E04 Rainwater harvesting | How India can be self-sufficient? | The Sunita Narain Show

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Monsoon is here; almost. This is the moment, that binds us all Indians; we watch expectantly its movement from when it hits the coast of Kerala and its journey to the rest of the country. It is when we can exhale. Rain brings relief from heat; water for crops; the smell of rain on hot earth is the best perfume. Monsoon is our true finance minister. But this is also the time for us to think water; think of the value of each raindrop. I want to talk about my journey to learn the extraordinary ways in which traditional societies had evolved to live with rain.

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  • @vamsinarayanametta5547
    @vamsinarayanametta55475 күн бұрын

    Finally, somebody is talking about the major fault in the major scheme that's there in the entire country. Today MGNEREGA have the potential to change India's water tables yet nobody is actually concentrating on it. There are real examples in Maharashtra and many other states where MGNEREGA have brought wonderful results yet the other states are not interested in following that. We have a very huge village-level water neural network in-bult for ages, which we are damaging right now. Hopefully, videos like these should reach more people and governments and we as a country show the world how we can solve every problem on this MOTHER EARTH. Thanks for making this video.

  • @sunitanarain4956

    @sunitanarain4956

    3 күн бұрын

    thank you

  • @nilakshisarma8309
    @nilakshisarma83095 күн бұрын

    As someone who loves to study Nature and environment this program is like heaven. Found it recently and have fallen in love with it. Hope your good work will reach more people and bring a long lasting impact on earth

  • @sunitanarain4956

    @sunitanarain4956

    3 күн бұрын

    thank you. So grateful

  • @anandnaama
    @anandnaama6 күн бұрын

    Always waiting for the show. This is an incredible trail of information and wisdom. We don't need to rediscover the wheel. We can just put the thousands of years old collective wisdom on the ground to make substantial difference. Keep doing more such shows on contemporary and extremely pressing topics. 🙌

  • @sunitanarain4956

    @sunitanarain4956

    3 күн бұрын

    thank you..gives me encouragement to continue

  • @VikasGupta98701
    @VikasGupta987015 күн бұрын

    💥💥💥It is sad that awareness comes after when all water sources ends ♥️👍

  • @-AkhilTej-
    @-AkhilTej-3 күн бұрын

    💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎

  • @manojk2923
    @manojk29236 күн бұрын

    Great job down to earth ❤❤❤

  • @vickssandhu
    @vickssandhu5 күн бұрын

    Wow. Passionate.

  • @bhaskarsunny6308
    @bhaskarsunny63085 күн бұрын

    What a great show, what a beautiful ending.... Thank you Sunita Narain ma'am. Looking forward to more content from you, for our edification.

  • @rajeshmaurya4384
    @rajeshmaurya43845 күн бұрын

    Thank u ma'am ❤❤ Very good

  • @idreamzero
    @idreamzero3 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this!

  • @shreeyanshishukla1647
    @shreeyanshishukla16475 күн бұрын

    Wonderful insight❤

  • @rajeevroy4383
    @rajeevroy43835 күн бұрын

    Intresting information Sunita.

  • @manojk2923
    @manojk29236 күн бұрын

    Mam, people like you must be in the parliament. Unfortunately our parliamentary democracy has failed to recognise people like you into parliament 😢

  • @ARUNSHARMA-ld6df
    @ARUNSHARMA-ld6df6 күн бұрын

    she was very regular at ndtv , she makes so much sense , wish our political class take note , it will do good to all

