A river being pushed to death that was once full of life

Seeing Varuna’s condition, the heart of any sensitive person will cry. One, due to lack of water, her stomach has shrunk so much that now she has become more like a drain than a river. Toxic and dirty drains coming into it from other places which are making its water and life hell. The bad smell is that at some places a handkerchief has to be kept over the nose. Still, somewhere the washermen are washing their clothes and at some places people are seen washing their faces and taking a bath. Those who do not want to touch its water now, seeing all this, their mind rises. The biggest thing is that now any aquatic animal is hardly visible in the water of the river. Fishes are not found jumping anywhere. Somewhere turtles are not seen swimming, nor do the dads run away, nor do the herons meditate. Water hyacinth is definitely seen here and there, but there is no vegetation like sevaar or water motha, nor is there a trace of snail-sutuhi or frog. Thus the biodiversity of Varuna which is seen today has become extinct.

But in his travels, he meets and talks with many such people, whose age is above forty-fifty and there is a flowing picture of this river in his memories. Talking about the river, a gleam emerges in his eyes. When they tell that at one time, not only used to swim a lot in this river but its water was also taken for cooking in homes, then it would have been surprising that there would have been less trust but this is not a wrong fact. It is hardly twenty-five-thirty years back when Varuna was actually a pure Neer river. In the winter, it would be full of green sevhar, which the pastoralists of the shore villages would take out to feed their cattle. This experience is not of one or two people, but during our travels, we asked this question to hundreds of men and women and generally everyone had the same experience. It cannot be said that the people of remote Anei and Daniyalpur will give the same rote and rote answer. unless the components of their experience are the same. This means that the last two-and-a-half decades have been quite frightening for Varuna. At the same time, it has to be seen what are the political, economic and cultural reasons that have led to this condition.

Shyamjeet, a farmer and folk singer of village Chamaon, used to say that not only the river has died, but the human has also died. The river died due to the human being away and the human being also died by being away from the river. It may be a sentimental sentence, but the truth underlying it is made up of several basic components. In fact, the rivers survive only with which the people there are connected. And it is a bitter truth that the relationship with rivers has deteriorated continuously. Even the rivers which are the center of religious devotion of the people are constantly swinging between life and death.

People have good memories about Varuna even before globalization. After that everything is in the hands of open world trade. The waters of this river were later poisoned by sewers from towns and cities, sewage from hotels and industrial waste. In Banaras, Varuna has reached a completely hellish condition within a radius of twenty-two kilometers. There is no project how to clean its water and keep it clean continuously.

The ponds of Varuna’s catchment area have either been filled up or have become victims of encroachment. Varuna himself is a victim of encroachment. What is the result? The water level has gone down continuously. Toxic substances like lead, arsenic are seeping into the water on the upper surfaces and all this is eventually reaching the human body in some form or the other.

Initiative of ‘Gaon Ke Log Social and Educational Trust’ in a completely depressed environment First of all, to sensitize the people, to sensitize the people on the banks of Varuna, to connect the people there, to hold talks and seminars and to conduct a comprehensive survey. Is. There are various dimensions of this survey. Knowing Varuna’s presence and importance in shore life, discovering and restoring its biodiversity, analyzing its economic and social structures in depth, identifying and assembling every cultural component associated with it is all a gradual task.

The effort of the trust is to involve maximum people in this. Those women who still cultivate on its banks or are found to collect grass and fodder for their cattle or those farmers who cannot even think of irrigating agriculture without its water or those Dalit communities who are still living somewhere Out of this, banshees or nets are seen to catch fish, all are part of this campaign. Many folk artists, craftsmen and craftsmen still live in hundreds of villages whose face has been changed by globalization, but they still have their skills safe. It’s too late for them to get a chance. After that a new round will start.

Further, it is our endeavor that the concerned administrative units should be made aware of this and permanent measures can be taken for sewage treatment and waste disposal and management. The ponds and ponds coming in the catchment area of the river can be revived. reanimation of aquatic animals and plants

We hope that one day Varuna will enrich life by exceeding our expectations!