Re: [Assam] Re: Credibility Of MoWR!!!

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 19:56:38 -0800

Gentlemen,
Tempers are flaring again. Keep your cool.
The following shows some of the important things that happened in USA from 1776 to 1850, a span of 75 years. If you want to read the details , go to http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/aj7/speeches/ajson4.htm. Read the state of the nation speeches to take a peek at USA of those years.
 
India has been independent for 58 years. We have to make corrections for the globalization that has taken place when you compare USA of 1776 to India of 1947. I would've liked to but  couldn't find a similar list for India in the last 60 years.
 
Nation building and prosperity of a nation happen at a rather slow pace. "Bhukute koltw nopoke."
Dilip Deka
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1776 - 1800
  1. Thomas Paine, Common Sense 1776
  2. Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated, 1776
  3. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776
  4. Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence
  5. The Final Text of the Declaration of Independence, July 4 1776
  6. Jefferson's notes on Slavery
    1. Adam Smith, From The Wealth of Nations, 1776
    2. Of Colonies
    1. Albigence Waldo - From the diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777
    2. Draft for a Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, by Jefferson 1779
    3. Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, 1780-1783
    4. The Articles of Confederation, 1781
    5. From the diary of Ebenezer Denny, 1781 describing the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
    6. Letter of Samuell Searls - May 12, 1782
    7. Paris Peace Treaty, 1783
    8. Treaty with the Six Nations, Fort Stanwix, October 22, 1784
    9. James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance -1785
    10. The Annapolis Convention, 1786
    11. The Complete Federalist Papers
    12. The Constitutional Convention debates and the Anti-Federalist Papers
    13. The USA Constitution
    14. The letter presenting the Constitution
    15. Treaty with the Six Nations, Fort Hamar, January 9, 1789
    16. Madison speech proposing the Bill of Rights, June 8, 1789
    17. Bill of Rights and the Amendments to The Constitution
    18. Thomas Paine - The Rights of Man (1791-1792)
    19. Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793
    20. The Jay Treaty, 1794
    21. Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason - 1794
    22. The Greenville Treaty with a number of Indian Tribes, 1795
    23. The Northwest Ordinance, july 13, 1787
    24. The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794
    25. Treaty between the United States and the Oneida, Tuscorora and Stockbridge Indians living in the country of the Oneidas 1794
    26. Virginia Resolution - 1798
    27. Kentucky Resolution - 1799
    1. George Washington
    2. On recruiting and maintaining an army, 1776 (Letter to John Hancock)
    1. The Sedition Act of 1798
    1. John Adams
    2. Inaugural address, 1797

    1. 1801 - 1825

    1. Thomas Jefferson
    2. First inaugural address, 1801
    1. James Madison
    2. First inaugural address,1809
    1. James Monroe
    2. First inaugural address, 1817
    1. Cases of John Marshall
    2. Marbury v. Madison (1803)

    1. 1826 - 1850

    2. Treaty made at Buffalo Creek in the State of New York, January 15, 1838 with the representatives of the Nations of New York Indians
    1. John Q. Adams
    2. Inaugural address,1825
    1. Andrew Jackson
    2. First inaugural address, 1829
    1. The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831
    2. William Barret Travis: Letter from the commandancy of the Alamo, 1836
    3. Martin van Buren's Inaugural address, 1837
    4. William H. Harrison's Inaugural address, 1841
    5. James K. Polk's Inaugural address, 1845
    6. The Seneca Falls Declaration 1848
    7. Zachary Taylor's Inaugural address, 1849
    8. Benjamin Drew, The Refugee: Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada Related by Themselves
    9. Excerpts from "The Fugitive Slave Act" 1850
    10. From the Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, 1817-1895
    11. The opinions of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

      Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
    Hi Anjan:


    > If we are given the franchise to elect our legislators, why are we content to >sit back and watch the non-performance of the elected rather than take positive >steps to correct our initial mistakes (of electing the wrong people).


    *** I know you are younger than me, but still, you have seen govts. come and govts. go in Assam and in India. Question is what positive changes have you seen with the turnovers?

    You tell  me and I will shut the heck up :-).

    All of you good folks, who speak glowingly of and never forget to demonstrate to the world your fealty to and admiration of democracy as manifested by 'elekshuns'. That is fine to show what good folks you are.No doubt you are a few cuts above the not-so-good folks of Assam. But that is not the point. I am not questioning your goodness. Question is how on earth do the not-so-good folks folks of Assam who elect the non-performers to govern them,accountable? And how on earth do the better-than-the-Assam-folks,  Indians hold their central govts. accountable?


    You guys show me something halfway realistic, I will join you and Rajen and Ram
    and all the other Indians and sing your praises. But I take a very dim view of people who can't see what sits on their faces :-).

    Take care,

    c





    At 8:58 AM +0800 3/4/05, Anjan K. Nath wrote:
    Rajen,
    How very true.  If we are given the franchise to elect our legislators, why are we content to sit back and watch the non-performance of the elected rather than take positive steps to correct our initial mistakes (of electing the wrong people).
     
    As I have said a few times too, we should try and help our people and NOT simply be arm-chair critics.
     
