Showing posts with label gushing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gushing. Show all posts

Friday, April 27, 2012

Reigning in Water


A global phenomenon that is observed  (especially in the developing countries) is the frequent recurrence of draught and flood.
I feel that we can prevent this up to a large extend if we manage to reign in our rivers (guiding them to the less irrigated parts) and provide waste water services.
Though it may sound simple, it is a Herculean task, but the motivating factor to accomplish this is “the will to do it” by our city fathers.

Can we have such banners / links (like the one above) where we just inform the authorities and they will promptly fix it.
Reminds me of a news item I saw last week  on  TV where nice clean water was gushing out from under a small culvert in Kerala (south India) It was reported to the authorities and many experts came and did a lot of investigation but could not locate the source of the leak !! 
Meanwhile the village folks were making best use of the clean water in the prevailing summer time and water cuts.  
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