"India's government was grappling with growing pressure to increase the dependability of its electricity service," even before the massive power blackout that affected more than 600 million people in the country last summer, Rachel Nuwer wrote in The New York Times. "As a solution, the government proposed constructing 292 dams throughout the Himalayas," Ms. Nuwer wrote, but "scientists and citizens alike are crying foul, however, pointing out that the dams will probably displace millions and wreck ecosystems throughout the Himalayas."