[Assam] From Assam Tribune/ Innovative Thinking?

Wed Sep 17 19:43:07 PDT 2008

What is your suggestion then? What would work, C'da? Let's hear it.

Also, to some, is it like - Paani Nidiu, laagile xei paaniye aamaar logote aamaar ghor-xompoti -u dubaai niyok. 

"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength the latter becomes irresistible." 
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.”

 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:08:29 -0500> To: assam at assamnet.org> From: cmahanta at charter.net> CC: waterwatch at yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Assam] From Assam Tribune/ Innovative Thinking?> > I hear you Alpana.> > The point here is WHAT WORKS?> > Allow me to give you an example. Imagine your water supply main has > broken. And you take a soft-drink straw and try to suck it out. It > WOULD reduce the deluge. But would it make a DIFFERENCE?> > > Hope it helps.> > c-da> > > PS: WHY on earth would I be mad at you? So glad to hear that you were > not seriously affected by Ike.> > > > > > > > > > > At 6:47 PM -0500 9/17/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:> >Good to hear from you too, C'da. I thought you were so mad at us > >that you had stopped talking to us :).> >> >> How would you like to see China damming up the Tsangpo to block > >>that > part of the water from coming down the Brahmaputra for > >>example? That > would be a whole lot more reduction of water than a > >>1 meter diameter > or even 2, pipe carrying water from the > >>Brahmaputra, would'nt it?> >Again, as long as that takes away the extra water. And as long as it > >does not back-fire....if for some reason the dam breaks, or it > >shoudl not overflow and affect the people again by creating another > >flood season in the winter or whenever that breaks.> >> >Did you hear how desperate the tone in "anything that works" could > >be from the farmers' point of view, C'da?> >> >For argument's sake, I would say this: after Ike left, we simply > >didn't have electricity (cooking gas and cell phones were still > >working), our home was not flooded, neither did our roads, the > >pantry was filled with canned food and also with our regular rice, > >daal, beans, potatoes, squash, etc., and what not. Still, we felt so > >helpless, so disconnected, and was so overwhelmed with depressing > >thoughts!> >> >We can only imagine how the ones that lost their main home (not the > >summer house or the farm house), what would they go through, and in > >Assam's case, by the time they put together things (or not) in their > >homes after a year's hard work, it's time to loose it all over again.> >> >So I would think that they will look forward to 'anything' that > >works to stop that. I know it's simplistic thoughts from a > >simplistic mind (no, I am not upset that you repeatedly say that > >whenever I bring up or talk about a simple solution to the hardest > >problem that nobody has bothered to even try solving it by > >experimenting any other meant too!), but who knows that could be it! > >And if not this, something needs to be done, but what? Do we have > >something better in the pipeline? Or, is it something that everybody > >(but the villagers that really live with the problem) talks about > >during the summer time and forgets by the winter?> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength the latter > >becomes irresistible."-Mahatma Gandhi, 1931> >"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree > >and humble like a blade of grass."> >> > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:32:28 -0500> To: assam at assamnet.org> > >From: cmahanta at charter.net> CC: waterwatch at yahoogroups.com> Subject: > >Re: [Assam] From Assam Tribune/ Innovative Thinking?> > Good to hear > >from you Alpana!> > Yes, you are right about "-- get the flood water > >out of Assam > during the rainy season". But the qualifier > >'ANYTHING' is where the > problem lies. Look at the "ANYTHING" like > >solutions that Bihar got > and see what it is doping for its > >people!> > So, ANYTHING is not necessarily better than NOTHING. Such > >simplistic > analogies have been at the root of India's many manmade > >miseries. " > Sob kuch solta hai" is not good policy as you would > >realize instantly > if only you ponder that for a moment.> > How > >would you like to see China damming up the Tsangpo to block that > > >part of the water from coming down the Brahmaputra for example? > >That > would be a whole lot more reduction of water than a 1 meter > >diameter > or even 2, pipe carrying water from the Brahmaputra, > >would'nt it?> > Only an utterly ignorant person would assert that > >piping water out > from the Brahmaputra would or could alleviate > >flooding in Assam. > And I am stunned by the journalistic acumen of > >a newspaper that > lauds it as "innovative thinking".> > While I > >realize that the good guvnor is a lay person , and old > political > >animal out in the pasture and as such could not be expected > to > >have much knowledge about the world of water, one would have hoped > > >he has or has access to advisers who can at least coach him on > >what > to say ( and what not to), if not explain successfully. But I > >guess > that is not something that one can expect from Indian > >governance, > even today.> > Finally, I am sure you will agree that > >to remain smug in a world of > know-nothing-ism, isn't much of a > >virtue, wouldn't you :-)?