  • @Abhalerao96
    @Abhalerao96Күн бұрын

    The video in the end! ❤😭

  • @jatinkumar-ln5sh
    @jatinkumar-ln5sh6 күн бұрын

    Hello mam, I am from delhi and it is very sad to tell you that our soil is bleeding. In our area a white firm layer deposited on soil during hot season, locally it is called reh, In books writing a capilliary action which bring salt to the surface of soil, I wonder how our humus enriched soil had deposite of Aluvium at one point in history completely devasted today. After researching a while I came to know about green revolution and growing water feeding crops like paddy and wheat resulted depletion of ground water and because of late and impotent monsoon replenishment isn't possible. Also use of urea fertilizer adds to worsen our situation. What possibly I can do now. i am just 12th pass don't have any means for my subsistence. real state people said we gave crore for your small land and you just need nothing in life this amount incur decent interest on capital , some says that join gangster group which are very active in our area people needs drugs not veggie in gated society. How I can sell my mother am indebted her alligiance. The inexorable question came again and again who is responisble, Is govt responsible forcing green revolution to us , Is this capitalistic society who are only dependent on materialistic needs, Is the god and nature who turn around or it is me only who take agriculture as my living. Nothing works i use tonnes of organic matter but nothing works. The plight is If we came to Singhu border people call us terrorist and uneducated though we studied less bookish content that doesn't mean we know nothing. You are doing great madam ji I see your content very insightful.

  • @user-jv5cm8jw4v
    @user-jv5cm8jw4v5 күн бұрын

    thank you

  • @amritamuttoo6397
    @amritamuttoo63975 күн бұрын

    Good concise information.

  • @anuradhainamdar8967
    @anuradhainamdar8967Күн бұрын

    I just read a book on water, by Erica Gies named " Water always wins ", in which she talks about how water adminstration has become centralised and consequently expensive rather than then community ownered, and cheap.Now the dominant practice is to construct big dams for irrigation not local harvests. This has led to disastrous results.

  • @sahildixit1452
    @sahildixit14522 сағат бұрын

    Simple yet golden words: 1)Monsoon is our true finance minister 2)Nature is about soft power 3)We need more than drought relief, we need relief against drought.

  • @Saurabhkumar-27
    @Saurabhkumar-276 күн бұрын

    *Thanks Down to Earth 🌎*

  • @gunnaavinashreddy7409
    @gunnaavinashreddy74092 күн бұрын

    @Down TO Earth Pls also do a episode on Biodiversity loss and its impacts

  • @avi2125
    @avi21255 күн бұрын

    Thanks Sunita ji. This time would be ideal for discussion on (imho) - * Groundwater recharge on account of rains - and how denuded green cover even in urban spaces diminishes it * The major instances of rainwater harvesting in India * The role of waterbodies in urban areas at least. On paper the Delhi government had this plan of several manmade lakes. What happened, besides being the butt of jokes? * The design of our cities, increased concretisation, malba etc and clueless municipal bodies * How urgent is the water situation? I was in Kerala recently and people were complaining of a sub-normal monsoon...

  • @tanyapandey-bj1vj
    @tanyapandey-bj1vj6 күн бұрын

    Thankyou very much for very informative videos D2E, Indian government are try to consider these information for manage water crisis and drainage problem t

  • @niharranjanmusical
    @niharranjanmusical3 күн бұрын

    Finally

  • @deepak.3232
    @deepak.32325 күн бұрын

    🎉🎉

  • @a.g.krishnan2537
    @a.g.krishnan25373 күн бұрын

    Very inspiring episode

  • @sunitanarain4956

    @sunitanarain4956

    3 күн бұрын

    🙏

  • @abhishekyadav2191
    @abhishekyadav2191Күн бұрын

    👍👍

  • @winvinni7719
    @winvinni77194 күн бұрын

    amrit sarovar of uttar pradesh..now dying .government spent 1lakh above but no water in these areas..government needs to pay attension to it

  • @akashjain1201
    @akashjain12015 күн бұрын

    अच्छा एवं सही ज्ञान दिया| लेकिन सामाजिक विचारधारा का एक तथ्य अत्यंत प्रभावशाली है, "वर्तमान के अधिकांश मनुष्य गलत और अनुचित कार्य करके ही जीवन के सबक सीखते हैं"| कुछ चंद ही मनुष्य ऐसे होते हैं जिन्हे सत्य का बोध जीवन में काफी पहले हो जाता है|

  • @abdulqadirmnnitallahabad2672
    @abdulqadirmnnitallahabad26726 күн бұрын

  • @subratprusti4429
    @subratprusti44295 күн бұрын

    Had grown up reading Down to Earth mag❤

  • @subratprusti4429

    @subratprusti4429

    5 күн бұрын

    Conservation of Rain Water should be given top priority, especially now! Would love to help!

