Governance Crisis in Implementing Critical Projects-Programs

April20, 2012

Honorable Prime Minister

Dr. Manmohan Singh, CC to

The Cabinet Secretary of India,

Shri Ajit Kumar Seth.

Multipurpose Dams, IPR and DEMAT of Freehold Properties

Respected Sir,

Three Critical Issues were - generating 200,000MW, 1000BU of Hydro Power worth $100b annually for over 200 years – [Generating 200Trillion Units of Power avoiding 200Billion Tones of CO2 Emissions saving 200 Billion Tones of Coal,]  worth $20Trillion plus substantial other benefits of Flood Control and Water Supply etc, Cumulative World GDP by 2050 shall be over $6000Trillion, India targeting 3+% of it through IPR Program is $200Trillion Exports Program and DEMAT of freehold properties is ‘Empowering Over 500m Indians To Start Their Own Companies, Businesses and Projects Anywhere in The World.’ [Three Critical Issues are ‘Attached Again.’]

(Within a week honorable Chief Minister of TN reversed her opposition to Nuclear Power at KKNPP on learning the project shall avoid 5 Billion Tones of CO2 Emissions and save 5 Billion Tones of Coal, prevent power cuts was fourth critical issue of that is ‘Mainly Resolved’.)

This is in response to general perception in India of ‘Governance Crisis,’ particularly after the six years NDA misrule of Idiots* for example Promoted ‘Urine Cola than IPR of Indian Engineers & Scientists’– NDA firstly ‘Derailed The Established Though Not Ideal Procedures’, secondly BJP persistent Campaign and Conspiracies to ‘Destabilize Your Government along with  NGOs’ and Thirdly Resistance Within GOI Institutions Are Preventing Implementation of Critical Projects and Programs. *NDA wanted to Dug Up Giant Canals to Link Rivers Right Across India But Out of Power SABOTAGED Multipurpose Dams. 

When extra ordinary Skills and Management is required in prevailing situation Prime Minister Office and Cabinet Secretariat are ‘Ineffective In Implementing Critical Projects and Program’ – again for three reasons firstly Lack Of Clear Authority in Multiple Power Centers Within GOI, secondly Frequent Transfers of Cabinet Ministers and thirdly Established Professionals Mislead Government and Misdirect Critical Projects.

How 200,000MW Hydro Power, 500BCM Dam Storage Program Was Sabotaged?

http://www.observerindia.com/cms/export/orfonline/documents/other/water-recommendation.pdf

Honorable Salman Khurshid was Water Resources Minister from Jan2011 to July2011 and he gave Inaugural Speech at ORF/PHD on ‘Blue Revolution – Charting South Asia’s Water Future’ on April21, 2011 – and I made all the ‘Desired Interventions like Multipurpose Hydro Projects for Power Generation, Flood Control and 500BCM of Water Storage Capacity etc.’ ‘Critical Water Issues – 500BCM Large Dam Storage Program’ dated June26, 2010 was circulated by me. ORF on September2011 released Unintelligent ‘Recommendations’ that ‘COMPLETELY IGNORED THE CRITICAL ISSUES’.

At an earlier event also in ORF Office under the Chairmanship of former Cabinet Secretary shri Surendra Singh ‘Critical Water Issues – 500BCM Large Dam Storage Program’ dated June26, 2010 was circulated by me.

Dr. Manmohan Singh and Shri Ajit Kumar Seth shall be Horrified to Discover CWC Chairman, AK Bajaj and Dr. AK Gosain were ‘Professional Speakers’ who firstly IGNORED CRITICAL ISSUES and then made following NONSENSICLE RECOMMENDATIONS.

Thank you,

Ravinder Singh,

Inventor & Consultant

INNOVATIVE TECHNONLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, NewDelhi-110016, India.
Ph; 091-9910693464, 9718280435

e.mail; ravindersinghy77@yahoo.com, inventechproj@yahoo.com

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects.

ORF DUBIOUS Recommendations of September2011

(As an inventor I understand first claim is most important and First Paragraph under each subject is considered here – because other recommendations are even worse. My response for each subject is followed ORS Recommendations)

1.]  This is most ‘Eccentric Recommendation’ firstly farmers while puddling the field for rice transplant ‘LEVEL THE FIELDS’ and for other crops gradient is required for uniform application of irrigation. Direct seeding is STUPID because this requires Flooding the Fields from day one while Transplanting of 25-60 days Rice Seedlings saves over 50% of irrigation requirement and makes it possible to grow rice crop mainly during monsoon months. Laser leveling is not practiced in Developed Countries that produce record Crop Yields. Gujarat has installed ‘Millions Check Dams, Ponds, Micro Irrigation, Linked Rivers and Diverted Narmada Waters for Irrigation Yet Gujarat Agriculture Is Largely Dependent on Rainfall and its Uniform Distribution.’ Cotton yield increases are possible due to Bt Cotton to a large extent. [Reference following Table]

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=13611

Gujarat Agriculture – in Thousand Tones and thousand bales of 170kg

Year	FoodGrains	Oilseeds	Cotton
1997-98	5709	3834	3180
2000-01	2539	1661	1161
2006-07	6499	2569	8787
2007-08	8206	4725	8276
2008-09	6481	4015	7013
2009-10	6064	2990	7875
2010-11	7852	3911	10500

1. AGRICULTURE

1.1. Water saving technologies such as Zero Tillage, laser land levelling and direct seeding of rice should be promoted to increase the cost efficiency. There are several underlying benefits that can be reaped from these agricultural techniques such as additional income generation, electricity usage efficiency, gender employment and water quality improvement. By facilitating public-private initiatives in new such technologies and knowledge transfer, agricultural practices can be made more environmentally and socially sustainable. 1.2. Creation of a massive micro-harvesting structure network with large number of check dams and village pond and promotion of drip irrigation will strengthen the agricultural production.

