TO DAY I HAPPENED TO READ ABOUT THE SHOCKING NEWS TENZING IS NO MORE. HE LEFT THE WORLD ABOUT ONE YEAR BACK ON 26TH JULY 2010 AT HIS NATIVE PLACE IN SIKKIM.
I REMEMBER HIM AS THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR ,KANNUR,A DISTRICT IN NORTH KERALA.
IT WAS A HOT SUMMER MONTH.THERE WAS HOT DISCUSSION IN COLLECTORATE FOR TIDING THE DIFFICULTY OF DROUGHT. EVERYBODY WANTED DEEP BORE WELL DUG IN THEIR VILLAGES. THERE ARE 90 VILLAGES IN KANNUR. SOME WANTED WATER TO BE SUPPLIED THROUGH LORRY TO QUENCH THE THIRST OF WATER. THERE WERE HEATED EXCHANGE OF WORDS BETWEEN RULING PARTY AND OPPOSITION. DISTRICT COLLECTOR P.G.TENZING PATIENTLY HEARD ALL. TOLD THE MONEY AT THE DISPOSAL OF COLLECTOR IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY ALL THEIR NEEDS. HE APPEALED TO THE MEMBERS OF RULING PARTY TO GET SUFFICIENT FUND FROM GOVERNMENT
IN THE SAME DAY EVENING WHILE PLAYING TENNIS HE SAW SOME MEN TAKING BATH FROM THE OPEN WELL .THE MAN WAS POURING WATER ON HIS BODY .HE COUNTED THE NUMBER OF BUCKET OF WATER HE DREW FOR BATH. MORE THAN TWENTY. HE MURMURED " MALAYALEES DONT KNOW TO RESPECT WATER" NEXT DAY HE CALLED ME . HE STARTED A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION -KANNUR WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY - WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS FROM TEACHERS,BANKERS, POLITICIANS, PANCHAYATH PRESIDENTS, OFFICIALS ,ENGINEERS, AGRICULTURISTS AND SO ON. PAZHASSI IRRIGATION PROJECT WAS CRITICISED AS A FAILED IRRIGATION PROJECT BY CRITICS. BUT IT FED WATER TO MAHI, AND KANNUR , AND MANY VILLAGES OF THE DISTRICT. IRRIGATION PROJECT IS USED TO QUENCH THE THIRST OF PEOPLE DURING DROUGHT . I PRAY GOD TENZING , U COME BACK IN UR NEW BIRTH AND FULFILL YOUR DREAM PROJECT..
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