Save the rivers
The government has been taking steps to free the rivers from grabbers. The eviction drive is highly praiseworthy. But we all have suspicion about the future of the drive. What will be the next step? How can the rivers be maintained? I think the govt should take sustainable plans, for example plantation. This is the rainy season, a suitable time for plantation. Government can take up the plantation programme and continue eviction drive simultaneously in the riverbanks. We could get two kinds of benefits from this programme. Firstly, tree can prevent erosion and will keep the riverbanks green. Secondly, it will be tough to grab the rivers by cutting down trees. Furthermore, the authorities can involve all the parliament members and prominent political leaders to plant trees on the banks of rivers and canals. Because we know all the grabbers have political backup directly or indirectly. And I hope that no political leader of the ruling or opposition party will allow anybody to remove the trees, which they have planted. We urge the authorities to take the initiative. Otherwise the rivers will be grabbed again.
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