A dead Yamuna weeps for its
survival
Keeping the Yamuna free of
encumbrances is vital for the local birdlife, yes, but even more critical for a
water-scarce city such as Delhi
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Modified: Wed, Mar 09 2016. 12 40 AM IST
BAHAR DUTT ( Sister of BARKHA DUTT as per BRKHA
DUTT’s claim on TWITTER)
SriSriSri.........Jamuna Killer-Says he is
GOD!& will RESTORE MURDERED JAMUNA
overnight?!
A dead Yamuna weeps fr its survival
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/R9Yli1zoBXItWUQBzhA42O/A-dead-Yamuna-weeps-for-its-survival.html
MY
COMMENTS on this FORTH RIGHT and HARD HITTING ARTICLE:
THE
ARTICLE is a FORTH RIGHT and HARD HITTING article ,in which the WRITER speaks from the depths of her ANGUISHED and
LAMENTING HEART, over the BRUTALITY and SAVAGERY with which a LIVING STRETCH of
the RIVER JAMUNA has been MURDERED with hardly any chance of restoration to
life, not in another 10 years at the least; She speaks of the Brutality and
Savagery of supposedly a "GOD MAN" who is NORMALLY busy with a
"MASQUERADE of a PREACHER PREACHING " HOW to LIVE and LIVE in
PEACE" to Humans and while doing so, has BUILT such a POWERFUL EMPIRE of
HIS that EVEN the govt of the day is FORCED to OBLIGE not only to ALLOW this
DESTRUCTION of RARE FLORA & FAUNA's HABITATS but also, it has been FORCED
to OBLIGE by LENDING and PUTTING at the DISPOSAL of this SANGHI SYMPATHISER/SUPPORTER, our GREAT
and HIGHLY RESPECTED INDIAN ARMY, just like any other SMALL TIME PRIVATE CIVIL
CONTRACTOR, to BUILD on this "DOGMAN'S" behest, PONTOON BRIDGES, that
take MONTHS to BUILD, just for the sake of
HIS THREE DAY JAMBOREE, intended
apparently, ONLY to CREATE an INDIAN RECORD in the GUINES BOOK OF RECORDS!
THE FANTASTIC and written from the DEPTHS of
ones HEART "News Letter from BAHAR DUTT ( who is INCIDENTALLY & to
quote Barkha Dutt herself, BARKHA DUTT'S SISTER)
A dead Yamuna weeps for its survival
Keeping the Yamuna free of encumbrances is vital for the local birdlife,
yes, but even more critical for a water-scarce city such as Delhi
Newsletter
Bahar Dutt
A dead Yamuna weeps for its survival
Keeping the Yamuna free of encumbrances is
vital for the local birdlife, yes, but even more critical for a water-scarce
city such as Delhi
The three-day cultural festival will see 35,000
musicians perform simultaneously on a seven-acre stage. Over 3.5 million people
are expected at the event for which pontoon bridges were constructed across the
river, on which no construction is permitted. Photo: Reuters
The three-day cultural festival will see 35,000
musicians perform simultaneously on a seven-acre stage. Over 3.5 million people
are expected at the event for which pontoon bridges were constructed across the
river, on which no construction is permitted. Photo: Reuters
Kapil Mishra, law minister in the Delhi
government and chairperson of Delhi Jal Board, has lent his support to the
controversial Art of Living event to be held on the Yamuna floodplains. He says
he wants “more events to be held on the banks of the river”. This from a party
that has been celebrating its commitment to green issues by flagging off the
odd-even formula in the city. And this, for an event which every scientist has
stated, on record, in proceedings before the National Green Tribunal (NGT),
will damage the floodplains of the Yamuna forever.
Even as I write this, the countdown to the
World Spiritual Festival has begun. The three-day cultural festival will see
35,000 musicians perform simultaneously on a seven-acre stage. Over 3.5 million
people are expected at the event for which pontoon bridges were constructed
across the river, on which no construction is permitted.
The floodplains are home to over 200 species of
birds and, despite the pollution in the river, are still vibrant with
biodiversity. They also help recharge groundwater for the city. Keeping the
Yamuna free of encumbrances is vital for the local birdlife, yes, but even more
critical for a water-scarce city such as Delhi.
Not one party has opposed this systematic
destruction of the lifeline of Delhi. That’s why as a citizen of Delhi, I feel
let down that every single arm of the government willingly gave permission for
such a huge jamboree to be allowed on the banks of the Yamuna.
In April 2007, a similar event was planned on
the same stretch: a shopping extravaganza on the lines of the Dubai Shopping
Festival. The organizers boasted of a “spectacular display of fireworks and a
carnival every night along with 25 restaurants and a food court and a footfall
of over 30,000 visitors everyday”. The news channel I was part of then went
behind the scenes and broadcast a story on how, overnight, reed beds had been
flattened and the floodplain destroyed. Based on that, a petition was filed in
court and a committee that had been set up by the high court to look at
encroachments on the Yamuna was asked to step in.
Sadly, this time around, the clout of the
organizers is such that even the army was asked to pitch in to help build
pontoon bridges, and the prime minister is expected to attend the event. The
organizers of the event have pleaded in court that it is too late now to shift
the venue elsewhere, yet it seems odd that the city of Delhi, with all its
infrastructure, had no other place to hold this mega event? What happened to
the city’s stadia, or the Ramlila grounds or Pragati Maidan?
The head of the Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar has dismissed all criticism as being “biased” and assured people that
he will “beautify” the region. With due respect to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, his
views represent a limited notion of ecological restoration. Restoration of a
habitat cannot happen overnight simply by the release of some enzymes or by
removing debris. Further, beautifying an area doesn’t imply restoring it for
biodiversity or being able to bring back the small waterbodies that were
supporting avifauna or other micro-organisms. Already, the number of migratory
birds that used to visit the floodplains of the Yamuna has gone down
significantly because of construction on the Noida side. This event, as
Professor A.K. Gosain (the head of the committee appointed by the National
Green Tribunal) points out, has “left a permanent footprint on the floodplain”.
The Yamuna is not the Ganga. Even for the Kumbh
Mela, one must not forget, water is diverted from different barrages before the
mega event takes place to ensure there is a flowing river. By the time the
Yamuna enters the city, it is a stressed-out, overworked river carrying the
excreta and industrial waste of the city. That’s why the Art of Living’s
argument in court—that if the Ganga can withstand the pressures of millions of
people from the Kumbh, so can the Yamuna—is hollow.
The triumvirate of the Delhi Development Authority,
the Delhi government and the central government has collectively ensured the
systematic destruction of the floodplains. The citizens of Delhi must embrace
the Yamuna issue as their own, just as they did the odd-even formula. They must
ask their government why it allowed an event on the banks of a river which is
already in peril. Mega events on the floodplains of the river are an absolute
no; unfortunately, this event will only open the floodgates for many such
requests. In the meantime, an already dead river weeps for its survival.
Bahar Dutt
Bahar Dutt is a conservation biologist and
author of Green Wars: Dispatches from a Vanishing World.
SriSriSri....Jamuna Killer-Says he is GOD!& wl
RESTORE KILLED JAMUNA overnight?!
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Jamuna Killer-Says he's GOD&wl RESTORE MURDERD
JAMUNA ovrnight?!
A dead Yamuna weeps fr its survival-BAHAR DUTT
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