[Assam] [WaterWatch] Re:Kosi High Level Committee & Ganga Flood Control Commission guilty ?

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To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: mediavigil at yahoo.co.inDate: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:14:09 +0000Subject: [WaterWatch] Re:Kosi High Level Committee & Ganga Flood Control Commission guilty ?




Besides members of Kosi High Level Committee (KHLC), the Ganga FloodControl Commission (GFCC), Union Ministry of Water Resources is guiltyof the manmade crisis in Kosi.The composition of GFCC is given below:1. Chairman, GFCC ChairmanFull Time Members2. Member (Planning), GFCC Member3. Member (Co-ordination), GFCC MemberPart Time Members of the Commission4. Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, WaterResources Department, Government of Bihar.Member5. Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, WaterResources department, Government of Jharkhand. Member6. Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, IrrigationDepartment, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Member7. Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, IrrigationDepartment, Government of Uttarakhand Member8. Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, Irrigation andWaterways Department, Government of West Bengal. Member9. Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Government of MadhyaPradesh. Member10. Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Government ofChhattisgarh. Member11. Member (River Management), Central Water Commission, GovernmentIndia, New Delhi. Member12. Director, Central Water and Power Research Station,Government of India, Pune. Member13. Chief Engineer (Lower Ganga Basin), Central WaterCommission, Government of India, Patna Member14. Chief Engineer (Planning), Roads Wing, Ministry ofSurface Transport, Government of India. Member15. Director (Civil Engineering Wing), Railway Board,Government of India. MemberPermanent Invitees of the Commissioni) Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, Government of Haryana.ii) Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, Government of HimachalPradesh.iii) Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, Government of Rajasthan.iv) Chief Engineer, Incharge of Flood Control, Govt. of NCT of Delhi.v) Director (B&S) R.D.S.O., Ministry of Railways, Lucknow.--- In WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com, "Himanshu Thakkar" <ht.sandrp at ...>wrote:>> Note:The members of Kosi High Level Committee, according to page 29of the Annual Report of the Ganga Flood Control Commission for2006-07, the present Composition of the Kosi High Level Committee isgiven below:> 1. Chairman GFCC, Patna. Chairman > 2. Engineer-in-Chief (North) > Water Resources Deptt., Government of Bihar. Member > 3. Director, CWPRS, Pune or his representative. Member > 4. Member (River Management) Central Water Commission, New Delhi orhis representative Member > 5. Chief Engineer Water Resources Deptt., Government of Bihar, > Darbhanga. Member > 6. Chief Engineer (Master Plan) Water Resources Deptt., Governmentof Bihar. Member > 7. Chief Engineer (Research) Water Resources Deptt., Government ofWest Bengal. Member > 8. Dy. Director General Irrigation Deptt. HMG, Nepal. Member > 9. Director, Eastern Region Irrigatin Deptt., HMG Nepal, > Biratnagar. Member > 10. Chief Engineer, Water Resources Deptt., Government of Bihar,Birpur. Member-Secretary > > > > "Himanshu Thakkar" <ht.sandrp at ...> wrote: > > Dear Prof Ranganathan,> > I am glad you have asked that question.> > Let me first add that it is not only Shri Bajaj, but all the membersof Kosi High Level Committee (KHLC)and also the Bihar engineers onground responsible for the implementation of the maintenance works andalso those they report to should be held answerable for the man madedisaster.> > Coming to your question, KHLC and Ganga Flood Control> Commission (GFCC) is responsible for approval of the maintenancework on the Kosi embankments and also for ensuring its timely andproper completion. Even the works approved by KHLC was not completedin time.> > Firstly it should have been completed before the end of March, asKosi being a glacier fed river, the flow increased in March onwards.That was not done.> > Even after that they should have completed it before the onset ofmonsoon in June, which was also not done.> > Even member (River Management), Central Water Commission (CWC)agreed in a debate on Lok Sabha TV on September 8, 2008 that even theapproved work was not completed before monsoon.> > We have letters from GFCC director right till June 2008, which showsthat they were even then did not know what was going about this worksand they were still writing polite letters to the Engr in Chief(North), Bihar. That was not the time for writing polite letters, buttake strong action to ensure that required maintenance works werecompleted in time and properly.> > GFCC and KHLC failed to ensure that, hence they are responsible forthis tragedy.> > The issue of some trouble about Nepal workers/ custom related issuesetc came up only after Aug 5, 2008, when it became apparent that theEastern Embankment in Nepal is under pressure at 12.9 km. Even here,Govt of India failed to take urgent and emergency action to ensurethat these problems are quickly resolved.> > There is the additional issue that the KHLC did not appoved all theworks recommended by field engineers as far as Nepal portion of Kosiembankment is concerned. There are documents that prove that too.There should also be an independent credible enquiry on this wholething at the central level that will also assess if the decisions ofKHLC in not approving the works recommended by the field engineers wascorrect or was it also responsible for the breach.