Since Goa has abundant rainfall why can't the govt go in for rain water harvesting.Delhi is doing it with great sucess
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Freddy Fernandes <[email protected]>wrote: > The Curious Case Of Water Shortage In Goa > > > > Looking around Goa, reminds me of the rhyme "water water everywhere but not > a > drop to drink" and how very true in case of Goa. We have the mighty rivers > flowing 24 x7x365, lakes, ponds and wells all over Goa. The rain Gods too > have > been very generous to us compared to the rest of India. > > > > The flow of water in our rivers may have receded to a great extent, our > lakes, > ponds and wells may have been drying or contaminated because of the impact > of > environmental degradation through mining, untreated sewage, litter, > slitting and > deforestation, but still Goa has been fortunate compared to the rest of > India or > for that matter the most part of the world, but it will not be long before > we > Goans become victims of our own making, if we allow the environmental > degradation to continue unabated. > > > > With the natural recourses that we had pre 1961, if we had to take care of > our > environment and our water bodies, we would not have been facing water > shortages > in such a short time since 1961. Prehistoric civilizations evolved in and > around > water bodies, since then and till today, water has been and will always be > as > important a factor for our survival, as the air that we breathe. Man in all > his > wisdom has fallen short to preserve and protect these two extremely > important > "elements" as we call them in science. > > > > Man in the name of development has destroyed nature and the environment, > polluting the air and the atmosphere and devastating our water bodies and > resources. How very often have we been caught unawares by nature's fury ? > But do > we really learn from our mistakes ? Until and unless environmental > degradation > is stopped and our water bodies and sources are protected, our water > scarcity > problems will only multiply and magnify at an alarming pace. It is high > time our > authorities treat this issue with concern and seriousness and act, taking > remedial steps to stop the degradation of our environment and our water > bodies. > > > > Last few years we have been hearing so much about the contamination of our > well, > ponds, springs and other bodies, what action has the government taken to > stop > this contamination ? It is just not enough to set up committees and get > reports, > all these committees and reports are useless, a total waste of time and > money if > in the end there is no action orientation over these facts. > > > > Even though we have a lot of rivers, lakes, ponds, streams and wells, along > with > a healthy, yearly average rainfall and an occasional cloud burst due to > mini > tsunami or whatever in the Indian ocean, in most parts of Goa people are > still > suffering from acute shortage of water, it looks to be the curious case of > "water water being everywhere but not a drop to drink" > > > > If we do not take immediate action, no matter how many tanks our > politicians > distribute, we will still suffer from shortage of water. What can we store > in > these tanks if there is no enough water flowing in our taps ? Only if there > is > ample water flowing, can the tanks be filled. Distribution of tanks does > not > assure continues supply of water on the contrary, there will be even more > problems as water will be unevenly distributed, people with these tanks > will > have more water where as the unfortunate people who have not found favour > with > the minister will be affected more, as the water supply will not increase > by any > means, only the favoured few bootlickers will benefit. > > > > I wonder who were the people who benefited from the generosity of our > minister ? > I doubt if any of the tanks have reached the people who really needed them, > I am > told that a lot of these tanks are installed in the houses of the Panchayat > body > members, the bootlickers, who are die hard supporters of the PWD minister > and > his daughter. By the way what was the criteria followed for the > distribution of > these tanks ? > > > > There has been a furor in the Goa legislative Assembly because of the > unplanned, > unauthorized distribution of these water tanks. Knowing our politicians > fully > well for they are, no matter what assertions and claims the MLA's and > ministers > make, whatever said and done the fact is our politicians specially our > ministers > will not do anything unless there is something in cash or kind in it for > them, > unfortunately and regrettably that is the basic fact or truth about Goan > politics today. > > > > Today our PWD minister is crying at the top of his voice, that he has had > no > monetary gains from this water tank deal worth crores. Can we really trust > a fox > guard the hen house ? What's your take ? > > > > Freddy Agnelo Fernandes > -------------------------------------------------------- > > The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use > of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are > specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or > legally privileged information. 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