Ganga-A National River-How politicians break a country

Ganga- A National River-How politicians break a country

To Shri Manmohan Singh Ji 17-06-2009
the Prime Minister Of India
New Delhi

Respected Sir
1. I had written, earlier, a detailed article on River Pollution, specially about River Ganga to your good self on 22-06-2008. Since then you have declared the Ganga River as a National River and declared the formation of a Ganga Basin Authority. Sir people have applauded your action but I wish to lodge my protest for the same because I feel that it is such irresponsible acts of Politicians, which have been slowly breaking up the Country
2. I had in my earlier letter clearly mentioned that “The Government of India should immediately make suitable Legislation with reference to the entry at S.No.56 in the Seventh Schedule, Union List of the Constitution & immediately make suitable Legislation with regard to the Ganga & other Inter-State Rivers. Although in the end of that letter, I had also expressed my special anxiety for the Ganga, which action of mine, I myself regret, but you being the head of the family should have tried to treat everyone, every State and its people and the Rivers flowing through them alike.
3. That you have under pressure of various agitations, declared the River Ganga as a National River and also garnered much publicity. Are you waiting for people of other States, also hurt by the pollution of rivers, flowing through their states, to start agitating with respect to other Rivers, take to the Streets, before they can get the same Status for the Rivers, which are their very lifelines. Such actions of Politicians have been breaking up the Nation. Every four or five years, there are agitations saying that such and such part of such and such State is being discriminated against and there is demand for new State and many have been made and they may further, in future, turn in to Countries, who knows?
4. Therefore you should have made similar announcements for all other Inter-State rivers and should not have singled out the Ganga. More on the matter need not be said as it should be understood. Sir I condemn your action of singling out the Ganga for granting National River Status. It should be accorded to all other Rivers and the legislation, you have made under your powers given by the Constitution should be made regarding all the Rivers of all the States. Had you mentioned in your declaration that you would be making similar legislation in the shortest possible time for other Rivers also then your declaration could have been termed as a rational one but in the absence of such a assurance, it ,your declaration, smacks of appeasing a certain section of the electorate, before the recent elections.

Thanks
Yours truly
(Robby Sharma)
865, Block-B, Panki Kanpur-208020
Copy To:
1. Smt Sonia Gandhiji, 10, Janpath New Delhi.
2. Baba Ramdeo Ji, Patanjali Yog Peeth, District Haridwar Uttaranchal.
3. Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, headquarters at Nagpur Maharashtra.
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