> > Unfortunately, KHLC is filled with only govt engineers. This is alsototally unacceptable. All such committees must have people fromoutside government.> > I hope this clarifies how all the members of KHLC and those theyreport to, are responsible for this manmade tragedy.> > Himanshu> Himanshu Thakkar> > South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People,> c/o 86-D, AD block, Shalimar Bagh,> Delhi, India> > himanshuthakkar at ..., ht.sandrp at ...> www.sandrp.in> > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:35 PM, V Ranganathan <ranga at ...> wrote:> > > Dear Sri Himanshu,> >> > Was it the case that Kosi High Level Committee (KHLC)-Ganga FloodControl> > Commission (GFCC) did not approve the works, or was it that> > it was not allowed to be done by the Nepali counterparts. In thisforum> > only, the second was given as the reason. Then how can you blameit on KHLC> > or Bajaj?> >> > V Ranganathan> >> > From: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com <WaterWatch%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto:> > WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com <WaterWatch%40yahoogroups.com>] On> > Behalf Of Himanshu Thakkar> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:59 PM> > To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com <WaterWatch%40yahoogroups.com>> > Subject: Re: [WaterWatch] Brace for Kosi all over> >> > Let me qualify at the outset that Climate change is for real and it is> > having its impacts.> >> > However, we should not confuse the Kosi disaster with climate change.> > Remember the basic fact that when the eastern embankment breachedon the> > afternoon of Aug 18, the flow in the river was 1.44 lakh cusecs,which is> > not abnormal in Kosi in monsoon, in fact it is below normal. Thedesign> > capacity of the embankment and barrage was 9.5 lakh cusecs. Hencethere was> > no role of high rainfall event here.> >> > The Indian express report quotes Dr Bhutiyani saying "The Kosi> > phenomenon occurred mainly because of very high precipitation in the> > upstream areas." Dr Bhitiyani seems to be ill informed or misquoted> > here.> >> > In fact, AK Bajaj, chairman, Central Water Commission wantsexactly this> > story to be sold. He was quoted saying in TOI on Sept 6, that Kosidisaster> > is due to climate change.> >> > He has his reasons to push this idea. Because, between Feb 2007and July> > 2008, he was chairman of Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) andalso> > chairman of the Kosi High Level Committee (KHLC). It was theresponsibility> > of the KHLC to approve the annual maintenance work of the Kosibarrage and> > embankment in Napal area. It was also their responsibility tomonitor the> > implementation of the work approved to ensure its proper and timely> > completion. Evidence shows that KHLC-GFCC did not approve the works> > recommended by the field officers, nor did it ensure the timelycompletion> > of the work in proper manner. And this was responsible for thedisaster.> >> > It is clear that Bajaj, CWC and the union govt would be happy to sell> > this climate change story.> >> > Himanshu> >> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:24 AM, <yadaswati at ...<yadaswati%40gmal.com>>> > wrote:> >> > Brace for Kosi all over> >> > Pune, September 17 Kosi may not be the end of the story; in fact,it may> > be just the beginning. According to research by a team at theUniversity> > of Pune (UoP) and at the College of Military Engineering (CME), there> > has been an increase in the number of 'high altitude flood events' in> > the four Himalayan rivers of Sutlej, Chenab, Beas and Ravi in the last> > 40 years.> >> > A high-altitude flood event happens when river flow at a particular> > point exceeds its average. This could portend more floods in the areas> > in the vicinity of these rivers.> >> > Dr MR Bhutiyani, scientist at the DRDO now on deputation to CME, Dr NJ> > Pawar and Professor Vishwas Kale of UoP studied changing riverpatterns> > in the northwestern Himalayas and published their findings in the> > September issue of Current Science.> >> > Glaciers have receded over the past four decades in both the Ravi and> > the Beas, reducing the contribution of snow and glacier and making the> > rivers largely monsoon-fed. Given the vagaries of the monsoon,there is> > a further change in flow patterns.> >> > "The main reason is global warming, to which glaciers reactimmediately.> > Glaciers act as natural regulators of floods and that is not happening> > because of their near absence.> >> > "The discharge in the rivers is now based totally on the monsoon, but> > its pattern has changed owing to which high precipitation events have> > increased.> >> > The Kosi phenomenon occurred mainly because of very high precipitation> > in the upstream areas," said Bhutiyani.According to him, the onlyway to> > avert such tragedies is to prevent the unnatural routing of theglaciers> > in the Himalayas.> >> > "The ecology of that region is being destroyed due to commercial> > interests and this needs to be curtailed," Bhutiyani said.> >> > Kale, head of the department of geography at UoP, however, feels that> > nature has its own mechanisms to absorb the changes and the effects of> > the global warming may take a few years to be visible.> >> > Even then, one cannot accurately predict the outcome of the all the> > variables that one is observing right now.> >> > Sunanda Mehta> > Sep 18, 2008> > Indian Express> >> > --> > Himanshu Thakkar> >> > South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People,> > c/o 86-D, AD block, Shalimar Bagh,> > Delhi, India> >> > himanshuthakkar at ... <himanshuthakkar%40iitbombay.org>,> > ht.sandrp at ... <ht.sandrp%40gmail.com>> > www.sandrp.in> >> > > >> > > > -->__._,_.___ 
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