  • @sanjaykini
    @sanjaykini5 күн бұрын

    Dying wisdom book is not available online on Amazon or Flipkart ?

  • @amitrockz1158
    @amitrockz11582 күн бұрын

    Rural India has lot of ways to recharge ground water but the urban India has no way to recharge ground water even they don't have good drainage system in the future millions of urban residents will be affected by floods.

  • @Vis-vv8nt
    @Vis-vv8nt6 күн бұрын

    Action on that

  • @varunsharma4575
    @varunsharma45754 күн бұрын

    Great video. I think the math adds up to 1 mn litres of water, not 100 mn (at 3:10). Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers!

  • @sunitanarain4956

    @sunitanarain4956

    3 күн бұрын

    100 mm of rain harvested over 1 ha of land adds up to 1 million litres of water. I hope this clarifies your doubt

  • @pinakpani1
    @pinakpani15 күн бұрын

    Very much required in urban/city area where land is concrete covered .Can you suggest some law.

  • @indianpatriot4444

    @indianpatriot4444

    5 күн бұрын

    Not law but a means of rain water harvesting

  • @dpfrmhell
    @dpfrmhell3 күн бұрын

    Hello Comrade

  • @Peebee01
    @Peebee015 күн бұрын

    Mnerga has a flaw …and what is that ? It focuses on jobs and not proper education ? Every land is dynamic in nature and it requires to be handled accordingly. Mnerga needs the dying wisdom.

  • @akritiraj8330
    @akritiraj83304 күн бұрын

    Iets recharge

  • @Dd_12348
    @Dd_123485 күн бұрын

    Control population follow antinatalisam and minimilisam

  • @Prashant_Pandey4

    @Prashant_Pandey4

    2 күн бұрын

    Population growth is not bad , having many children is actually a good thing for economy and society but what we need is equal opportunity for all , the rich people who can actually afford to have baby need to have more kids while poor need to have One kids or not at all kids but what actually happening is just opposite

  • @manjeetsingh-sz5do
    @manjeetsingh-sz5do7 сағат бұрын

    हिन्दी से परहेज़

  • @sachindaftari
    @sachindaftari4 күн бұрын

    Madam you are not taking into consideration the financial incentives for water. water is given for so cheap .

  • @vinaykumar-ld3yi
    @vinaykumar-ld3yiКүн бұрын

    This whole stupid idea of capturing rainwater only works in few drought areas & metros. Every state is constructing huge dams and not releasing water into the seas...if this continues, coastal area will be flooded with sea water which is salt water and we will lose 1000s of kilometers of fertile Land. All developed countries even in water crisis release rainwater into the ocean they do not capture. The problem we have is over population. India's population should have never crossed 50 crores. Less Population ---> More underground water --->Food in droughts----> more funds for development of country rather than giving free policies to people----> let's population no encroachment of rivers in cities... All problems can be solved just by controlling population with India never did this and we will see millions hunger deaths both humans and cattle.

  • @sachindaftari
    @sachindaftari4 күн бұрын

    Too much lecture. useless, you really think that we dont understand. its all about money if you subsidise water it will loose its value, increase cost of water supply .

  • @KGopidas
    @KGopidas6 сағат бұрын

    Thry fid not hsve iits or iims to midlead them?

  • @KGopidas
    @KGopidas6 сағат бұрын

    Vould ee trsnsfet water ftlm estuaries to desert lands snd oprevent trunoffs?

  • @KGopidas
    @KGopidas6 сағат бұрын

    At least 10-25percent of all land for rain water storage? On war fioying carried out by army

  • @KGopidas
    @KGopidas6 сағат бұрын

    Wr are yo improve bangalore in priority?

  • @KGopidas
    @KGopidas6 сағат бұрын

    Learn from Persians?

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