How to solve interstate water disputes and purify our rivers including Ganga?‏

Erratic rainfall and a growing population have raised the demand for water and it sparking interstate spats. The tribunals are failing to solve water sharing disputes between the states and the cases are stagnating at the Supreme Court of India. Because of political parties vote bank politics they are using it as a weapon, it will flare up the enmity between peoples of different states, and ultimately it will threaten the integrity of India. Some state governments are building the Dam’s without permission’s which is leading to lawlessness in the country. By year 2030 the demand of water supply is going to be doubled, so it is the right time to act.

Central govt. should create a River Authority of India (RAI) and nationalize all the rivers, lakes and dams in India, should make all the state Chief ministers as board members and Prime Minister as Managing Director , they will have voting rights based on the weighted average of their responding state population and they amount of water flows through that state. The current tribunals are allocating the water based on past availability. RAI should allocate water on monthly basis based on the availability of the water for that month. States which are drawing the water from Dam, should pay their share for maintenance costs for Dams. We need to interlink the rivers for better utilization of water. We should add one more Fundamental Right to our constitution to get 10 liters of treated water per day for drinking and cooking, and government will be responsible to supply.

Guideline’s to formulate and allocate water for each state.

1. First it should allocate 200 Liters per person for basic daily consumption.
2. It should allocate water for Hydro Power stations to run 24 hours.
3. It should allocate water for Irrigation systems, first preference should be given to naturally flowing system then for lift irrigation systems one crop per year.
4. It should allocate water to Industries.
5. Excess water should be allocated for Irrigation systems, first preference should be given to naturally flowing system then for lift irrigation systems for second crop in that year.
6. For Drinking water and Hydro Power stations allocations should be based on top – down approach.
7. Irrigation and Industrial allocations should be based on down – top approach.

Currently 80% of the City’s untreated sewage is flowing into the rivers, lakes and ponds, as a result Nitrate levels are too high in ground water all around the India, not only this untreated industrial waste is flowing through the rivers and polluting all the water resources, it is creating the hazardous conditions to public health . As per Article 47 of Indian Constitution the duty of the State is to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health, So far our rulers failed to improve or to protect the public health. Most urgently needed action is to clean all the Rivers. Our newly elected Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi took the first step to clean our Ganga River, I would like to contribute myself to this project and suggest the following new innovative processes to clean up our precious rivers round the clock.

Process 1: Construct 3 pipe lines on both sides along the rivers banks. One pipe for Drinking water, one pipe for Sewage water and one pipe for Industrial Liquid Waste. It will help us to block the sewage water and industrial liquid waste flowing into the rivers. RAI will be responsible to lay down these lines and establish Treatment Centers for every 100KM to treat sewage and industrial liquid waste and drinking water treatment. State governments will be responsible to facilitate and mandate the industries, cities and villages to connect the sewage and industrial waste to the main pipe (RAI laid) lines.

Process 2: Construct River Float Collector (RFC) at every 100 KM. It will collect all the floating objects like plastic bottles, covers, trees and dead bodies.

Process 3: Construct River Silt Collector (RSC) at possible locations and before dam reservoirs to clean up the silt (Sedimentation) round the clock from reverbed (underwater).

 

Take the preventive measures to reduce the sedimentation, such as planting trees and draft walls to stop the land sliding. And also use conventional dredgers in Dam reservoirs to remove sedimentation. Re-excavate the rivers to deepening and to remove the sedimentation and to strengthen the river banks.

This project needs lots of money and long term commitment. It is most desired and essential project to meet our future water supply demand. Supreme Court of India is keeping lots of pressure on government of India to clean Ganga river, but what about other rivers? Government of India told that it will take 18 years just to clean Ganga River, when it is going to start and finish the cleaning remaining rivers? Let’s step up and speak up for cleaning of all the rivers.

Vande mataram.

Thanking You
Vishnu Alluri