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The document discusses the causes of flooding in the Himalayan river basins like the Kosi river. It argues that tampering with the Himalayas through activities like constructing dams and roads is the prime cause of increased flooding. The Himalayas are geologically fragile, and human interference damages the mountains, causing landslides and raising riverbeds with silt deposition. This in turn exacerbates flooding in the river valleys. Embankments constructed to control rivers also interfere with natural wa

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