killing india's rivers a stream by stream
DESCRIPTION
Urban "development" is killing India's rivers a stream at a time. We are violating wetlands that charge streams and groundwater. We are channelizing small streams that charge rivers. We are converting rivers to sewers. We are reclaiming the land of the river. This photo presentation illustrates each of these ways we kill our rivers. It also narrates the fight of a few people to save a small stream, Devnadi, in Baner in Pune.A plea is made for an Conservation of Rivers Act outlining the chapters that would need to go into such an Act.TRANSCRIPT
killing india’s riversstream by stream, the urban development way
violating the wetlandschannels don’t work
turning rivers to sewersreclaiming the river
devnadiconservation of rivers
act
violating the wetlands
channels don’t work
turning rivers to sewers
reclaiming the river
devnadi
conservation of rivers actinviolable right of the streams and lakes for existence and natural
change of coursecommon rights of all life to streams
the trustees to the streams and their roles, responsibilitiesprinciples and mechanisms of stream and lake conservation
users, access rights and uses of streamspenalties for trusteeship or user and use violation
create a river conservation fund create an auditor general of river conservation and a river lokpal