[Assam] [WaterWatch] Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert

Tue Jul 3 08:02:45 PDT 2007

Well, Alpana, I won't attempt to characterize your question .

However , the reason I asked the question has to be viewed in the 
CONTEXT of  the PREMISE of riverlinking, one the president so 
ardently advocates and which is supposedly based on relieving the 
'flood-prone ' areas of their 'excess'  water.

For your question to have any merit, you need to have a little 
understanding of the folly of the 'riverlinking' proposal and the 
logistics of its execution and relate that to the logistics of 
relieving  Gujarat
of ITS 'excess' water.

What you missed here altogether is the IRONY of the concept of EXCESS 
WATER redistribution.  But it is not a hard one to master. All you 
need to do is pay attention to the discussions in forums like 
Waterwatch, or even assamnet.  It is obvious you have not been :-)

At 11:32 PM -0500 7/2/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>Hi C'da: And at the risk of being called 'one with a simplistic mind 
>view', I would like to say, as long as that state can get rid of the 
>excess water and not hit by the perennial flood problem, who cares 
>who gets the extra water?
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>Or, is it like, 'nije-u nakhao oinoku nidiu' and thus have the 'dog 
>in the manger' policy, though involuntarily?
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>Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:28:49 -0500
>To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com
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>CC: assam at assamnet.org
>Subject: Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert
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>At the risk of being charged with insensitivity to the plight of 
>these flood victims, one cannot help wondering, IF, there will now 
>be  a presidential plan/canal /aqueduct to take  flood waters out of
>Gujarat to someplace where it might be more needed,like Tamilnadu ? 
>Shall we say by 2020?
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>At 5:49 PM +0000 7/2/07, mediavigil wrote:
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>Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert
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>Press Trust of India / Ahmedabad July 02, 2007
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>Heavy downpour across Gujarat has caused a flood-like situation in
>Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions of the state after which
>authorities put the army an alert even as the death toll in
>rain-related incidents rose to 14.
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>The Army has been put on alert in several parts of Gujarat, including
>Ahmedabad, as the state administration evacuated over 6,000 persons
>from low-lying areas across the state.
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>The worst affected districts are Bharuch, Narmada and Surat districts
>of South Gujarat and those in Saurashtra region are Bhavnagar and
>Surendranagar districts.
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>All these districts received over 400 mm rains since yesterday,
>official sources said.
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>Till now 14 persons have died in rain-related incidents. Nine of them
>died in Vadodara district alone while four persons died in a wall
>collapse in Bharuch district. A police constable was swept away in
>flood waters in Botad town of Bhavnagar district.
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>The state government has set up a emergency response centre at
>Gandhinagar to oversee relief and rescue work. It has also deputed
>different ministers to visit affected districts and oversee rescue
>operations.
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>In Saurashtra region, Junagadh district was badly hit by the continous
>downpour. About 700 school children who were stranded in Alfa school
>due to flooding have been rescued.
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>Twenty two children of a Swaminarayan school, who were trapped in a
>bus marooned by flood waters in Jasapar village of Jamnagar district
>were also rescued.
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