Groundwater ground reality in Andhra Pradesh

Dear All

The reality of “Groundwater” in the state of Andhra Pradesh is alarming and thus leads for poverty, hunger, migration and suicide. The issue is related two aspects as: a) availability of water in terms of quantity and quality and b) access to water. The issue is complex and is connected with the basic survival of the people as well as the development of the community to nation as the agriculture is the backbone of country’s future. We cannot imagine the life of the mankind with out water. When the water is excess, we are facing the problem with floods and other related issues and when it is less, still we face problems with drought and its consequences. In both the cases, need of the hour is to understand and manage the most precious life saving natural resource “water”. Keeping the vulnerability and challenges of water, the need is to look back for the basics for finding out suitable solutions / strategies and some of them are as follows:

1.Development of water sheds both existing and new one at least one for each village or for specified number of population.
2.Encourage for tank or canal irrigation to the maximum extent rather than bore well irrigation.
3.Suitable crop management based on the availability and optimization of water and other resources.
4.Encourage for rainwater harvesting both individually as well as at community level for all purposes.
5.Improve the groundwater resources by way of injection wells and check dams in general and particularly along the coastal area to check the intrusion of saline water and to manage and control fresh water – saline water interface.
6.Mapping of ground water resources, data base of bore wells, monitoring of water wells and implementation of bore well density should be made mandatory.
7.Encourage PRA with real participation of the stakeholders for better planning to implementation including monitoring and evaluation.
8.Strategies for the storage and management of rain water and thus to check the floods and its ill consequences.

With experience in this area, I feel positive that the above measures certainly improve the water resources and thus for better production with a check on the poverty, hunger, migration and suicide and further for the better living of the people with sustainability and quality of life.

with thanks

Posted as comments at www.downtoearth.org.in

Food Security

Dear All

India is trying its best to work for the food security for its people. In spite of odd situation and other vulnerable challenges like:drought, floods,poverty,population,land for other non agricultural activities, transformation of greenery to concrete jungles, disability, health hazards, hiv/aids,pollution and other forms of disasters both man made and natural, people of our nation are struggling for the basic needs like: roti, kapada and makhan. Though we consider / think that FARMER is the KING (Raite Raju), the reality at the grass root level is quite opposite. They struggle for: water, current, seed, fertilizers, technology, harvesting, storing, marketing and all these results for their depression, loans, poverty, malnutrition, suicide and finally low priority. Under these challenges, still our farmers are doing excellent work and producing the food for all of us. Then what is happening? This was purchased and stored by the concerned departments and could not be distributed to the needy. This has resulted for the rottenning of the rice and other food items which otherwise should have been distributed to us. In spite of the direction for the Court, the things were not distributed to the needy and instead stating that it can not be distributed with out mentioning the actual barriers if any. This process cannot be digested by any common man as food is produced to eat in the right way with out wasting or leaving unused with out proper storage. By all angles, this process is not justifiable and needs immediate action to the justice by distributing the products to the needy in the best possible way before it is totally spoiled and which may become the cause for pollution in terms health and water.

Hope that concerned authorities may consider this issue on the humanity basis and to do the justice for the work done by our farmer friends who produce food for all us.
Looking forward for better solutions...

Looking forward

Addition on CSR

Dear ALL

As long as:
......people are struggling for basic...
...... equality among the people is not achieved....
...... people are facing challenges, vulnerable circumstances....
....... access with connectivity is not established for ALL.....
...as long as concept, ethics, systems were followed on need based strategies.

CSR works for the empowerment of the people to lead better living with sustainability and quality of life...

posted as a comment at: www.socialedge.org

Benefits and need of Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR is the process linking the people and the business. Business is for the people by the people. As business can't be done without people, CSR is necessary and provides benefits to all the stakeholders.

Benefits to Industry:
@ Better awareness about the industry and the business
@ Acceptance
@ Better marketing and business
@ Better support from the Government and other stakeholders
@ Tax,subsidies and other benefits
@ Free advertisement
@ Better motivation of the employees and thus higher production with quality
@ Sustainability in the market and long term benefits
@ Be part of the social change or development
@ Awards and recognition.

In view of these benefits, industry or corporate or business sector should treat the CSR as the return to the community or people in view of its business and profits. This should work as a win - win strategy as the relationships alone works for better business and thus development of the people / community / nation.

I am associated with the CSR both at Research / HR Development and implementation at the grass root levels covering the rural villages of India. The strategy / policy of CSR got transformed from the support view to partnership on need based approaches.

As long as the concept, strategy and approaches of CSR are need based, i don't expect any disadvantages with it. In fact it plays significant role in filling the Resource GAP which exits between the GO - NGO - PEOPLE.

Looking forward for strengthening of need based CSR for the real development of the people/community/nation/world.

Poverty Vs QOL or SOL

As per the existing laws,"EVERY ONE IS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW". If so, why there should exist poverty? This supports us that, every one should have equal share in the development or in the existing resources. If this is implemented and monitored, there won't be any issues with poverty and we all can lead equal and better QOL or SOL with better access in an inclusive and barrier free environment. This is the need of the our to all including the persons with special needs.
Let us focus on the measures / strategies / approaches which can mitigate the poverty by enchaining the capacities of the needy people.

Looking forward ....

Note: Posted as a comment on "What's wrong with being poor?" at: www.socialedge.org

What's wrong with being poor?

Poverty though it appears as the issue of the individuals or the family, in reality it is the issue of the society or the nation. In the developing or underdeveloped countries, majority of the people comes under the poverty and struggles for the basic needs. It is the fact that poverty and development are the cause and consequence of each other and results for poor quality of life with vulnerable circumstances which leads for disasters.

In the race of development with the technology, the resulted development is mostly confined to few hands or pockets and thus widens the GAP between the rich and poor. This type of development results for more disadvantages rather than isolated brightening spots.

Knowing the situation, we all need to look for the positive aspect of the development. This is possible when the development is planned with optimization of local resources with the participation of the stakeholders on need based approaches. It is possible and everyone should work for the development of all with barrier free environment as poverty acts as a barrier for the development.

I am working with the rural poor with the need based empowering strategies.

Looking forward for better networking...

with thanks

Note: This is the comments posted on the above subject at:www.socialedge.org

HAPPY DESSAR

DEAR ALL

HAPPY DESSAR.

HOPE TO HAVE HAPPY AND COLOURFUL DAYS BRINGING PROSPERITY IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOLE.

with thanks