After a lot of follow ups and wait, finally Lucknow Development authority has forwarded the application of request to Irrigation Department Uttar Pradesh,
It now might push the authorities to work on this matter with a bit more urgency. Gomti river is a tremendously important water system and very important part of Ganga Basin. A riverfront of 12.8 km Jacketing the river into a channel would be disastrous to the river's health. Right now the riverfront project is taken as a flagship project of Uttar Pradesh Government to counter similar projects across India done by various other political rivals, there is a rush to cut the ribbon before 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, but wouldn't this selfie model of development all across India come back to bite the same politicians?
In the end people would need water or be saved from the deluge, with such massive encroachment on river bed and flood plain of river Gomti, altering the behavior of the river without taking into cognizance the repercussions is not the kind of development model India needs.
If we take IIT Roorkee report, or talk to any subject expert there is an unanimous view on huge negative impacts of this project, with so many thumbs down from experts and intellectuals and no data, research transparency by the government departments, this project doesn't give the happy feel which is now projected by promoting pictures of people taking Selfies, or shiny neon lights all around the river with paved river bed and jacketed channel.
A recent report by ABP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5Kra3cKGk) summarized the political nature of this project. But politics at the cost of such a massive river system?
There is nowhere in world any responsible government does such a massive interference with natural systems in such a quick span of time, chasing some votes in an election, and that's why we are looking for a government's explanation... why?
An Appeal
Gomti river is an integral part of Ganga basin, and if you have any tangible, evidence based data points or arguments to help this particular research. Please contact coordinators@ballotboxindia.com.
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After a lot of follow ups and wait, finally Lucknow Development authority has forwarded the application of request to Irrigation Department Uttar Pradesh,
It now might push the authorities to work on this matter with a bit more urgency. Gomti river is a tremendously important water system and very important part of Ganga Basin. A riverfront of 12.8 km Jacketing the river into a channel would be disastrous to the river's health. Right now the riverfront project is taken as a flagship project of Uttar Pradesh Government to counter similar projects across India done by various other political rivals, there is a rush to cut the ribbon before 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, but wouldn't this selfie model of development all across India come back to bite the same politicians?
In the end people would need water or be saved from the deluge, with such massive encroachment on river bed and flood plain of river Gomti, altering the behavior of the river without taking into cognizance the repercussions is not the kind of development model India needs.
If we take IIT Roorkee report, or talk to any subject expert there is an unanimous view on huge negative impacts of this project, with so many thumbs down from experts and intellectuals and no data, research transparency by the government departments, this project doesn't give the happy feel which is now projected by promoting pictures of people taking Selfies, or shiny neon lights all around the river with paved river bed and jacketed channel.
A recent report by ABP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5Kra3cKGk) summarized the political nature of this project. But politics at the cost of such a massive river system?
There is nowhere in world any responsible government does such a massive interference with natural systems in such a quick span of time, chasing some votes in an election, and that's why we are looking for a government's explanation... why?
An Appeal
Gomti river is an integral part of Ganga basin, and if you have any tangible, evidence based data points or arguments to help this particular research. Please contact coordinators@ballotboxindia.com.