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⏲ Duration: 7 min 83 sec
✓ Published: 23-Dec-2013
✓ Published: 23-Dec-2013
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As Nepal and India push to construct a high dam on the Koshi River in Nepal, a group of indigenous people continues to prevent further progress towards this goal.nnThough the dam offers many benefits to millions of Nepalese and Indian citizens, such as reliable electricity, better healthcare, flood management, infrastructure development and an improved standard of living, those who thwart the building of the dam fear it will destroy their way of life.nnThey cite loss of their homes and land, t
As Nepal and India push to construct a high dam on the Koshi River in Nepal, a group of indigenous people continues to prevent further progress towards this goal.nnThough the dam offers many benefits to millions of Nepalese and Indian citizens, such as reliable electricity, better healthcare, flood management, infrastructure development and an improved standard of living, those who thwart the building of the dam fear it will destroy their way of life.nnThey cite loss of their homes and land, t
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