K Periasamy 1596 days ago

Except in regions from where the excess water drains into the river and that river water is drained into the sea, water saving has no relevance !

After all, that water is used in one place or the other, if it is confirmed that it is not draining into the sea.

People must understand this properly.

If they understand this, then they will talk about creating additional storages in major rivers across large rivers and complete the 29 Inter links already approved by CWC and waiting for a political push from the Central Government. Ganga, Bramhaputra, Mahanathy, Godavari, Krishna and a few major rivers in the Western ghats discharge more than 75% of the discharges into the sea within 4 months of the monsoon !

Only this water is unutilized in India.

Rest all water, if not stored in a small pond in a village ( as is being advocated now), it runs into the nearby river and is ultimately used by some one else ! If we build ponds, that "someone else", who is using it for ages will cry ! this is the reality !

So, please look in a broader perspective !

Please think big for quantum leaps ! Not for incremental results like this ! If we keep doing like this, even after 100 more years we will be only a Developing country !

What kind of village storages you talk about in these regions to such large quantities ?