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59,000 Hectares of Ravines Have Been Destroyed; the Chambal Is Shallow, Threatening Gharials and Dolphins: Revealing the Changing Geography of the Chambal Valley; Ravine Area in Morena, Bhind, and Sheopur Has Decreased by 34%.
The Chambal Valley, once known for rebels and guns, is now being transformed by bulldozers and Poclain machines. Ravines are being leveled to prepare land for agriculture. The soil eroded by this erosion reaches the Chambal, increasing siltation. An analysis of satellite mapping data from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology has revealed that the Chambal division's ravine area has…
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The Chambal Valley, once known for rebels and guns, is now being transformed by bulldozers and Poclain machines. Ravines are being leveled to prepare land for agriculture. The soil eroded by this erosion reaches the Chambal, increasing siltation. An analysis of satellite mapping data from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology has revealed that the Chambal division's ravine area has…