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hab...@anony.net
May 20, 2013, 5:00:51 PM5/20/13
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The people of India live in an unreal world. They think they
can add a USA every 15 years - 300m people and the land willl provide
water and food for all these extra people !
This year as is happening all across the middle east might be
the year when it all starts unravelling. Lack of water and food starts
killing millions , but first there will be wars and famines.
Bangalore now has just 15 days of drinking water left for a
city of 8m and the rains if they come are a month away. Ground water
is now too deep to afford to lift up.
Impose a one child limit for the next two generations as the
Chinese have done.
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/india-s-water-crisis-a-man-made-problem-with-no-solution/276047
This summer as temperatures soar, the story is one of water, or rather
the lack of . There is now a complete water crisis around India. What
seemed a scenario somewhere way into the future is now a reality: from
policemen actually guarding water in western Maharashtra to officials
warning in Bangalore that more than half the city won’t have water in
10 years.
can add a USA every 15 years - 300m people and the land willl provide
water and food for all these extra people !
This year as is happening all across the middle east might be
the year when it all starts unravelling. Lack of water and food starts
killing millions , but first there will be wars and famines.
Bangalore now has just 15 days of drinking water left for a
city of 8m and the rains if they come are a month away. Ground water
is now too deep to afford to lift up.
Impose a one child limit for the next two generations as the
Chinese have done.
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/india-s-water-crisis-a-man-made-problem-with-no-solution/276047
This summer as temperatures soar, the story is one of water, or rather
the lack of . There is now a complete water crisis around India. What
seemed a scenario somewhere way into the future is now a reality: from
policemen actually guarding water in western Maharashtra to officials
warning in Bangalore that more than half the city won’t have water in
10 years.
hab...@anony.net
May 20, 2013, 5:16:48 PM5/20/13
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What's worse, there is no respite in sight. Instead, the crisis is set
to worsen when mercury soars. "It is true water supply hasn't
increased over the past one year, but this is because we haven't been
able to identify new raw water sources. The issue of Munak Canal is
being strongly pursued with the Centre and the Haryana government,"
said DJB spokesperson Sanjam Cheema.
Jal Board officials say recycled water will help them ensure an
additional supply of 2MGD. Its CEO recently announced that the agency
will 'rationalise' water supply to improve distribution, with 400 new
stainless steel water tankers equipped with GPS. DJB is also studying
the technical feasibility of supplying water to 210 unauthorised
colonies.
The measures, however, may have little impact on the ground. And in
any case, they offer no consolation to the residents who are forced to
manage with miniscule supply, or none at all in several areas.
"The pressure of water supply is constantly dropping. A year ago,
water was supplied twice a day - in the morning and in evening. Now we
get water in our taps at an unearthly hour - from 3 to 6 in the
morning. Over the past few days, even that is coming at very low
pressure," said Rajiv Kakria, member of the Greater Kailash resident
welfare association (RWA).
Read more at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/midsummer-water-crisis-grips-delhi-taps-to-go-dry-djb-sheila-dikshit/1/270725.html
to worsen when mercury soars. "It is true water supply hasn't
increased over the past one year, but this is because we haven't been
able to identify new raw water sources. The issue of Munak Canal is
being strongly pursued with the Centre and the Haryana government,"
said DJB spokesperson Sanjam Cheema.
Jal Board officials say recycled water will help them ensure an
additional supply of 2MGD. Its CEO recently announced that the agency
will 'rationalise' water supply to improve distribution, with 400 new
stainless steel water tankers equipped with GPS. DJB is also studying
the technical feasibility of supplying water to 210 unauthorised
colonies.
The measures, however, may have little impact on the ground. And in
any case, they offer no consolation to the residents who are forced to
manage with miniscule supply, or none at all in several areas.
"The pressure of water supply is constantly dropping. A year ago,
water was supplied twice a day - in the morning and in evening. Now we
get water in our taps at an unearthly hour - from 3 to 6 in the
morning. Over the past few days, even that is coming at very low
pressure," said Rajiv Kakria, member of the Greater Kailash resident
welfare association (RWA).
Read more at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/midsummer-water-crisis-grips-delhi-taps-to-go-dry-djb-sheila-dikshit/1/270725.html
hab...@anony.net
May 20, 2013, 5:52:16 PM5/20/13
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frontline
excerpt
FACING serious criticism over the acute power shortage in the State,
particularly in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government has
upped the ante on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a water-sharing
agreement between India and Pakistan. In April, the Omar Abdullah
government renewed its demand for compensation not only from the
Central government but also from Pakistan for the losses incurred by
the State since 1960 on account of the restrictions imposed by the
treaty on harnessing river waters for power generation and irrigation.
The State Cabinet met in April and decided to hire a private
consultancy firm, M/S Halcrow India Limited, to assess the losses
incurred by the State in the past five decades.
While the concerns of Jammu and Kashmir are well articulated but not
taken into consideration, the silent �war� between the two signatories
of the treaty has not gone unnoticed. Under the IWT, India has
exclusive rights over the waters of the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej,
before they enter Pakistan, while the riparian country has claim over
the waters of the Chenab, the Jhelum and the Indus, which flow through
Jammu and Kashmir. The main grievance of the State is that the treaty
has deprived it of a huge hydroelectric potential. The treaty has made
it difficult for the State to harness the waters of the rivers that
flow through its territory for irrigation, power generation or
navigation as the waters stand allocated to Pakistan. The construction
of power projects on the Chenab in the Doda region and on the
Kishanganga (which is called the Neelum when it enters Pakistan), a
tributary of the Jhelum, in Baramulla are bitter examples of the
troubles caused by the provisions of the treaty. First, a no-objection
certificate has to be obtained from Pakistan, but thereafter the
complaints against the construction of dams never cease. In the case
of the run-of-the-river Baglihar power projec
excerpt
FACING serious criticism over the acute power shortage in the State,
particularly in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government has
upped the ante on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a water-sharing
agreement between India and Pakistan. In April, the Omar Abdullah
government renewed its demand for compensation not only from the
Central government but also from Pakistan for the losses incurred by
the State since 1960 on account of the restrictions imposed by the
treaty on harnessing river waters for power generation and irrigation.
The State Cabinet met in April and decided to hire a private
consultancy firm, M/S Halcrow India Limited, to assess the losses
incurred by the State in the past five decades.
While the concerns of Jammu and Kashmir are well articulated but not
taken into consideration, the silent �war� between the two signatories
of the treaty has not gone unnoticed. Under the IWT, India has
exclusive rights over the waters of the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej,
before they enter Pakistan, while the riparian country has claim over
the waters of the Chenab, the Jhelum and the Indus, which flow through
Jammu and Kashmir. The main grievance of the State is that the treaty
has deprived it of a huge hydroelectric potential. The treaty has made
it difficult for the State to harness the waters of the rivers that
flow through its territory for irrigation, power generation or
navigation as the waters stand allocated to Pakistan. The construction
of power projects on the Chenab in the Doda region and on the
Kishanganga (which is called the Neelum when it enters Pakistan), a
tributary of the Jhelum, in Baramulla are bitter examples of the
troubles caused by the provisions of the treaty. First, a no-objection
certificate has to be obtained from Pakistan, but thereafter the
complaints against the construction of dams never cease. In the case
of the run-of-the-river Baglihar power projec
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