The underwater Indian village that emerges once a year
By Paul Homewood
h/t MrGrimNasty
The BBC loves to shout out when a handful of villagers have to migrate when their island floods.
But this article reminds us that many times more are forced to relocate whenever dams are built:
A village in the western Indian state of Goa is only visible for one month in a year – for the remaining 11 months, it disappears under water. And when the water recedes, its original residents, now settled elsewhere, come together to celebrate their home, reports Supriya Vohra.
The village of Curdi was nestled between two hills in the Western Ghats with the Salaulim river – a tributary of one of the major rivers in Goa – running through it.
It was once a thriving village in south-eastern Goa.
In 1986, the village as its residents knew it ceased to exist. The state’s first dam was constructed and, as a consequence, the village was completely submerged.
But every year in May, the water recedes to reveal what is left of it.
Cracked earth, stumps of trees, eroded remnants of houses and religious structures, broken remains of household items, water canals in ruins, and miles of barren ground criss-crossing with water bodies.
Located in the hinterland, Curdi was once a thriving village
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48523964
This dam is purely for water storage, and it is ironic that these villagers still have not got the benefit of running water, which the dam was built to supply:
But the water from the dam never reached the villages where the former inhabitants of Curdi moved.
"The tap system did not come through to all villages of south Goa as promised," Gajanan Kurdikar says. "So we do not get our drinking water from the dam."
In Vaddem, where Mr Kurdikar now lives, there are two large wells. But in April and May, the wells begin to dry up. They’re then forced to depend on government tankers for their drinking water.
But ,of course, many dams are built to supply that wonderful green hydro power, which the BBC assures us will save the planet!
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
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Don’t whats going on, Paul, STILL can’t click links to your posts ( the bbc link is only one which worked….)
Yes, those water levels: not just in India but in UK we’ve also had that problem to lesser extent in Scottish GLens: but also Darn Sarth too – I Believe, and in Euroland also. Then there are those who have to move for Opencast Mining ” for the greater good of Humanity, not just Once, but even TWICE . Then the Greenblob want to have more Hydro power -where to store the energy?
Aye i’s good to talk and be reminded that the Greenies have a 1-way mind of short attention span like the Politico MSM elites – and ONLY to promote THEIR sideof an argument.
I’d be interested to know about the villager’s previous burial practices. I know that many of the villagers in India bury their dead upright, beside rivers, and am wondering if they have also lost their ancestors.