> > > > > > > > > At 12:48 PM -0500 > >9/17/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:> >Anything that works to get > >the flood water out of Assam during the > >rainy season so that the > >villagers don't suffer year after year > >after > >year.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >"When restraint and courtesy are > >added to strength the latter > >becomes irresistible."> >"In order > >to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree > >and > >humble like a blade of grass."> >> > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 > >09:30:39 -0500> To: assam at assamnet.org> > >From: > >cmahanta at charter.net> CC: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: > >[Assam] From Assam Tribune/ Innovative Thinking?> > What > >do netters > >think? Is it innovative thinking as the Assam > > >Tribune > >characterizes it? Will it "---reduce the flood level in > >the > main > >river sufficiently" ? Does it sound like a comment > >from even a > > >remotely informed person or yet another fool's > >rants? Or could > >AT's > comment reflect utter clueless-ness and > >demonstration of > >abject > brown-nosing?> > Express yourselves > >folks! Silence is not > >golden. Silence of the able > is an > >abdication of citizenship > >responsibilities and leads to the > > >blunders upon blunders that our > >people have endured for > >generations.> > cm> > > > > > > > > Governor > >Mathur for diverting > >Brahmaputra water> > Spl correspondent> NEW > >DELHI, Sept 16 - In > >what could be described as innovative > > >thinking, Governor of > >Assam, Shiv Charan Mathur today mooted an > >idea > to create a mega > >national grid for diverting the water of > >mighty > Brahmaputra > >River through pipeline to water deficient > >States. The > > >Governor's proposal can be seen as an extension of > >the > >river-linking > project, was unveiled at the two-day > >Conference of > >Governors' hosted > by President, Pratibha > >Devisingh Patil, here > >today.> > The Governor, who spoke at length > >on the flood problem of > >Assam, has > reasoned that if crude oil > >could be brought from > >countries like Iran > and Afghanistan > >covering a distance of 5000 > >Km. Why can't water of > Brahmaputra > >River be profitably used by > >water deficient States like > Madhya > >Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, > >Jharkhand, Delhi and Rajasthan.> > A > >national grid for supply of > >water would be constructed at > > >appropriate location in the mighty > >Brahmaputra and the same could > >be > sent through pipeline to the > >water scarce States in the > >country, he > said.> > All through its > >course adequate number of > >boosting stations could be > put to reach > >the water to the > >States.> > This is going to reduce the flood level > >in the main > >river > sufficiently. "To have a permanent solution to > >the flood > >problem we > need to regulate the flow of water into the > >main > >river from its > tributaries like constructing reservoirs in > >the > >upper reaches," he > said.> > The river system of Assam has > >to > >develop in an integrated and > comprehensive way for utilising > >the > >vast water resources available.> > This is a mega national > >project, > >which could be planned and initiated > only by > >Government of India > >by making adequate financial provisions.> > A > >mechanism is > >therefore, required which would pay back the > > >investments made and > >survive on its own and also generate > >adequate > revenue, while > >giving additional benefits of > >introducing a > nationalist and > >socio-economic fabric of the > >region by generating > considerable > >jobs and various > >opportunities, in turn may solve the > prevailing > >unrest in North > >Eastern Region, he suggested.> > Calling for > >support, the > >Governor said the mega national project is > the need > >of the hour > >and should be undertaken by Government of India, > if > >need be by > >inviting foreign consultants in the field.> > Referring > >to > >another aspect of the economy, the Governor said there > > >were > >efforts underway to hold a seminar in December on the > > >hydrocarbon > >potential and the key aspects of exploring oil on a > >large > scale in > >Assam.> > Efforts are also underway to provide > >employment to the > >urban educated > youths by opening new > >industries, starting new > >universities and by > enhancing the > >intake capacity of existing > >institutions.> > > >_______________________________________________> > >assam mailing > >list> > >assam at assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >_________________________________________________________________> >Stay > >up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > >Live.> >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/> >_______________________________________________> >assam > >mailing > >list> >assam at assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > > >_______________________________________________> assam mailing list> > >assam at assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> >_________________________________________________________________> >See how Windows Mobile brings your life together-at home, work, or on the go.> >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/> >_______________________________________________> >assam mailing list> >assam at assamnet.org> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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