    How would you like to join the North-East-India forum.  We have a lot more intersting and positive discussions going on.  Your contributions would definitely help.
     
    Anjan
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Barua25
    To: [email protected] ; Chan Mahanta
    Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; D K Mishra
    Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:53 AM
    Subject: Re: [Assam] Re: Credibility Of MoWR!!!

    Chandan:
    I see Chandan Mahanta, a NRA, shouting in the net and trying to make GOI accountable.
    What we need is the people of Assam to hold both GOA and GOI accountable for their lapses and not to let them go.
    That is what Ram and I have been shouting for in the net.
    Are you willing to join us in trying to help people of Assam do that? 
    That is why I asked you in my last mail, what point you are trying to make by blaming the system.
     
    We have 2 options.
    We can shout and try to make point
    or
    We can try to help people of Assam.
    I am for the later.
    Rajen
     

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Chan Mahanta
    To: [email protected]
    Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; D K Mishra
    Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:26 AM
    Subject: [Assam] Re: Credibility Of MoWR!!!

    For those who might be interested in holding their governments accountable.


    cm




    At 12:14 AM +0600 3/3/05, D K Mishra wrote:
    The data about irigation in different states , as provided by MoWR are
    fake and misleading. I can say this on the authority of data supplied by
    WRD of Govt. of Bihar. The annual reports of GoB suggets that,

    Major
    irrigation projects in the state (with command areas in excess of 10,000
    hectares) include the Kosi and Gandak in North Bihar, and the Sone canal
    network in South Bihar. There are a number of medium-sized schemes,
    defined as those with commands between 2,000 and 10,000 hectares, and
    hundreds of minor irrigation projects. However, as of 2003, irrigation
    potential (area connected to the irrigation network) was only 2.8
    million hectares and the area actually receiving water from the networks
    was limited to 1.6 million hectares.

    Scrutiny of records show that
    both irrigation potential and actual irrigation (area receiving water)
    increased in the state until 1990 when it attained its peak of 2.148
    million hectares after which actual irrigation saw a steady decline even
    as potential irrigation continued to rise. Between 1990 and 2000 (when
    the state was bifurcated into Bihar and Jharkhand), there was additional
    potential irrigation of 113,000 hectares but actual irrigation fell by
    653,000 hectares. The area irrigated by surface networks has stabilized
    around 1.6 million hectares for the past ten years. Considering that
    404,000 hectares was under irrigation in Bihar at the time of
    Independence in August 1947, the increase in actual irrigation of 1.2
    million acres over the past 56 years is not a noteworthy achievement. At
    that rate of average
     growth of actual irrigation, it will take about
    230 year! s to achieve the irrigation targets and if we only consider the
    growth rate in the past 15 years of misrule in Bihar, the targets would
    never ever be achieved since the growth has been negative. One can only
    extrapolate as to when the irrigation department of the state would
    cease to function.

    According to the water resources department (Minor
    Irrigation), irrigation potential of 222,000 hectares had been created
    by 2000 of which 84,800 hectares is through surface irrigation schemes
    and 132,200 hectares is by lift irrigation and energized rural pump
    sets. However, reports indicate that the surface irrigation schemes have
    not operated at more than 60 per cent efficiency while the lift
    irrigation schemes operate at a maximum efficiency of 10 per cent.
    Ageing machines, erratic electricity supply, incompetent management and
    indifference of users are stated to be the causes of underutilization of
    these facilities.

    There were a tota! l of 2,316 Lift Irrigation
    Schemes in the state of which 679 are defunct because of electrical
    problems, 104 do not function because of mechanical problems, and 826
    schemes suffer from a combination of both these defects. Another 221
    schemes have fallen into disuse because of the shifting of the river
    course away from the sump well or due to sand-casting (intake covered by
    sand). Thus, only 482 schemes, or less that 21 per cent are
    operational.

    There are 5,558 State Tube Wells (STW) in the state with
    a command area of 307,000 hectares. Of these, only 5,122 have received
    electrical power. In the case of STWs, too, the operation record is poor
    - 2,886 sets are inoperative because of electrical faults, 85 because of
    mechanical trouble, and 302 because of defects in the power supply
    transformers. As a result, according to the annual report of the Minor
    Irrigation Dept, against a potential of 112,000 hectares, State Tube
    Wells irrigated only 19,468 hectares of land in 1999-2000.

    Bihar (now
    Jharkhand) Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (JHALCO) established in
    1975 under Tribal Sub-Plan commissioned 394 Lift Irrigation Schemes in
    the tribal areas of Jharkhand. According to reports, 284 of these
    schemes are no longer functioning. Not surprisingly, if the rains are
    delayed by only a week the state faces drought.

    Actually, both the
    data, whether it is given by Delhi or by Patna are fake if the farmers
    are to be believed. They do not trust the irrigation establishment and
    most of agriculture is based on their own enerprize. The Irrigation
    Department claims all the development to its credit.

    I am sure, the
    situation in other states too, may not be as rosy as presented to be.
    There is a need to strengthen the counter-research to blast the bogus
    claims made by the irrigation bureucracy.

    Dinesh Mishra

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