Expert warns against large scale water impoundingWater storage for domestic
industrial and agricultural needs was amust but large scale impounding of water
within a given geographicalarea can have a telling effect on the plate dynamics
especially in thecoastal areas that are susceptible to earthquakes. Dr.
M.N.Madhyastha who served on an elite panel on river interlinkingconstituted by
the former Prime Minister of India A.B. Vajpayee.Is he now saying “Do not
interlink-Dangerous”?Giving an oration lecture on the occasion of the World
Water day atthe National Institute of Technology Karnataka Dr. Madhyastha
opinedthat impounding of water on a large scale in a small area
couldde-stabilise plate tectonics as well the stability of the dam site.If he
can quantify-then he can go build remedial factors into Dam’s design Taking the
example of the Koyna earthquake in 1967 Dr. Madhyasthastated that earthquake
was a direct product of impact on the platetectonics due to large scale water
impounding in the Koyna dam whichhas been time and again established with
scientific facts.Explaining if the large scale water impounding could have any
effecton the marine life Dr. Madhyastha said the elite panel he representedhad
advised that 20 percent of the water should be allowed to flow inthe course of
the river- 20% of incoming to reservoir- means on an
hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis? If yearly-100% is going out anyway
.and this percentage should be higher for thoserivers merging with the sea .
Some specific tasks like maintaining thesalinity at a healthy level as well as
supply nutrients to the marineecosystem.
While media remains indulgent in jingoistic Will that even bother China
reporting of diversionof rivers in India and China and the civil society
remains fragmentedwith its inherent historical amnesia Where is Society’s
feedback possible/effective in a one-man-one-vote—simple-majority-partybased
Demokrasy of a 4th grade non-nation? and morality with regard todevelopments
that are changing the natural course of rivers beyondrepairs, Government of
India has coopted Bought-up?some environmental NGOs infurtherance of its
designs. These designs include equating nationalsecurity with national
security? and public interest with nationalinterest.?? > > These NGOs publicly
shy away from supporting Interlinking of Riversin India or in China but they
are within a Government Committees whoseterms of reference makes interlinking
of rivers fait accompli. Even assuch ecologically disastrous projects Can you
explain the disaster part are under execution and thereare only two ways of
expressing one's ideological positions either byopposing them or by supporting
them, there are those who prefer to befence sitters. Shades of Grey is
LIFEThese entities must be identified because they are morelethal than the
visible actors-You mean MP’s—Oh NO!. The civil society space has suffered
massive corrosion due such creatures Thank India Constitution/Governance.
Questions now by Mukul Mahant-Consulting Engineer from Guwahati
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:21:49
+0000Subject: [WaterWatch] Re: Diverting Rivers in India and China
Expert warns against large scale water impoundingWater storage for domestic
industrial and agricultural needs was amust but large scale impounding of water
within a given geographicalarea can have a telling effect on the plate dynamics
especially in thecoastal areas that are susceptible to earthquakes. Dr.
M.N.Madhyastha who served on an elite panel on river interlinkingconstituted by
the former Prime Minister of India A.B. Vajpayee.Giving an oration lecture on
the occasion of the World Water day atthe National Institute of Technology
Karnataka Dr. Madhyastha opinedthat impounding of water on a large scale in a
small area couldde-stabilise plate tectonics as well the stability of the dam
site. Taking the example of the Koyna earthquake in 1967 Dr. Madhyasthastated
that earthquake was a direct product of impact on the platetectonics due to
large scale water impounding in the Koyna dam whichhas been time and again
established with scientific facts.Explaining if the large scale water
impounding could have any effecton the marine life Dr. Madhyastha said the
elite panel he representedhad advised that 20 percent of the water should be
allowed to flow inthe course of the river and this percentage should be higher
for thoserivers merging with the sea . Some specific tasks like maintaining
thesalinity at a healthy level as well as supply nutrients to the
marineecosystem.Later in a power point presentation Dr. Madhyastha demonstrated
how the socio-economic importance of water was all pervading and to ensurewater
security to everybody certain decisions had to be taken with thehelp of policy
backing. Channeling impoundment construction of aquaducts and inter basin
connectivity should be achieved he added. Itwas more important to conserve and
develop water sources by variousmethods including the arrest of the salt water
intrusion in coastal areas.Dr. Madhyastha also warned against the danger of
drilling bore wellsindiscriminately as they are an intrusion into the natural
aquifersystem. http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=42678---
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:>> Diverting Rivers in India and
China> > While media remains indulgent in jingoistic reporting of diversionof
rivers in India and China and the civil society remains fragmentedwith its
inherent historical amnesia and morality with regard todevelopments that are
changing the natural course of rivers beyondrepairs, Government of India has
coopted some environmental NGOs infurtherance of its designs. These designs
include equating nationalsecurity with national security and public interest
with nationalinterest. > > These NGOs publicly shy away from supporting
Interlinking of Riversin India or in China but they are within a Government
Committees whoseterms of reference makes interlinking of rivers fait accompli.
