Today’s papers carry following news :
Extract :
Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and artificial recharge to ground water in the country is primarily the responsibility of the States, the Minister said.
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I sent following email to Cabinet Ministers, 3 years ago , fully realizing that making water , a CENTRAL subject would need a Constitutional amendment - something not possible then
Even today, such a move is bound to face a lot of opposition – even from BJP ruled States
But , if a consensus-building is not started now, it may be too late , to avoid :
Water Wars ? …………………………..[ 08 April 2016 ]
Extract :
Several World Bodies have forecast that by 2050 , millions will die in India due to water shortage
WHAT IS THE PERMANENT SOLUTION ?
# At the level of Central Government
* Make " Water Conservation / Usage " , a CENTRAL SUBJECT in our
Constitution . Remove it from the list of STATE SUBJECTS
* Declare all existing sources of water ( Rivers and Lakes ) , as National
Resources belonging to entire Nation and not to the particular State
where these are located
* Make it Center's responsibility to decide which State shall use how
much of each of these resource ( allocation / rationing )
* Center will also be responsible for developing of future resources by
digging lakes & ponds / building dams / interlinking rivers & lakes etc
Use MNREGA funds for creating such assets
* Center will not need permission of any State to implement such projects
* Center will implement " River Interlinking " Project by 2025 , and for this,
it will not require permission of any State
As repeatedly lobbied by me , please find a way to divert BLACK MONEY
to this Infrastructure SPV ( Tax haven or local - which is 100 times ! )
* Mercilessly , shut down all factories dumping polluting effluents in rivers
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12 July 2019
Rsvp : hcp@Recruitguru.com
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Within one month of emailing the above to Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawatji, he made the following appeal :
" All States need to cooperate to interlink rivers across the country "
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/all-states-need-to-cooperate-to-interlink-rivers-across-the-country-jal-shakti-min/story-yPt2yg8PH7bEaUouSMYfbM.html
Dear Shri Shekhawatji,
I appreciate that the Constitution cannot be amended easily - but then, simple " persuasion " wont take you very far , either !
May be , you need to hold out to the States, some carrot ( incentive ) for quickly agreeing with your proposal
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Within one month of emailing the above to Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawatji, he made the following appeal :
" All States need to cooperate to interlink rivers across the country "
https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/all-states-need-to-cooperate-to-interlink-rivers-across-the-country-jal-shakti-min/story-yPt2yg8PH7bEaUouSMYfbM.html
Dear Shri Shekhawatji,
I appreciate that the Constitution cannot be amended easily - but then, simple " persuasion " wont take you very far , either !
May be , you need to hold out to the States, some carrot ( incentive ) for quickly agreeing with your proposal
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