Sunday, January 13, 2013

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.


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