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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
deluges and scanty flow. Rainfall is increasingly sporadic in nature.
If the trees were present, especially around the river, the rainfall pattern
would be different.
The effect of trees on the river banks is described in the following
scientific explanation by Bill Mollison in Trees and their Energy Transactions:
“A point which is often overlooked is the effect of trees in increasing
total precipitation considerably beyond what is recorded by rain gauges. The
intermittent presence of trees that grow up to a height of 40 feet in
forest land and private lands with the wind blowing across these lands
create the Ekman spirals 24 thereby causing repeated rainfall in the local
region.
The upward spirals of humid air coming up from the woodlands carry
insects, pollen and bacteria aloft thereby seeding the cloud, creating nuclei for
rain. The formation of nuclei is a governing factor for local rainfall. 25
22, 23
FIGURE 3: FOREST INTERACTION WITH CLIMATE
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