शुक्रवार, 16 मई 2008
बुधवार, 14 मई 2008
Ailing & Dead Rivers
Convention on Ailing & Dead Rivers
On July 8th, 2007, People's News Network & Water Community India organized a Convention on Ailing and Dead Rivers in New Delhi.
Attendees: Dr Vandana Shiva, Mrs. Minakshi Arora, Dr. B.L. Sharma, Ramesh Sharma, G.N. Kathpaliya, Shekh Hussain, Rajeev dhyani, Ratan Mudgal, Diwan Singh, Anand Misra, Sudha Mohan, Kumar Amitabh, Anita Sampath, Hariyom Tyagi, Dharmpal Tyagi, Shaoor A. khan, Sashi Kant Pandey, Suhas Borker and many activists struggling to save rivers joined the convention.
Opening Note by Dr. Vandana Shiva (Jal Swaraj)
From sixties to nineties trend was for large dams but now large dams are having adverse impact. Tehri dam has failed to meet its expected energy potential. According to World Bank we don't know how to manage water. The World Bank has recently initiated water sector reforms, aimed primarily at privatization of water resources and commercialization of water management. River linking, a 200 billion dollar project has started with Ken-Betwa link. Argument for river linking was to take water from flooded area to drought prone area. But the main contention is to take water from rural area to urban area for industrialization. SEZ luxury of housing is also putting great stress on water resources. Chemical use in agriculture has also increased the usage of water. In Punjab farmers are growing vegetables for export which are water intensive putting more stress on our water resources. It is anticipated that after 20 to 30 yrs their will be no water in Ganga- Yamuna. We can only conserve Our river basins by mobilizing local Support. We should also bring out an anthology Qn rivers region wise with status, campaigns, pictorial representation & pollution statistics.
River Varuna Report by Vyomesh Chitravansh (Hamari Varuna Abhiyan)
The twin rivers Varuna and Asi which give the city its name are polluted beyond compare. Almost 30 sewerage outlets let out its untreated waste into the river.". River Assi has disappeared totally now it remains only in drain form. "Out of the 30 sewerage outlets in the city, only five electricity-run sewerage pumps were set up along the ghats to intercept and divert the sewerage water. Each pump has a bypass opening into the Ganga. When electricity fails, the bypass starts discharging water into the Ganga. Campaign is against encroachment on both sides of river. Upcoming five star hotels & DLF project is also coming on Varuna river. We are reviving Varuna, a diwali festival on river Varuna which is in records till 1907 to build momentum for cause of river Varuna.
Yamuna River Report by Manoj Mishra (Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan)
Yamuna has been the life-line of Delhi. Tragically, over the years this is exactly what has happened and now the state of affairs is such that it is perhaps the most polluted river and, according to experts, "the most threatened riverine system in the whole world". Unfortunately, currently there exists no legal protection available for our rivers as an ecosystem, which includes the river bed and the flood plain. As a result, our rivers have been taken for granted and their river beds and flood plains have been misused in the name of 'development' as if these are waste lands rather than precious parts of an ecosystem with vital and irreplaceable role for re-charge of ground water, floods moderation and as the habitats of varied forms of flora and fauna. The river bed is known to be most prone to damage from an earthquake. The Commonwealth Games construction on its floodplains has only aggravated this situation to great extent.
Ganga Basin Report by Sureshwar Sinha (Pani Morcha)
Ganga basin is at the apex of tectonic or seismic zone. Delhi is part of that apex zone. We are likely to face a major flood combined with earthquake. There are many adverse impacts of dams. Our policy for fifty years has destroyed both Our rivers & ground water. Government has made a mess of water management, now its time people should take control of it. SEZ should be only after Panchayat clearance. We have to fight for our water sovereignty.
Dravyavati River Report by Upendra Shankar (Jaldhara Abhiyan, Jaipur)
River is physically present but in Revenue records of government there is no mention of it. It now remains as Manikshah nala. Till 1921, drinking water used to come from this river. The river flows through 32 villages. Main problems are colonies based on river bed & industries. By forestation on river bed we are trying to revive dying river.
