Every day, 2000 trucks have been exporting sand and stone to India from Kanchanpur to Maorang. Nowadays, by the side of the southern boarder of Nepal, government of India is constructing highway. Stone and sand are cheap in Nepal, so Indian contractors are buying it materials from Nepal. Export will certainly help to Nepali economy. However, it will increase desertification of Terai.
One truck can carry 20 cubic feet, in average, construction materials. Hence, everyday, 40 thousand cubic feet materials have been exporting India. Nepali exporters are earning Rs 21,500 profit per truck. Therefore, this is very attractive dealing for Nepali. Export permission is granted by District Development Committee, Forest Office and Customs office. All government agencies are concentrating only from economic perspective. Nobody is focusing impact of export on environment of Chure and Terai region.
Level of river is deepening in some areas of Terai region. Irrigation system is not working in Butwal areas due to low level of water in some river. Next year, these problems will be increased rapidly in other parts also. In addition, breadth of river is increasing in Terai region.
Chure area is fragile from the point of geological point of view. Its structure is weak. Nowadays, people started to take out stone from this reason. During rainy season, rivers which are flowing from these areas may leave soil and other debris in terai region. Agriculture land will be filled with such a unnecessary materials. In the end livelihood of farmer of terai region will be very much painful.
Government has made plan to implement Integrated Watershed Programme in Chure area. It has purpose Chure-Terai development programme. On the other hand, National Park and Wildlife Act and Regulation mentioned that only local people can use forest resources for their use only, not for commercial purpose. According to act, wood, stone are forest resources. People can not take these resources outside that area. It clearly shows that act has not given permission to use forest resources for commercial purpose.
It is time to study the situation of Chure-Terai region and find some area and quantity which can be taken or extracted. However, it would affect less for environment. On the other hand, revenue should be increased by making competition among buyers. Nevertheless, sustainable development should be prime concern.
FRIENDS OF THE RIVERS लेबलों वाले संदेश दिखाए जा रहे हैं. सभी संदेश दिखाएं
FRIENDS OF THE RIVERS लेबलों वाले संदेश दिखाए जा रहे हैं. सभी संदेश दिखाएं
बुधवार, 3 सितंबर 2008
बुधवार, 12 सितंबर 2007
NATIONAL GATHERING OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERS
NATIONAL GATHERING OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERS
Dear Friends of the Rivers,
No matter where we work in India, our rivers are under threat.
The rapid industrialization to produce chemicals, petrochemicals, steel, and automobiles for the world market is polluting our rivers in remote rural and tribal areas.
Dam building which had been questioned in the 80’s and had slowed down has become aggressive with the limitless demands for energy for a globalising India.
The insane River-Linking project was supposed to take water from the flood prone east to the drought prone west. However, it is not just U.P and Bihar, which have suffered unprecedented, flood damage, Gujarat and Maharashtra too have had major flooding. The River Linking project has no basis in a period of climate change.
Rapid urbanization is eating into our rivers with land mafias grabbing the flood plains that rivers need for their own freedom and our security. From the 1st of August, a Yamuna Satyagraha has started to stop the encroachment into Yamnua’s flood plain by the Commonwealth Games and other projects. On 15th of August, our Independence Day Satyagrahis planted the National Flag in the river to celebrate the freedom of the river and to pledge themselves to defend her freedom.
All of us struggle in different parts of the country on different facets of threats to the integrity and freedom of our rivers. We feel the time has come to pull our energies together and put the defense of rivers at the center of our diverse struggles.
We, therefore are organizing a one day sharing and strategizing session of friends of the rivers from different parts of the country on 1st October, 2007 from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm at conference room no. 413, Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The objective of the gathering is to take stock of the state of our rivers and plan collective actions for the defense of our rivers.
We do hope you will join us.
Warm regards,
Rajendra Singh Prashant Bhushan Dr. Vandana Shiva
Jal Biradari Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Jal Swaraj Abhiyan
Dear Friends of the Rivers,
No matter where we work in India, our rivers are under threat.
The rapid industrialization to produce chemicals, petrochemicals, steel, and automobiles for the world market is polluting our rivers in remote rural and tribal areas.
Dam building which had been questioned in the 80’s and had slowed down has become aggressive with the limitless demands for energy for a globalising India.
The insane River-Linking project was supposed to take water from the flood prone east to the drought prone west. However, it is not just U.P and Bihar, which have suffered unprecedented, flood damage, Gujarat and Maharashtra too have had major flooding. The River Linking project has no basis in a period of climate change.
Rapid urbanization is eating into our rivers with land mafias grabbing the flood plains that rivers need for their own freedom and our security. From the 1st of August, a Yamuna Satyagraha has started to stop the encroachment into Yamnua’s flood plain by the Commonwealth Games and other projects. On 15th of August, our Independence Day Satyagrahis planted the National Flag in the river to celebrate the freedom of the river and to pledge themselves to defend her freedom.
All of us struggle in different parts of the country on different facets of threats to the integrity and freedom of our rivers. We feel the time has come to pull our energies together and put the defense of rivers at the center of our diverse struggles.
We, therefore are organizing a one day sharing and strategizing session of friends of the rivers from different parts of the country on 1st October, 2007 from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm at conference room no. 413, Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The objective of the gathering is to take stock of the state of our rivers and plan collective actions for the defense of our rivers.
We do hope you will join us.
Warm regards,
Rajendra Singh Prashant Bhushan Dr. Vandana Shiva
Jal Biradari Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Jal Swaraj Abhiyan
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