भारत की बाढ़: प्राचीन सामंजस्य से आधुनिक बाढ़ संकट तक

भारत की बाढ़: प्राचीन सामंजस्य से आधुनिक बाढ़ संकट तक: HISTORICALLY, ALL RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS – FROM ANCIENT EGYPT ALONG THE NILE TO MESOPOTAMIA BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES, THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION, AND EARLY CHINESE SOCIETIES ALONG THE YELLOW RIVER – DID NOT JUST ENDURE FLOODS; THEY THRIVED ON THEIR BOUNTY. RIVERS WERE THE ARTERIES OF LIFE, PROVIDING NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL DRINKING WATER AND MEANS OF TRANSPORT BUT ALSO STRATEGIC SAFETY. CRUCIALLY, ANNUAL FLOODS DELIVERED NUTRIENT-RICH SILT, REPLENISHING THE FERTILITY OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS YEAR AFTER YEAR, FORMING THE BEDROCK OF THEIR SUSTENANCE. THESE ANCIENT SOCIETIES LARGELY VIEWED FLOODS NOT AS A CURSE, BUT AS A