Mithi River Report by Shekh Hussain ( Sadbhavna Sangh, Mumbai)
Mumbai’s l3km long Mithi River is stuffed with effluents and garbage. No one has spared the Mithi river. Not the slums, the encroaching factories, the BMC and definitely not Mumbai's airport. The slums that mushroomed up around the mouth of the river on the Mahim side didn't appear out of a magician's hat. Someone allowed them to come up just a few years ago, like they did up the river, on both sides, as they still do across the rest of the city. Dlf's upcoming project will put further stress on already vulnerable mithi river.
Rajiv Dhyani
This is not only an environmental issue but a cultural issue too. No campaign in India can be successful until & unless it is emotionally attached. We should keep an emotional appeal in our campaign to attract people who don't follow us on technical issues.
Punjab Report by Amar Singh Sidhu
In 1992 the area where there was 10 feet water of SatIuj River today has colonies on it. Issue of climate change is going to affect us further.
Chambal River Report By Siraj Qureshi
According to Mr Siraj problem of floods & water shortage in Chambal can be both controlled by bringing water from Chambal to Tigra, a run of 45 km. Some institutions are running a project to revive Swarn Rekha drain as it is full of pollution, roads & complex encroachments.
Main Outcomes are Programs
1. To bring out an anthology On rivers region wise with status, campaigns, mapping, pictorial representation & pollution statistics.To support the organisations working for the purpose.
2. To institute the committees-Nadi Rakshak, Jal Rakshak.
3. Research on rivers and find out the rivers converted into drains. To make strategy to solve the problems of rivers.
4. Three groups were formed for the endeavour-
(i) Cultural,
(ii) Research And Media and Publication Group.
(iii) To organise a forum under the banner of “ Nadiyon Ki Pukar Abhiyan- Voice of Rivers Campaign”.
5. A course on “ Water and Climate Change” 17-21 March 2008, Beej Vidyapeeth, Dehradoon.
For more information, please contact water.community@gmail.com, kesaraba@gmail.com, minakshi075@gmail.com
Convention organized by Shiraj Kesar.
Report Prepared by -Minakshi Arora (PNN)&( water community), Amit (Navdanya)
On July 8th, 2007, People's News Network & Water Community India organized a Convention on Ailing and Dead Rivers in New Delhi.
Attendees: Dr Vandana Shiva, Mrs. Minakshi Arora, Dr. B.L. Sharma, Ramesh Sharma, G.N. Kathpaliya, Shekh Hussain, Rajeev dhyani, Ratan Mudgal, Diwan Singh, Anand Misra, Sudha Mohan, Kumar Amitabh, Anita Sampath, Hariyom Tyagi, Dharmpal Tyagi, Shaoor A. khan, Sashi Kant Pandey, Suhas Borker and many activists struggling to save rivers joined the convention.
Opening Note by Dr. Vandana Shiva (Jal Swaraj)
From sixties to nineties trend was for large dams but now large dams are having adverse impact. Tehri dam has failed to meet its expected energy potential. According to World Bank we don't know how to manage water. The World Bank has recently initiated water sector reforms, aimed primarily at privatization of water resources and commercialization of water management. River linking, a 200 billion dollar project has started with Ken-Betwa link. Argument for river linking was to take water from flooded area to drought prone area. But the main contention is to take water from rural area to urban area for industrialization. SEZ luxury of housing is also putting great stress on water resources. Chemical use in agriculture has also increased the usage of water. In Punjab farmers are growing vegetables for export which are water intensive putting more stress on our water resources. It is anticipated that after 20 to 30 yrs their will be no water in Ganga- Yamuna. We can only conserve Our river basins by mobilizing local Support. We should also bring out an anthology Qn rivers region wise with status, campaigns, pictorial representation & pollution statistics.
River Varuna Report by Vyomesh Chitravansh (Hamari Varuna Abhiyan)
The twin rivers Varuna and Asi which give the city its name are polluted beyond compare. Almost 30 sewerage outlets let out its untreated waste into the river.". River Assi has disappeared totally now it remains only in drain form. "Out of the 30 sewerage outlets in the city, only five electricity-run sewerage pumps were set up along the ghats to intercept and divert the sewerage water. Each pump has a bypass opening into the Ganga. When electricity fails, the bypass starts discharging water into the Ganga. Campaign is against encroachment on both sides of river. Upcoming five star hotels & DLF project is also coming on Varuna river. We are reviving Varuna, a diwali festival on river Varuna which is in records till 1907 to build momentum for cause of river Varuna.
