Giving Life to the River that Gives Life to Us.

The River is as old as the earth. The civilization is as old as the humanity. Around 500 million people sustain their lives with the river. Millions of  pilgrims and millions of farmers use it  for bathing every day.  But to our surprise people  from some quarters  are questioning the new government why the Ganga is not cleaned up in 3 months? 

A River Rejuvenation Programme is essential to begin with.

It is a complex multidisciplinary  issue. It involves Engineering, Ecology, Planning, Hydrology and many more. 

• To start with a big awareness campaign has to be launched asking industrialists  or the devotees or Municipalities of the Gangetic region to desist from polluting the river or its tributaries. 
•  Factories of rural India or Modern India have to be moved out of the fragile regions or install recycle-rs and  no untreated industry/factory waste discharge or from the residential localities to be discharged without treating them.
• The farmers in the region must be asked to minimize the use of fertilizers and pesticides and desist from using the river for washing off all remnants of these harmful chemicals. 

1. Religious heads must propagate that devotees/pilgrims must follow the rituals that do not harm the river. 

• No need to leave lighted camphor on running rivers and the same can be done  on the river bank.
• No need to leave old clothes in the river and the devotees can  donate the same to the needy.
• Arrangements must be made to enable pilgrims to take showers before entering the river. ( Just as we do before entering a swimming pool)
• Banning the sale of shampoos, liquor (if possible) or small plastic sachets  for packing umpteen type of liquids would help preserve the environment
• Banning the production of poly packs and making people carry a jute or a cloth bag or charging the consumer more for poly covers would help reduce the pollution levels.
• There is nothing Spiritually Uplifting in sprinkling the ashes of dead bodies over white snow clad mountains or on running rivers.
• Throwing burnt, half-burnt or un-burnt dead bodies of humans MUST BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. 
• The custom of  taking a dip in the river waters was in vogue which acted as integrating India. 
• In the era of internet people prefer Virtual world over the real world. 

Apart from these planning,surveying and supervision cleaning of  the river bed and deepening of the river must be undertaken. Preparing detailed plans of rehabilitation would help reduce conflicts between the planners, implementer and stakeholders. 

Local residents must be encouraged to take part in the campaigns. The cost of these programmes must be kept low for sustained campaigns. 
The plans must be simple and dependable. 

The government must bring in an ordinance/ pass it in legislatures  to take over 30 minutes of air time from Radio/TV channels and a quarter page of space for magazines beyond 24 printed pages  and a little lower space from smaller magazines  for spreading all essential messages, especially the green campaigns.



Dead bodies being dumped in the river Ganga
Google Images

India!

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—Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897 

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Garbage Holiday

Garbage spread  for a photo opportunity. Scarcity for garbage! 


Any message is misunderstood here. Just  write ' India is a great nation'. Within 30 minutes you get a minimum of 100 down votes in the Holiest Newspaper ever conceived by Gods. Similar is the story of 'Clean India Campaign'. None asked none to go to the streets  and clean up for a second or a minute or life long. Just it is to stress the importance of Being and keeping our dwelling places and surroundings clean. It is shocking that the educated reply in the Holiest Newspaper ... how can one leave his job and be on streets... another Noble Laureate writing ... why, there are corporation workers...! 

The message is do not throw garbage on public places. It is simple. But people argue that they have got a right to pollute and they remind the advocates to keep  their hearts clean and not bother for the uncleanliness out side. Nobility indeed!  It is quite unfortunate that the people who were selected by the PM too misunderstood and have not  done anything concrete till. 

Most of us enjoy holidays. Some service providers  can't take rest as they are very essential. The people who clean our public places are given a day off every week. But we the residents do not hesitate to dump our garbage on this day too. Result is the overflowing garbage bin and the street dogs having a field-day and pulling them off, spilling  around the bin.

Though ideas are there and have been given in this blog too it won't reach the ears of the people to whom  they are meant and people who have little or no relevance to this topic would be appointed as ambassadors of Swacch Bharat who did a day's show and returned to their show business as ever.

• Let the packers/manufacturers have  the environment in mind before packing them
• Lazy People produce and lazier people use sachets of oil/powder/shampoos and so on. These are the killers of our water ways/sources and drains
• Desist from that. None wouldn't tell them to go for better packing. But we the users can avoid using these small killer packs which have destroyed most of our water bodies,drainage pipes, lands and oceans.
• Please do source segregation and find better ways of utilizing the biodegradable stuff.
• A five-ten minute work would save this earth for future generations.
• Those who do not have earth/land  to dump as they live in apartments closer to stars  can go for  bio-gas production and sell the manure
• Do not buy more. The televisions and the press would bring in lot of creative advertisements to persuade us to go on a buying spree.
• Open your valet only if it is absolutely essential.
• Do learn from the museums which house the ornamental dresses and crowns of our rulers of yesteryear s. ( Do not chase ads and purchase dresses for keeping them in future museums. Of course it may be possible for only  kings/queens)
• Where ever possible go out with a container for milk or other liquids and big cloth or jute bags for purchasing vegetables.
• Pl.refer earlier posts for more ideas.

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Welcome 2015

Let  our gardens bloom with flowers of  all hues,
Let  their fragrance reach every distance,
Let those flowers fill the hearts of  butterflies with pleasure,
Let there be a breeze that unites all races  and regions,
Let there be showers that open the inner eyes of all  'powers',
Let  the streams carry waters of sweet honey ...

LET THERE BE JOY IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS UNIVERSE
LET THERE BE JOY IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE!   

Welcome 2015

Time is the greatest leveler. It can sooth us, console us and comfort us. It stops not for a second. The count down begins at the womb and continues till the tomb. Let us live every second. Let us fill life into the lifeless moments.


I may not be visible to the world because of my size and reach,
But the world is visible to me...

My voice may not be audible to the rest as it is so feeble,
But  I can hear all the good voice from every corner...

I may not have climbed  big mountains,
But I gain confidence on seeing simple clouds  silhouetting them, 

I am not a moon or a sun  or shining stars...
But I am a star unto myself,

Achievements need not be always of archaeological  substance,
My pressures and  pleasures are my treasures for my future.


The earth is not made of a single rock but of  simple grains of sand
 The big blue oceans of  waters take birth in tiny drops of water...

A jungle must have a leaf of grass, a curved creeper, a mammoth tree and many more and more,
A single tree  can never   make a jungle.


Let me celebrate the victories of others
Let me rejoice at the joy of others,
Let me search for truth that shines ever!

Guide, India!

Wake up  my beloved nation,
The sun has shown his face,
This is the time to augment our pace.


Let the valleys and the hillocks,
The rivers and the streams,
Scream in joy of the victory!

The gardens buzz with butterflies and bees,
The farms bustle with harvests of fruits,
The factories roar with products of  proud India!


No nation can compete with us
We are complete in all aspects,
No more poverty under carpets!


The cyber inventor has become the cyber leader,
The 'soft race' leads  all in soft wares,
Her hard work is seen everywhere!


Lead this world with light,
Help them come out of  their plight,
Guide  every  race  to places of bright!

Teach the world the language of peace
And  you can reach the people,
With much ease!




 

Airways Making Airwaves

MH 370
Flight 17 
QZ 8501 

The safest mode of transport in the world is Air travel. The continuing mishaps involving Malaysia/ Airways is perplexing. 

The air passengers too have to be alert and have to have their Vests that would save them in case of the air craft landing in water. Sooner or later the truth would surface. The Airbus/Boeing companies have to ensure more safety measures. And the passengers who give scant respect to the mock exercise/instructions demonstrated by the crew must change and listen and learn the safety precautions.