern economics can cause the failure of the real worth of natural resources. Due to the value of the raw material limestone brings to this area; thus, other benefits for citizens are totally forgotten. Shiva also mentions herself as a witness to see what happened at Doon Valley and how the Supreme Court could handle the conflict with local communities. Limestone mining in Doon Valley has become the center of major conflict in the India. This region is known as an area where gets high rainfall every year so the water here is considered as a very good water resource. However, as long as limestone is discovered and spread out, it ruins soil, landslides, water quality and rivers with debris. Furthermore, the stability of the hydrological balance can affect to other activities such as agriculture, tourism, as well as the life of citizens of the Doon Valley. Even the Limestone can help India to increase the market economy based on its …show more content…
The pollution laws have to be controlled under government or relevant authorities to ensure that all the industries follow right rules and citizens are supplied clean water. However, in India, she expresses that it is not easy to manipulate the polluters due to their economic and political power than ordinary citizens. In another way, the people’s right to have clean water cannot be protected completely by the government. In contrast, the pollution law in the United States is more stringent beginning from 1972 after the fire of contaminated chemical on Cuyahoga River, Ohio. In general, the government has to manage well the water sources by established pollution severed laws and discipline whoever does not follow because everyone has the responsibility to protect clean water to deserve its