Yamuna River Report by Manoj Mishra (Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan)
Yamuna has been the life-line of Delhi. Tragically, over the years this is exactly what has happened and now the state of affairs is such that it is perhaps the most polluted river and, according to experts, "the most threatened riverine system in the whole world". Unfortunately, currently there exists no legal protection available for our rivers as an ecosystem, which includes the river bed and the flood plain. As a result, our rivers have been taken for granted and their river beds and flood plains have been misused in the name of 'development' as if these are waste lands rather than precious parts of an ecosystem with vital and irreplaceable role for re-charge of ground water, floods moderation and as the habitats of varied forms of flora and fauna. The river bed is known to be most prone to damage from an earthquake. The Commonwealth Games construction on its floodplains has only aggravated this situation to great extent.
Ganga Basin Report by Sureshwar Sinha (Pani Morcha)
Ganga basin is at the apex of tectonic or seismic zone. Delhi is part of that apex zone. We are likely to face a major flood combined with earthquake. There are many adverse impacts of dams. Our policy for fifty years has destroyed both Our rivers & ground water. Government has made a mess of water management, now its time people should take control of it. SEZ should be only after Panchayat clearance. We have to fight for our water sovereignty.
Dravyavati River Report by Upendra Shankar (Jaldhara Abhiyan, Jaipur)
River is physically present but in Revenue records of government there is no mention of it. It now remains as Manikshah nala. Till 1921, drinking water used to come from this river. The river flows through 32 villages. Main problems are colonies based on river bed & industries. By forestation on river bed we are trying to revive dying river.
Mithi River Report by Shekh Hussain ( Sadbhavna Sangh, Mumbai)
Mumbai’s l3km long Mithi River is stuffed with effluents and garbage. No one has spared the Mithi river. Not the slums, the encroaching factories, the BMC and definitely not Mumbai's airport. The slums that mushroomed up around the mouth of the river on the Mahim side didn't appear out of a magician's hat. Someone allowed them to come up just a few years ago, like they did up the river, on both sides, as they still do across the rest of the city. Dlf's upcoming project will put further stress on already vulnerable mithi river.
Rajiv Dhyani
This is not only an environmental issue but a cultural issue too. No campaign in India can be successful until & unless it is emotionally attached. We should keep an emotional appeal in our campaign to attract people who don't follow us on technical issues.
Punjab Report by Amar Singh Sidhu
In 1992 the area where there was 10 feet water of SatIuj River today has colonies on it. Issue of climate change is going to affect us further.
Chambal River Report By Siraj Qureshi
According to Mr Siraj problem of floods & water shortage in Chambal can be both controlled by bringing water from Chambal to Tigra, a run of 45 km. Some institutions are running a project to revive Swarn Rekha drain as it is full of pollution, roads & complex encroachments.
Main Outcomes are Programs
1. To bring out an anthology On rivers region wise with status, campaigns, mapping, pictorial representation & pollution statistics.To support the organisations working for the purpose.
2. To institute the committees-Nadi Rakshak, Jal Rakshak.
3. Research on rivers and find out the rivers converted into drains. To make strategy to solve the problems of rivers.
4. Three groups were formed for the endeavour-
(i) Cultural,
(ii) Research And Media and Publication Group.
(iii) To organise a forum under the banner of “ Nadiyon Ki Pukar Abhiyan- Voice of Rivers Campaign”.
5. A course on “ Water and Climate Change” 17-21 March 2008, Beej Vidyapeeth, Dehradoon.
For more information, please contact water.community@gmail.com, kesaraba@gmail.com, minakshi075@gmail.com
Convention organized by Shiraj Kesar.
Report Prepared by -Minakshi Arora (PNN)&( water community), Amit (Navdanya)
Voice for Yamuna River Clean-up Campaign
Delhi Volunteers to Pick up Trash March 30The Yamuna Foundation for Blue Water, under the umbrella of the Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation (www.rowfoundation.org ) has beguns a Campaign to cleanup the Yamuna River on March 30th ,in Delhi in association with Techknow Engineering LLC (Environmental Service India) ,Delhi(www.techknow-eng.com) and Water Community India, Delhi(www.watecommunity.in).
