Water transport cum reservoir in Delhi in Yamuna River:
“………… The steamer service could be made well connected with the road transport up to certain points from Wazirabad to Akshardham in Delhi which would be a source of revenue out of the international and domestic tourists. The money earned out of it could be utilised for its maintenance.”….
“…………….. This time money should not be expended without keeping monitoring of the work done and the installments should also be fixed. The next installment should only be released after satisfactory progress done certificate issued by the competent authority who has to bear accountability of the project endorsed by the Minister of tourism and /or Urban Development.”
Sondhi V.N.
16.11.2009
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It is a strange that Delhi is facing scarcity of water while the holy River Yamuna is flowing in the heart of the city. Delhi could be more beautiful if the due care had been taken up for the river and water crisis would never have been arised. Hundreds crores of Rupees was extended for cleaning the river for no result. And more interestingly no inquiry was commissioned in this regard. The desire of undue advantage, which leads to corruption, is the basic cause of failure of any noble plan.
It has become a fashion to pass on blame on others for any type of loss and wash our own hands and do publicity of our own cleanliness/ fairness/ honesty/ loyalty etc. This type of attitude may be seen at nuclear level of a family up to compound level at political platform. None of them feel guilty and accept their fault and do not do commitment to not repeat it, as the desire of un-due advantage has become our moral at any cost. The efforts are needed to highlight and make the people aware about the actual disadvantages of this attitude of people’s representatives for society and country as a whole.
The lack of awareness and most of the time irresponsible attitude we waste Drinking water, which is being in scarcity day by day. If we have to stop its scarcity and easily available to every one, it is the duty of every individual and at community level as well as at Government level to do best possible efforts to stop wastage of drinking water and to restore the natural rainy water up to an optimum level so that it could be utilised and overcome its scarcity. It is the duty of the Government to run such programme at block level about the storage of rainy water. The old concept of ‘Taalab’ has been disappeared. It is one of the reasons of downing the ground water level.
The Government should take an initiative to remove the sand of the riverbeds of Yamuna River in Delhi up to the depth required for floating for steamers and furnish garden at its bank with the expert advise of an horticulturist giving beautiful shape of land-scaping, ponds full of lily and lotus and ducks/fish. It would be a lovely attraction for tourism. The steamer service could be made well connected with the road transport up to certain points from Wazirabad to Akshardham which would be a source of revenue out of the international and domestic tourists. The money earned out of it could be utilised for its maintenance. Its major and prime objective/advantage of digging and removing the riverbeds would be to create natural long belt of reservoir for storing the rainy water. This would also save from the danger of floods and there would not be need of looking towards the neighboring states for water to remove its crisis in hot summer rather Delhi would not have fear of flood in case the neighboring state through excess water in odd weather/ situation. And the most important action should be taken by the Government to put penalties to the industrialist who are throwing unprocessed industrial waste in the river and serious action should be taken against them. The Government at the outlet points of the drainage Nalas should install the bio plants so that pollution of the river water could be stopped.
For fulfilling this task of cleaning of Yamuna and for its beautification will not involve much budget rather the Government can earn money simultaneously of cleaning of the river. The Government may issue a public notice to invite builders and contractors to dig and carry sand from the river at nominal price viz.Rs.10/- per truck and this opportunity should be given for a certain period of time so that the work could be finished within certain framework of time (before the Common wealth Games 2010). This nominal price of sand will be an incentive to attract builders and contractors.
The project should be started at the earliest so that it could complete before the Commonwealth Games as it would be great interest of tourism too.
Similarly,Steamer service, land escaping and building beautiful gardens at the bank of Yamuna in the Historical city of Agra would beautify the city and could increase tourism.
On the same lines the tourism may be enhanced in the Historical Capital of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow where Gomti River flows in the heart of the city.
V.N.Sondhi
19.08.2005
Happy to note that Delhi Government is thinking to clean Yamuna and some budget has been sanctioned for its decoration in the form of land-scaping etc. However until and unless the silt layered on the riverbed is not removed the whole process would be temporary relief like a pain killer capsule. The riverbed should be cleaned up to the depth of about five meter and its surrounding should be cleaned and then land escaping should be done. Accordingly at nominal rate i.e. at token charges the builders/transporters should be given permit to dig and take away the sand of the river from the stretch of twenty-two kilometers from Wazirabad to Akshardham so that The steamer service could be made well connected with the road transport up to certain points from Wazirabad to Akshardham which would be a source of revenue out of the international and domestic tourists. In this manner some supporting revenue would be collected if not equal amount of the budget required for the beautification of the Holy River Yamuna.
Where are those intellectuals who were running “YAMUNA JIYAO ABHIYAN”? Why do not they start some constructive program with right approach and help and force the Government to act vigilant with watchdog eyes? Because lots of money- hundreds crores of Rupees have been expended for no use, and no one has its accountability. Where are the auditors? This time money should not be expended without keeping monitoring of the work done and the installments should also be fixed. The next installment only should be released after satisfactory progress done certificate issued by the competent authority who has to bear accountability of the project endorsed by the Minister of tourism and /or Urban Development. After all it is public money.
(V.N.Sondhi)
16.11.2009
Number of rivers in India are flowing through heart of the city and hundreds of crores of public money has been expended for their maintenance by our MPs/MLAs with the assistance of their associated administration but result is worse than worse. The reason is the infiltration of corruption in the nerves of the system which is known to an Hawker and up to the level of PM. The difference is in the language of expression. An Hawker can not define it in the language of political Science and Commerce as he does not possess the skill of articulation of words.
Let the beginning from Yamuna again, one more effort. However there is probability is that our politician will encash it at the first instance for UK travel to visit Themes River and expend public money.
When we would have Leaders of creative Leaders? It is too late now.
The time needs groups of social activists of the caliber of freedom fighters ( not mole freedom fighters, as even in the freedom movement many knowened freedom fighters did shake hands with British. Sh.Chandrashekhar Azad had to shoot himself due to that only. The seen is same. This time, public have to face to their own people and for that a movement for Electoral Reform is must.)
Vijay
17.11.2009
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