River Festival: A
humble beginning
Lot of good things are happening at coastal region of Karnataka. During
12-13, Jan 2019, “River Festival” was organized at Kuloor in Shambhavi River. It’s
a good move to create awareness among general public on importance of rivers;
otherwise they don’t connect themselves. About 1.97 lakh KM of river stretch is
there in India. In Karnataka it is 9000 km. The major rivers of Karnataka are
Krishna, Cauvery, Tunga, Malaprabha, Shravathi, Kali, Nethravathi, Bhima,
Kabni, Payashwini etc. The longest is Krishna with 1400 km, Cauvery with 805 km
and the least is Payashwini with 105 km. Arkavathi and Shimsha-the tributaries
of Cauvery are dying in front of our own eyes. Construction of dams, Sand
mining, pollution, deforestation, increased diversion of water usage, increased
demand for water, encroachment of waterways of rivers, drought by global warming
resulted in a reduction of flow by 65%. It does not take much time to take away
the rest. More than 500 rivers in the world are in serious threat. Death of rivers
is death of humanity, ecosystem and life.
In many places, rivers
have become dumping yards. The chicken waste, slaughter wastes, temple wastes
and other domestic wastes are thrown into rivers. Industry and agriculture run
off are also contributing to the pollution of rivers. As the anecdote says “My grandfather saw water in river, my father saw
it in well, I am seeing in bottle and the future generation...?”
Our
simple actions can bring a big change. All of can contribute and protect our
rivers for us and for future.
§ Clearing waterways
§ Don’t throw any plastic and other materials
into rivers.
§ Don’t throw slaughter waste
§ No cutting the plants along river
§ Judicious mining
§ Working sewage plants
§ Only treated water should be released
to rivers
§ River Protection Force
§ Respect laws
River festival is not for selfys,
chats and dances. It is just a humble beginning to bring people together. Now,
it’s time to act. Let’s start...
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