This project in India is in partnership and motivated by a similar project in Washington, DC, USA to Clean-up the Potomac River by the Alice Ferguson Foundation (www.fergusonfoundation.org ). Volunteers met at Kotla Nala(near Kotla Rly colony) on the day and removed trash between 8.30am to12.30pm. Coated gloves had been given to all Volunteers to protect hands and Blue plastic bags had been used to collect recyclable items and orange bags for trash to be disposed. The recyclables had been transported to the municipal recycling center; arrangements were made for the non-recyclables to be picked up by the city garbage collection system.
Subijoy Dutta, Executive Director of the Yamuna Foundation for Blue Water announced, “We start now to clean up the Yamuna with our hands. We will continue cleanups until river becomes, once again, clean and blue.” Dehli Coordinator, Mr. Suresh Nair and D.K. Mital, Mrs. Minakshi Arora and Mr. Siraj Kesar from Water Community India for the Yamuna River Cleanup are committed to the Yamuna Foundations’ motto “…To turn the Yamuna Blue” and agrees that it will take a major effort on the part of all sectors of the Dehli community to turn this issue around.
In a recent press conference Subijoy Dutta said “We must stop trashing the river we love that is vital to health and livability of everyone in this region. We must make this commitment NOW!”
Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation Water Community India, Delhi
Yamuna Foundation, Delhi
बुधवार, 7 मई 2008
जल बचाओ अभियान का शुभारंभ हुआ
महू, इंदौर। सामाजिक संस्था प्रतिज्ञा एवं विक्रान्त इंस्टीटयूट ऑफ टेक्नालॉजी एंड मैनेजमेंट इंदौर के सहयोग से तहसील मुख्यालय के जल बचाओ अभियान के एक लाख से अधिक विभिन्न नारों के स्टीकरों और पम्पलेटों का विमोचन एसडीएम राहुल जैन के आतिथ्य में संपन्न हुआ। इस कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता राधेध्याम बियांणी ने की, विशेष अतिथि के रूप में अशोक खण्डेलवाल एरिया मैनेजर टायसन कम्पनी थे। जन जागृति के उत्कर्ष स्लोगनों वाले स्टीकरों एवं पम्पलेटों के विमोचन पर राहुल जैन एसडीएम महू ने कहा कि जल और जीवन का सही उपयोग करना चाहिए, जो लोग पानी का अपव्यय करते हैं यदि वह ही पानी बचा लिया जाए तो हर परिवार की प्यास बुझ सकती है। पानी के मूल्य को समझना होगा और पानी का संचय करना होगा तभी आगे जीवन खुशहाल होगा। अपने वक्तव्य में श्री बियाणी, श्री खण्डेलवाल ने भी पानी बचाने के उपाय बताए। इन स्टीकरों को ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में कैलाश अग्रिहोत्री, संचालक गौशाला कजलीगढ़ एवं सरपंच इंदरसिंह बुंदेला वितरण करेंगे, जबकि शहरी क्षेत्रों में प्रतिज्ञा संस्था एवं यादव समाज के युवा साथी जलबचाओ अभियान के लिए जन जागृति फैलाएंगे।
अतिथियों का स्वागत फारूख सर, पंकज यादव, राजकिशोर यादव, शरद मोहन सोन, आकाश यादव, छोटू सिंह यादव, हरनाम सिंह यादव, जय प्रकाश नीम, मो. अफरोज, प्रेमचंद टॉक सहित कई सदस्यों ने किया।
कार्यक्रम का संचालन संस्था अध्यक्ष जगमोहन सोन ने किया एवं पंकज भृगु, टेक्नीशियन विक्रान्त इंस्टीटयूट ऑफ टेक्नॉलाजी एंड मैनेजमेंट इंदौर ने आभार प्रकट किया।
नारों के प्रारूप
1. जल बचाओ, जीवन बचाओ, वृक्ष लगाओ, हरियाली लाओ!
2. जल बचाओ, जीवन बचाओ!
