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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
the proposed solutions are new or path breaking. Anyone who has an
understanding of the problem will be able to perceive the logic behind the
solutions proposed.
But the challenge regarding afforestation on either side of a
river as a solution is with respect to its implementability. Land on the
floodplains, especially beside the river, happens to be one the most
fertile land patches of the basin with active farming practiced on it. The
solution cannot be relocating farmers or removing urban encroachment
or shutting down polluting industries. The solution has to be developed in
the context of the present conditions on the river side.
The generic technical plan of how much afforestation, and what
kind of afforestation around the riverside, will be discussed in Chapter
3. Implementation of the technical solution proposed is also covered
in Chapter 3, while mitigating the knots formed by the current river
management paradigm and pollution control will be dealt with in
Chapter 4.
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