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

Tue Jul 3 10:51:13 PDT 2007

Hi C'da: 

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

Thank you (I haven't read the othe lines yet).

>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 

There! You just did it! (characterize my question - my not being able to master/pay attention. In other words, not agree to the point - the way you think!) :)

>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.

I may have done flip-flopping on certain matters, but I am with the President on this one. 

“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass”
- Lakshmana

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:02:45 -0500To: absarangapani at hotmail.com; cmahanta at charter.net; waterwatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: cmahanta at charter.netSubject: RE: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alertCC: assam at assamnet.org

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? Or, is it like, 'nije-u nakhao oinoku nidiu' and thus have the 'dog in the manger' policy, though involuntarily?     
"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass"
- Lakshmana

Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:28:49 -0500To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: cmahanta at charter.netCC: assam at assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert.ExternalClass blockquote, .ExternalClass dl, .ExternalClass ul, .ExternalClass ol, .ExternalClass li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
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?

cm

At 5:49 PM +0000 7/2/07, mediavigil wrote:
Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alertPress Trust of India / Ahmedabad July 02, 2007Heavy downpour across Gujarat has caused a flood-like situation inSaurashtra and South Gujarat regions of the state after whichauthorities put the army an alert even as the death toll inrain-related incidents rose to 14.The Army has been put on alert in several parts of Gujarat, includingAhmedabad, as the state administration evacuated over 6,000 personsfrom low-lying areas across the state.The worst affected districts are Bharuch, Narmada and Surat districtsof South Gujarat and those in Saurashtra region are Bhavnagar andSurendranagar districts.All these districts received over 400 mm rains since yesterday,official sources said.Till now 14 persons have died in rain-related incidents. Nine of themdied in Vadodara district alone while four persons died in a wallcollapse in Bharuch district. A police constable was swept away inflood waters in Botad town of Bhavnagar district.The state government has set up a emergency response centre atGandhinagar to oversee relief and rescue work. It has also deputeddifferent ministers to visit affected districts and oversee rescueoperations.In Saurashtra region, Junagadh district was badly hit by the continousdownpour. About 700 school children who were stranded in Alfa schooldue to flooding have been rescued.Twenty two children of a Swaminarayan school, who were trapped in abus marooned by flood waters in Jasapar village of Jamnagar districtwere also rescued.
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