Comment originally posted on the Water Governance LinkedIn Group:
I already posted my views in another Group Water Link International.
Nevertheless, I post the same here again. I have no intention to belittle anybody.
I feel happy that this interesting concept which remained dormant for four decades has again become alive. Why it remained dormant for such a long time is not clear to me.
The water situation in the Ganges Basin has been a passion for me, ever since I started my Ph.D. work in IIT, Kanpur during 1970-1975 on 'Estimation of Groundwater Recharge in the Indo-Gangetic Alluvial Plains'. Even now, my recharge estimates are being used by the Central and State Agencies. I vividly recollect those moments when I used to discuss with my very respectable teacher Prof. Lakshminarayana who taught me Hydrology. During the last four decades or so, I have been trying my best to bring together all the stakeholders, for the benefit of a proper management and institutional development of the integral Ganges basin, considering it as a common responsibility.
I am surprised to know from Vladir's article that the participants in the April 2012 conference were ignorant about the GWM concept. Unfortunately I could not attend the conference. During the last four decades, I found even the agriculture experts in India, although, mention on the importance of water in food security, yet, they emphasize more on the biotechnology and GM Products based new crop varieties.
I think GWM concept is quite energy intensive. It would have been worthwhile to implement the concept four decades back. And, now after four decades, when the Ganges Basin has become over-populated, urbanized, industrialized, and so on....., there are many complexities associated with it.
Hence was my views in the previous posting.
Anyway, the time has come that all the good willing stakeholders come forward leaving aside their ego, self interest and benefits, position in their respective organization, or promotion or financial support, honors, recognition or so on.
With your experience and knowledge, I welcome your suggestions on how to go about now for implementation of the GWM concept or other new ideas.
By Prof. Partha Sarathi Datta
Comment originally posted on the Water Governance LinkedIn Group:
I already posted my views in another Group Water Link International.
Nevertheless, I post the same here again. I have no intention to belittle anybody.
I feel happy that this interesting concept which remained dormant for four decades has again become alive. Why it remained dormant for such a long time is not clear to me.
The water situation in the Ganges Basin has been a passion for me, ever since I started my Ph.D. work in IIT, Kanpur during 1970-1975 on 'Estimation of Groundwater Recharge in the Indo-Gangetic Alluvial Plains'. Even now, my recharge estimates are being used by the Central and State Agencies. I vividly recollect those moments when I used to discuss with my very respectable teacher Prof. Lakshminarayana who taught me Hydrology. During the last four decades or so, I have been trying my best to bring together all the stakeholders, for the benefit of a proper management and institutional development of the integral Ganges basin, considering it as a common responsibility.
I am surprised to know from Vladir's article that the participants in the April 2012 conference were ignorant about the GWM concept. Unfortunately I could not attend the conference. During the last four decades, I found even the agriculture experts in India, although, mention on the importance of water in food security, yet, they emphasize more on the biotechnology and GM Products based new crop varieties.
I think GWM concept is quite energy intensive. It would have been worthwhile to implement the concept four decades back. And, now after four decades, when the Ganges Basin has become over-populated, urbanized, industrialized, and so on....., there are many complexities associated with it.
Hence was my views in the previous posting.
Anyway, the time has come that all the good willing stakeholders come forward leaving aside their ego, self interest and benefits, position in their respective organization, or promotion or financial support, honors, recognition or so on.
With your experience and knowledge, I welcome your suggestions on how to go about now for implementation of the GWM concept or other new ideas.
By Prof. Partha Sarathi Datta