IRRIGATIONINDIA- THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF DEVELOPED NATION

DEVELOPMENT IS THE KEY WORD FOR NATIONS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES . DEVELOPED NATION AND DEVELOPING NATIONS.
THE RICH ,DEVELOPED ,CAPITALISED COUNTRIES AIM IS TO GROW THEIR MONEY. INCREASE THEIR PROFIT .IT IS NOT WRONG. IT IS INDIVIDUALS FREEDOM . BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS BOUND TO FEED ITS PEOPLE. INDIA IS BASICALLY IS A COUNTRY OF AGRO-CIVILISATION .INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION BACKS TO 2500 BC. THE POPULATION IS PLENTY,THE LAND AND OTHER NATIONAL RESOURES ARE SCARCE. WE HAVE TO MANAGE TO PRODUCE MORE PER UNIT AREA OF LAND , PER UNIT VOLUME OF WATER.

INITIAL PLANNERS OF INDIA WERE IMPORTING FOOD . THE COUNTRY WHICH EXPORTED FOOD ,FOLLOWED A POLICY OF ARMTWISTING . THEY USED FOOD AS A WEAPON ,TO BRING INDIA TO THEIR LINE .
BUT INDIA OVER CAME THOSE PRESSURE AND BY ITS GREEN REVOLUTION WAS SELF SUFFICIENT IN FOOD SECURITY BY 70S . BUT THE EXPLODING GROWTH OF POPULATION DEFEATED THE ACHIEVEMENT. THE WORLD FORWARDED FAST. TO CATCH THE PACE OF FAST MOVING COUNTRIES INDIA HAD TO CHANGE ITS DEVELOPMENT POLICY. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR ITS GROWTH AND HENCE THE AGRICULTURAL AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT WAS PUT BEHIND THE AGENDA OF DEVELOPMENT.

CHINA IS THE BIG DAM BUILDER 22000 LARGE DAMS ARE THERE ,USA IS SECOND IN POSITION HAVING MORE THAN 10,000 DAMS ,INDIA IS ONLY THE THIRD IN ROW WITH ABOUT 5000 BIG DAMS.
THE DEVELOPED NATION WANTED INDIA TO SLOW DOWN DAM CONSTRUCTION.WORLD BANK WHICH GAVE BIG MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BIG DAMS WENT BACK IN ITS PROMISE AND STOPPED ASSISTANCE TO INDIA FOR BUILDING DAMS .THE ENVIRONMENTAL LOBY EXERTED ITS PRESSURE TO DO THIS. THE POOR PEOPLE VOICE WAS SILENCED IN THIS VALLEY.

IRRIGATIONINDIA-THE NEED

INDIAN POPULATION CROSSES BILLION .IT WILL OUT GROW CHINA BY 2020.WHERE IS FOOD FOR ALL THESE MOUTH ? THE FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL INDIANS SHOULD BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.IRRIGATION IS AN ARTIFICIAL APPLICATION OF WATER TO THE SOIL FOR THE GROWTH OF PLANTS. IN ARID REGION IT TAKES PLACE OF RAINFALL.WHERE RAIN IS SCANTY IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DRY CROPS .WHERE RAIN IS ABUNDANT BUT UNCERTAIN IT SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEED OF CROPS AND AVOID THE CROP LOSE DUE TO DROUGHT. AS A MALAYALAM POET N.N.KAKKAD WROTE IN HIS POEM ,SAFALAMEE YAATRA
"MAZHA EPPOLPEYYUM,EVIDEPEYYUM,AARKKUMARIYILLALLO".THAT MEANS WHEN IT WILL RAIN WHERE IT WILL RAIN NOBODY KNOWS. IN SUCH UNCERTAINTY OF RAINFALL IRRIGATION HELPS US TO MANAGE WATER RESOURCE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF FOOD CROPS.
THE FIRST PRIORITY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA WAS TO FEED ALL THE 40 CRORE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY PUNDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TOLD "DAMS ARE TEMPLES OF MODERN INDIA"
IT STORES WATER FOR FUTURE NEEDS OF CROPS .HE WAS A VISIONARY OF FUTURE. THANKS. WE EAT TODAY ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS POLICY.

IRRIGATIONINDIA

HI EVERYBODY,

LET ME INTRODUCE ME AS AN ENGINEER WHO SERVED AS AN IRRIGATION ENGINEER WHO HAD BEEN WORKING IN KERALA GOVERNMENT IN THE WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT FROM 1972 TO 2003.

AFTER RETIREMENT I AM WORKING AS A VISITING PROFESSOR CIVIL IN BHARATH UNIVERSITY,SELAYUR,CHENNAI-73,TAMILNADU,INDIA.

I WISH TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH ALL.

KNOWLEDGE 4 ALL. IS MY MOTTO.

EDUCATION HAVE BECOME A BUSINESS.
LESS PREVILAGED STUDENTS ARE DENIED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE .

THISBLOG IS ALL ABOUT IRRIGATION.