Would science thwart ‘curses’?

Could a cursed land that was destined to be a desert be transformed? Yes.. Technology and motivated leadership could!

The legend is as follows: Lord Krishna picked up Maata Rukmini from Avanti and on way to Dwarka on a Chariot, invited the ‘Angry’ Rishi Doorvasa to accompany them on the Rath and be their guest in Dwarka. Rishi Doorvas wanted Rukmini and Lord Krishna to pull the chariot instead of the Horses and then only he will come. Having agreed, they started pulling the chariot. In between Rukmini became thirsty and wanted water. Lord Krishna pressed his leg hard into the earth and water came oozing. Rukmini and Krishna drank the water and started the journey, Doorvas became angry since he was not offered water and gave curses (shaap), one of that was ‘The water the Dwarka Kingdom will be salty and not fit for drinking’.

To reverse the curse, Modi tirelessly struggled for over two decades to bring water to this parched Saurashtra region by implementing the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project. Some 3.77 lakh ha gets Narmada dam water, flowing directly to the farms through open canals.

SAUNI, the link project, fills the irrigation dams which already have canal networks to channel water to farms. Four trunk lines — Link I, II, III and IV — will take water to the 115 dams spread across all Saurashtra’s 11 districts. Pumping and piping networks are themselves engineering marvels, for example, two sets of pumps of 13 tmc per hour capacity at 30m head. Sourashtra region is 60m above Narmada valley!

Modi transformed Saurashtra in a decade.. More than being proud, I am envious of not having such a leadership in other states!

No fighting with the upper riparian states if you manage the water resources intelligently!

Salute to the great visionary……