3. सोचो जब जल न रहेगा तो क्या होगा? जीवन जीने योग्य न रहेगा क्योंकि जल ही जीवन है।
4. पानी से फसल, फसल से व्यापार, व्यापार से कमाई,
तो क्यों न करे, हम पानी की बुआई
आइए हम सब संकल्प लेंअबकी बार बारिश में करेंगे जल का पुनर्भरण वरना तय है जल बिना जीवन का मरण।
सिर्फ अपनी नहीं सबकी प्यास की चिंता करें। जल का दुरुपयोग न करें क्योंकि आपके द्वारा बचाया गया पानी किसी दूसरे को जीवन दे सकता है।
सामाजिक संस्था प्रतिज्ञा महू, जिला इन्दौर (मध्य प्रदेश)
अध्यक्ष, जगमोहन सोन मोबाइल : 9300947302, 9300968999
ई-मेल pratigya_mhow@yahoo.com
मंगलवार, 6 मई 2008
'जल संरक्षण के लिए जन अभियान जरूरी'
अंबाला शहर। आजादी बचाओ आंदोलन के उत्तरी भारत प्रवक्ता सिराज केसर ने कहा कि जल संरक्षण के लिए संयुक्त रूप से जन अभियान जरूरी है। सरकारों के अलावा जब तक आम जनता जल संरक्षण के प्रति नहीं चेतती तब तक स्थिति नियंत्रण में नहीं आ सकती है।
उन्होंने कहा कि आजादी बचाओ आंदोलन की ओर से देश के कई हिस्सों में जल संरक्षण की मुहिम शुरू की गई है, जिसमें यूपी के बुंदेलखंड को पहले स्थान पर रखा गया है।
वह रविवार को शहर में सर्वहितकारी मंच सदस्यों के साथ पत्रकारों से बातचीत कर रहे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि बुंदेलखंड में पानी की समस्या से खासी आबादी पलायन कर रही है, जिसको रोकने के लिए गैर सरकारी संस्थाओं को प्रयास करना चाहिए। इसी तरह से झारखंड के हजारीबाग में थर्मल प्लांट लगाने के लिए 29 गांवों को उजाड़ा जा रहा है, जिस पर आजादी बचाओ आंदोलन ग्रामीणों के साथ जुटा है। नदियों में बढ़ते प्रदूषण को रोकने के लिए कहा कि सबसे पहले सरकार को बंदिश लगानी होगी। यही नहीं 2010 में होने वाले कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स के लिए दिल्ली सरकार यमुना नदी के किनारे खेल गांव बसाने की योजना बना रही है, जिस पर सरकार को खुद सोचना चाहिए। सिराज केसर ने कहा कि पर्यावरण मंत्रालय के मना करने के बाजवूद सरकार बिल्डरों को बढ़ावा दे रही है। उन्होंने कहा कि देश में धीरे-धीरे भूमिगत पानी का खतरा बढ़ रहा है जिसे रोकने के लिए सभी संगठनों को एक मंच पर आकर पहल करनी चाहिए।
इस संगोष्ठी में मुख्यअतिथि अकाली नेता रणवीर सिंह फौजी व अध्यक्षता डा. संजय शर्मा अध्यक्ष बीजेपी व विशेष अतिथि नरेश बंसल थे। इस गोष्ठी में जल संरक्षण पर विचार किया गया। इस अवसर पर सर्व हितकारी मंच के प्रधान विष्णु तायल, महासचिव अशोक बरतिया, कोषाध्यक्ष राजेंद्र बंसल, मुकेश जिंदल, पूर्व डिप्टी स्पीकर फकीर चंद अग्रवाल हजकां नेता पूर्ण प्रकाश सैनी, अंकुर तायल भी उपस्थिति थे।
इस अवसर पर सर्वहितकारी मंच के सदस्य व हजकां के प्रदेश सचिव पूर्ण सैनी, भाजपा के ग्रामीण जिलाध्यक्ष डॉ. संजय शर्मा, रणबीर फैजी, सर्व हितकारी मंच के प्रधान विष्णु तायल, महासचिव अशोक बरतिया, कोषाध्यक्ष राजेंद्र बंसल, मुकेश जिंदल, पूर्व डिप्टी स्पीकर फकीर चंद अग्रवाल हजकां नेता पूर्ण प्रकाश सैनी, अंकुर तायल मुख्य रूप से मौजूद थे।
साभार - दैनिक जागरण, 7 अप्रैल 2008, अम्बाला
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