Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
3) Without taking care of the farmer, we cannot take care of the country. A farmer
has suffered a great deal. If we conduct a survey among all farmers and ask
them how many of them want their next generation to go into agriculture, not
even 15% will answer positive. What this means is, the knowledge we earned in
10,000 years, we will lose it in another 25 years. Once this generation passes,
there will be nobody to do agriculture.
4) Because of Isha Agro Movement, in the village P.S.Palayam, in river banks and
around lakes, the villagers have planted nearly 10,000 to 15,000 trees. The
fruits from the trees have ripened, bees have built hives, birds eat fruits and the
ecology has improved By embracing nature , agriculture has improved.
5) Natural farming methods is not just for one’s economic well-being. It is for the
wellbeing of the country, the soil, and for the next generation.
SHARINGS FROM FARMER LEADERS
1) There is a saying “You walked, Glory to you Kaveri!” That means only if Kaveri
walks , the lands will be irrigated. If she runs she will flood. If she does not
walk at all, it will be a drought. Today I pray “You walked, Glory to you Kaveri!
Now you stopped, and forgot us Kaveri! Please recover and flow again Kaveri!”
[Shri. Ranganathan - General Secretary, Cauvery Farmers Association]
2) The tradition in our households is that whenever guests come, the first thing
we offer them is water to quench their thirst. If we go to a hotel, before we
eat, they bring a glass of water and only after that they ask us what we want to
eat. That was the culture. But today, the moment we go to a hotel, they place
a bottle of water in front of us and charge Rs.20 for it. All the hills that were
green once are now totally barren. That means all the trees there have been cut.
The structure of the river ecosystem should be revived. In Trichy city, you have
started this at the right place today. [Shri. Dhanabal - President, Cauvery Delta
Farmer’s protection Assocation (Nagapattinam)]
3) Reduction in rainfall and a drought we have not seen in our 141-year history.
Sadhguru started this movement at Coimbatore on 3rd (September). After
he started it in Coimbatore and left the city, the worst drought in 141 years
vanished in one night and heavy rainfall happened and lakes and water bodies
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