PENNY JOHN CUICK-THE PIONEER OF IBT IN INDIA.

HI READER,
BEFORE WRITING MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS SUBJECT ,I WISH TO SHOWER ENCOMIUMS TO THE FIRST ROYAL ENGINEER WHO MOOTED THE IDEA OF INTER BASIN TRANSFER OF WATER FROM ONE RIVER BASIN TO ANOTHER. HIS VENTURE IS UNIQUE IN THE SENCE THAT HE DIDNOT TRANSFER WATER FROM ONE BASIN TO NEARBY NEXT BASIN. HE FOUGHT AGAINST THE NATURE .TO DIVERT THE NATURAL FLOW OF WATER FROM ONE DIRECTION TO EXACTLY TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  ONE OF THE WEST FLOWING RIVERS ,PERIYAR,IN SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA ,WAS DIVERTED TO EAST TO JOIN THE EAST FLOWING RIVER VAIGAI OF MADURAI DISTRICT.
THIS WAS A MARVELLOUS ENGINEERING FEATIN THOSE AGES WHEN TECHNOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTION HAD NOT REACHED TO THE LEVEL OF MODERN AGE.HATS OFF TO PENNY JOHN CUICK.

INTER BASIN TRANSFER OF WATER

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY 2013.
AFTER A LONG GAP LET ME START AGAIN .

Interbasin transfer or transbasin diversion are terms used to describe man-made conveyance schemes which move water from one river basin where it is available, to another basin where water is less available .

The purpose of such designed schemes can be to alleviate water shortages in the receiving basin, to generate electricity, or both.  While ancient water supply examples exist, the first modern developments were undertaken in the 19th century in Australia, India and the United States. Since conveyance of water between natural basins are described as both a subtraction at the source and as an addition at the destination, such projects may be controversial in some places and over time; they may also be seen as controversial due to their scale, costs and environmental or developmental impacts. Green Revolution in India and hydropower development in Canada could not have been accomplished without such man-made transfers.(COURTSEY WIKIPEDIA).

PARAMBIKULAM-ALIYAR A BRIEF

THIS PROJECT IS A SYMBOL OF INTER-STATE CO-OPERATION OF THE TWO NEIGHBOURING STATES OF INDIA- KERALA AND TAMIL NADU. THIS IMAGINATIVE CONCEPT AND BOLD APPROACH AND INGENIOUS IN PLANNING AND BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH TAMILNADU AND KERALASTATE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BUT FOR THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF STATESMEN LIKE SRI.K.KAMARAJ, THE THEN TAMILNADU CHIEF MINISTER AND SRI. E.M.S NAMBOOTHIRIPPAD, THE THEN KERALA CHIEF MINISTER. THE THEN PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA SRI.JAWAHARLAL NEHRU GAVE HIS FULL FLEDGED SUPPORT TO THE WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH IS UNIQUE IN NATURE.

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