Even assuch ecologically disastrous projects are under execution and thereare
only two ways of expressing one's ideological positions either byopposing them
or by supporting them, there are those who prefer to befence sitters. These
entities must be identified because they are morelethal than the visible
actors. The civil society space has sufferedmassive corrosion due such
creatures. > > China plans to divert Brahmaputra China's plan to construct a
dam onthe Brahmaputra river in Tibet will lead to a major ecologicaldisaster
within the next few years. It is feared in the near future aswater flow in the
Brahmaputra-Jamuna river will fall drastically ifChina goes ahead with its
plan. China plans to divert 200 billioncubic metres of water annually to the
Yellow River or Huang He bybuilding a dam at Yarlung Tsangpo.> > Like India,
though Beijing has claimed the project is still at aconceptual stage,
confidential sources confirmed that work has alreadybegun with the target to
finish it in the next five to seven years.> Yarlung-Tsangpo scheme is part of
China's long-term riverinterlinking project to divert water from the south to
the north.> > On April 20, 2007 the media reported Bihar government's
mammothproject to interlink the major rivers within Bihar to address the
dualproblems of flood and draught. Under the scheme Ganga water will
gettransferred to South Bihar; Kosi water to Mahananda basin; BurhiGandak, Baya
and Gandak waters to the existing Gandak Canal System;and Sone basin water to
Punpun-Harobar-Kiul basin through barrages,pumps, and canals.> > As per a Press
Release of Government of India of April 2007 says,National Water Development
Agency (NWDA) has sought an outlay of Rs.241 crore for the 11th Five Year Plan.
Out of the 30 links identifiedfor preparation of feasibility reports under
National Perspective Planfor Water Resources Development (16 Peninsular and 14
Himalayan), NWDAhas prepared feasibility reports (FRs)for 14 links under
PeninsularComponent and 2 under Himalayan Component (Indian portion only).> >
The implementation of Interlinking of rivers depends upon theconsensus and
cooperation of the States. Consensus has been arrivedfor one priority link
namely Ken-Betwa for which Government of MadhyaPradesh. Uttar Pradesh and
Government of Indian signed a tripartiteMoU on 25th August 2005 for preparation
of Detailed Project Report(DPR). NWDA has incurred expenditure amounting to Rs.
19.7 crore for2003-04, Rs. 21.3 crore for 2004-05 and Rs. 17 crore for 2005-06
forcarrying out various studies pertaining to Inter basin water
transfersincluding preparation of DPR of Ken-Betwa link. The expenditure is
notbooked State-wise by NWDA.> > While this ominous trend of rewriting
geography after havingre-written history is manifesting itself rapidly, civil
societyformations of middle class, fund driven and apolitical nature
remainfocussed in their compartments with their selfish short term
projectgoals. These Club of Rome creatures who call for change in humanvalues
rather the change in the unjust social and political orderissues cohabit with
manifest corporate criminals. Let us face it theseformations are any day worse
than the formations envisaged by likes ofMayawati. > > Corporate media that
builds these brand individuals not as humansbut as market machines for mere
mercenary gains are bound to miserablyfail in the way it failed in the recent
UP elections as also in thepast by serving a make believe world to the urban
folks so that theyremain insulated from massive violent disturbances underway
on our ownlandscape. > > In fact even as China has intruded in Arunchal Pradesh
and theIndian Defence Secretary says that China is preparing for regionalwar,
the corporate NGOs and likes of B G Verghese argue that thisopens up space for
co-operation in the field of hydro-power generationand likes of M S Swaminathan
argue that such projects are win-wininitiatives pandering to the whims and
fancies of the rulers in theirparochialism to serve their own interest. > > Not
realising that even Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)in the USthat was conceived
during World War I although the execution happenedprior to World War II. China
consulted with the TVA because of itsreputation soon after World War II, when
China began to plan the ThreeGorges Dam to control the flow of the Yangtze
River. > __._,_.___
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