Nice that I went to listen to Rajendrasinghji, waterman of India. Very informative, entertaining and inspiring. Organised by Builders Association of India, Mysore Chapter.
The main focus of the talk on based on 3 decades of his work in water conservation and rural transformation in several districts in Rajasthan .
1. Water conservation is a simple program of trapping water rain into multitudes of smaller tanks by local communities by themselves and not by corporates or Governments through intermediary contractors. SMALL AND LOCAL SELF HEL IS BEAUTIFUL, REALLY
2. The small scale conservation even changes the hydrologic cycle and helps growing trees and makes low level cloud formation and precipitation on previous barren lands. It changes the landscape over a period. A climate adaptation happens reversing the process of desertification. DON'T ATTEMPT THINGS TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT..
3. Development takes place naturally of agriculture and change of landscape over period. The process is democratically democratic and contagious. Over 1000 villages in the previous dry land has been brought back to life and reversal migration has happened. Six dry revers are made perennial again. WATER CONSERVATION IS the BASIS FOR GRASS ROOT DEMOCRACY.
4. Most wars today are water wars. Depletion of water with modern development of agriculture and industry is the reason for poverty and exploitation and leads to conflicts and wars. EVEN SYRIAN WAR IS BASICALLY WATER WAR, NOT RELIGIOUS ONE AS MADE OUT BY MEDIA. Rajendra singhji said. OBVIOUSLY OVERSIMPLIFIED.
THE TALK WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING. SINGH WAS A NATURAL COMMUNICATOR, an essential quality of a grass root level leader. He spoke humorously in a mixture of English and Hindi very effectively engaging the audience.
TWO MAJOR QUESTIONS REMAIN: The geo-hydrologic nature of the regions differs, therefore what method is successful in Rajasthan MAY NOTt be replicable elsewhere; in Coastal Karnataka or Malnad for example. The social dynamics that was possible in this region may not be possible in another part of India , requiring a different organisational approach. However, Democratic community LEADERSHIP, not necessarily electoral DEMOCRACY, perhaps, is the answer to many an ills of water conservation and rural underdevelopment. How many would agree?
The main focus of the talk on based on 3 decades of his work in water conservation and rural transformation in several districts in Rajasthan .
1. Water conservation is a simple program of trapping water rain into multitudes of smaller tanks by local communities by themselves and not by corporates or Governments through intermediary contractors. SMALL AND LOCAL SELF HEL IS BEAUTIFUL, REALLY
2. The small scale conservation even changes the hydrologic cycle and helps growing trees and makes low level cloud formation and precipitation on previous barren lands. It changes the landscape over a period. A climate adaptation happens reversing the process of desertification. DON'T ATTEMPT THINGS TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT..
3. Development takes place naturally of agriculture and change of landscape over period. The process is democratically democratic and contagious. Over 1000 villages in the previous dry land has been brought back to life and reversal migration has happened. Six dry revers are made perennial again. WATER CONSERVATION IS the BASIS FOR GRASS ROOT DEMOCRACY.
4. Most wars today are water wars. Depletion of water with modern development of agriculture and industry is the reason for poverty and exploitation and leads to conflicts and wars. EVEN SYRIAN WAR IS BASICALLY WATER WAR, NOT RELIGIOUS ONE AS MADE OUT BY MEDIA. Rajendra singhji said. OBVIOUSLY OVERSIMPLIFIED.
THE TALK WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING. SINGH WAS A NATURAL COMMUNICATOR, an essential quality of a grass root level leader. He spoke humorously in a mixture of English and Hindi very effectively engaging the audience.
TWO MAJOR QUESTIONS REMAIN: The geo-hydrologic nature of the regions differs, therefore what method is successful in Rajasthan MAY NOTt be replicable elsewhere; in Coastal Karnataka or Malnad for example. The social dynamics that was possible in this region may not be possible in another part of India , requiring a different organisational approach. However, Democratic community LEADERSHIP, not necessarily electoral DEMOCRACY, perhaps, is the answer to many an ills of water conservation and rural underdevelopment. How many would agree?
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