Why water is required in excess than available and why there is surplus in some basins. This has to be critically examined. The water of west flowing rivers has not been diverted to the east side of the hill ranges on western side of the Karnataka state. Nobody is objecting to it. But it could not be done . Why ? This explains that our conscious is not good, when we talk of interlinking of rivers. We want want to bring water from politically weak areas to politically strong areas of India, which may cause heart burning among losers. After some time these so called politically weak areas may become strong, then the water will stop coming to beneficiaries through interlinking of projects. What will than happen to the huge money invested on interlinking projects. To avoid such a situation, government of India may seek public opinion by way of referendum or other methods and get the interlinking projects approved by the people of beneficiary and loser areas. Gandhi Sagar dam is an example of such a situation.
Published by Yogesh Agrawal, Director (retired), Minor irrigation schemes, Water Resources Department at Govt of Rajasthan
Why water is required in excess than available and why there is surplus in some basins. This has to be critically examined. The water of west flowing rivers has not been diverted to the east side of the hill ranges on western side of the Karnataka state. Nobody is objecting to it. But it could not be done . Why ? This explains that our conscious is not good, when we talk of interlinking of rivers. We want want to bring water from politically weak areas to politically strong areas of India, which may cause heart burning among losers. After some time these so called politically weak areas may become strong, then the water will stop coming to beneficiaries through interlinking of projects. What will than happen to the huge money invested on interlinking projects. To avoid such a situation, government of India may seek public opinion by way of referendum or other methods and get the interlinking projects approved by the people of beneficiary and loser areas. Gandhi Sagar dam is an example of such a situation.