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As the world population touched 8 billion, Rachel Snow, head of the population and development branch of UNFPA, or the United Nations Population Fund, suggested that ‘demographic diplomacy’ could provide answers to a demographically diverse world.

https://thewire.in/diplomacy/demographic-diplomacy-population-diversity-migration 

Demographic diversity is the result of such differential population trends across countries and regions. Migration from the regions with continued high fertility and younger population to the regions with low fertility and older population is generally the next outcome, which, in turn, creates anti-migrant sentiments in the host communities, especially when the going gets tough, economically.

To address the issues arising out of demographic diversity, demographic diplomacy could be a potent tool. Demographic diplomacy can be defined as a globally beneficial consultative mechanism to address the issues of demographic diversity and population-development dynamics by recognising that we all live in a connected world, our circumstances affect each other, and that we are cognizant and empathic of each other’s circumstances. And, we commit to understanding and addressing each other’s issues in an open consultative manner.

Demographic diplomacy among countries could address the issue of population growth imbalance through consultations on migration to make it planned and regulated, and migrant-friendly, while at the same time allaying fears and misgivings of local host communities toward migrants.

by Devender Singh

24/12/2022

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Dam Floods, Failures and Disasters in 2022 https://sandrp.in/2022/12/17/dam-floods-failures-and-disasters-in-2022/ December 17, 2022 SANDRP

Faulty operation of dams can lead to floods- a statement in Parliament by Union Minister of state for Jal Shakti on Aug 8, 2022. the same Press Release noted, no data on flooding caused by faulty operations of reservoirs are maintained centrally. In fact such data is not available with any official agencies anywhere in India.  https://sandrp.in/2022/08/15/drp-nb-150822-cwc-accepts-faulty-operation-of-dams-can-lead-to-floods/

The disaster at the Karam dam in Madhya Pradesh that ultimately led to collapse of the dam on Aug 14 2022 night is reminder how problematic is CWC’s and state water resources’ performance in terms of an updated National Register of Large Dams (Karam dam is not listed in the National Register) https://sandrp.in/2022/08/13/bharudpura-dam-in-mp-faces-disaster-after-first-filling-in-aug-2022/

https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/seepage-from-another-dam-reported-in-dhar-district

https://www.patrika.com/bhopal-news/the-danger-of-bursting-khedi-dam-increases-7718329/

https://sandrp.in/2022/08/23/madhya-pradesh-collapse-of-lateri-stop-dam-in-vidisha/

https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/now-garethia-dam-develops-cracks-soil-used-to-fill-cracks-says-sdm

https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-15-villages-flooded-as-sluice-gates-of-3-dams-open

https://www.livehindustan.com/madhya-pradesh/story-a-part-of-the-bridge-between-bhopal-narmadapuram-collapsed-due-to-heavy-rains-video-6840836.html

https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/seoni-bridge-collapse-in-mp-bridge-destroyed-in-flood-water-before-inauguration-in-seoni-district-6280921

https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad-breaking-news-due-to-heavy-rain-narmadapuram-betul-bridge-broken-bhopal-nagpur-highway-closed-mpsg-4400556.html

https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/bhopal/news/people-trapped-in-floods-living-on-mountains-shifted-9000-people-from-60-villages-of-bhind-morena-130234107.html

https://www.ptinews.com/news/west/mp-two-dead-11-rescued-as-boat-capsizes-in-narmada-river-in-omkareshwar/451415.html

https://sandrp.in/2022/07/18/drp-nb-180722-polavaram-kaleshwaram-projects-damaged-kadam-dam-overflowed/

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/floods-damage-kaleshwaram-pumping-stations-in-telangana-101657910825389.html

https://sandrp.in/2022/01/28/hydro-power-projects-dams-accidents-damages-in-2021/

https://sandrp.in/2020/11/04/dam-floods-embankment-breaches-in-south-west-monsoon-2020/

https://sandrp.in/2019/10/31/2019-monsoon-instances-when-dam-safety-came-into-question/

https://sandrp.in/2018/11/22/dams-floods-2018-filling-up-dams-well-before-monsoon-end-invitation-to-disaster/

All credit to SANDRP for compiling these reports and links...