2.]  This too is most Unintelligent – source of water world wide is same - Dam Storages and River Flows for Urban Water Supply – Water Source for Domestic Consumption or for Lawns in Los Angeles, London or most counties is same. We in most cities have no or very small lawns is another point.

2. URBAN WATER USE EFFICIENCY

2.1 Water resource allocation: Domestic water allocation should be based on population density including the livestock. In urban areas, allocation of water for industrial and domestic and in rural areas, rain-fed, groundwater recharge and cultivated area should be separated.

3.]  Chemical Fertilizers can’t be replaced by bio-fertilizers and pesticides use can be minimized by Bt Technology but ORF had not recommended it. It appears Untreated Water is released by Farmers not by Industry – Fertilizers and Pesticides flow in to rivers mainly due to floods and Arsenic and Fluorides are brought out by hand pumps and tube-wells where ‘Canal Irrigation Supported by Dam Storage Is The Right Option, Not Check Dams’

3. WATER QUALITY

3.1 Water Pollution Control: The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides should be minimized by replacing it with bio-fertilizers. Regulations should be made stricter for drainage of untreated water in the rivers. There should be more focus on checking water contamination for arsenic and fluoride content regularly across regions and mechanisms should be put in place for treatments.

4.]  Worst Recommendation considering over 1500 Billion Cubic Meter of Good Quality water in our rivers go to sea every year and its most Economical and Reliable to store River Water in large dams than using ‘Brackish, Sewage or Storm Water or Rain Water Harvesting’. Construction of new dams get 4.8.3 priority indicates the bias and intentions against dams.

4. WATER MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

4.1 Alternative measures should be investigated to utilize unconventional water sources–such as brackish or other marginal quality waters, stormwater runoff, or water produced through artificial aquifer recharge –for widespread beneficial use.

4.8 Flood protection infrastructure should be strengthened and upgraded which must include but not limit to

4.8.1 Forestation in catchment areas to reduce flood intensity & soil erosion

4.8.2 In-time repair of protection bunds

4.8.3 Construction of new dams

5.]  Water Pricing is Commercial Matter and non issue when Storage Cost in dams is practically nothing in multipurpose dams.

5. WATER PRICING

5.1 It is widely recognized that water has a number of economic features that create potential market failure. These may include non-rivalry, nonexcludability, externalities, merit good features, and significant transactions costs. Careful assessment is required to mitigate the variability in water prices.

6.  Water Supply schemes are being implemented in all villages and through GOI special Rural Development schemes – this is not important.

6. SECURING WATER IN SCHEDULED AREAS

6.1 Special efforts should be made to investigate and formulate projects either in, or for the benefit of, areas inhabited by tribal or other specially disadvantaged groups such as socially weak, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

7.]  It is ‘FOOLISH to believe Weather Forecasting Could Prevent Disasters’ Katrina or Tsunami forecasting Infrastructure couldn’t make much difference but when Pakistan was drowned and India under Gaggar or Yamuna or Ganga Rivers were flooded in 2010 - area under Satlej, Beas and Ravi rivers was largely protected by Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar Dams.

7. CLIMATE CHANGE

7.1 Although the effects of climate change are unknown at the moment, but a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment and Social Environmental Assessment would enable disaster risk reduction. In each agro-climatic zone, agro-meteorological fields should be established with the soil health card program to regulate the quality of land and water in an integrated manner. Climate change adaptation measures should include reversal of groundwater depletion as well. Research on critical climate analysis and studies should be promoted.

8&9.]  Recommendations are Complete Non Sense – India needs Multi -Purpose Dams that have Significant Benefits for All Basin Countries or States to Ensure Their Total Commitment To Fast Execution of Projects.

8. INTER-STATE WATER MANAGEMENT

8.1 The impacts of inter-state river water conflicts can be reduced by a more efficient design of mechanisms for negotiations: some of the possibilities include a national water commission independent of daily political pressures, a federated structure incorporating river basin authorities and water user associations, and fixed time periods for negotiation and adjudication.

9. INTERNATIONAL TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT

9.1 Total basin management in respect of a transboundary river is now recognized to be the best approach for the best possible development of water resources for equitable benefit of all each gaining more than is possible under narrow national approaches. This approach will allow local, national, and regional issues to be addressed within an overall framework The benefits derivable from cooperative total basin management of transboundary rivers include those:

9.1.1 from the river (e.g., increased food and energy production),

9.1.2 because of the river (e.g., reduced geo-political tensions, enhanced flood management),

9.1.3 beyond the river (e.g., catalyzing wider cooperation and economic integration), and

9.1.4 to the river (e.g., improved water quality, conserved