In the unceasing journey, the river has to collide with the rocks, fall into the gorge, and have to find its way - sometimes creating a wide bank, sometimes breaking into a small gully. Flowing rivers teach people the lessons of life. Sometimes the river is raging, sometimes it looks lovely - sometimes it earns a record in its own form, sometimes it flows with infamy in its own form.

Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali, the major river-systems of the river-worshipping Nepalis, are also flowing continuously, telling stories. Rivers have a special importance in human culture and civilization. People looking at the river and people looking at the river have been flowing endlessly since the beginning of civilization in a stand, struggle and beautiful journey. Therefore, the ups and downs and rhythm of the river is like human life. However, at present the rivers are in dire straits because of man. Now is the lifeblood of the earth's rivers to preserve their existence. In this issue of 'Koseli', an attempt has been made to discuss the civilization connected with the river and the crisis it is facing.

Today, the rivers of South Asia are facing a serious crisis. Rivers are getting fragmented due to dam construction. Waste, both solid and liquid, is thrown into the river, chemical fertilizers applied to the fields seep into the river. Embankments and dams are being built to block the flow of the river by extracting sand and gravel. If Nadi were a person, how would he react to such terrible abuse? Here is a request from the river to the people:

We are the source of naturally generated clean water. We are constantly in flux, dynamic and alive . We are the lifeblood of this earth, we are the blood vessel .

Many of you may think that water is wasted when you see a river that flows continuously without any economic benefit. However, that thinking is completely wrong. We have been an integral part of Earth's biological system for millions of years. Water flowing in the river is not wasted. A river has no source, no end .

Our journey begins at sea . The heat of the sun turns water into steam. That vapor becomes a cloud and flies up in the sky with the wind . And it returns to the plains and mountains - as rain and snow.

We flow down from high places . Other rivers and lakes that are part of the water cycle and finally reach the sea . This journey of ours is a bridge that connects sea, cloud and land in one formula .

We carry thigrani . It helps to make ditches, prepare clay land for farming, accumulate sand and prepare river mouths where they merge with the sea . We provide the nutrients needed by all of them.

In our journey, we help to fulfill many needs of people . We help to maintain people's health, hygiene, ecological system . From help in material production through irrigation, industry, hydropower and energy, we also fulfill spiritual, psychological, cultural and faith-related needs .

However, the main characters of our journey are not us, but people. Your activities have disrupted our natural continuity . Many parts of the water cycle have been affected. If your actions affect nature, mankind and wildlife, we rivers have to bear the burden. Today's water cycle is different from before.

Birds, wildlife, fish and aquatic mammals depend on our clean runoff. We should always be pure and flowing.

Before you take water from the upper reaches of the river to meet your production needs, please remember this - aquatic animals are an integral part of the river's natural ecosystem . He cannot tell his pain. Nor can he claim his rights. However, their existence is in crisis . If they die, you lose too . Because human life would be meaningless without healthy biodiversity.

So please, stop dumping the solid and liquid waste you produce into our rivers and lakes, wetlands, etc . Better yet, reduce waste generation. And process it in your home, city, factory, wherever the waste is generated. Pesticides and chemical fertilizers cause great damage to us . So, start using organic fertilizers, adopt new methods of farming .

You mix gravel and sand with cement to make concrete to build houses, cities, canals, infrastructure, and more. For this enterprise of yours, you extract sand and gravel from our surface in an unregulated manner. Many of you do this with the goal of making an instant profit . You don't even think about how terrible and long-term this action will affect your own children . Please apply your knowledge and skills in developing alternative building materials . And effectively regulate river exploitation activities.

You complain that floods started happening frequently, floods started getting bigger and the loss of people's wealth also started increasing . is true . Climate change has started to cause heavy rains . But, you are the reason why the flood killed people. You have encroached on rivers, ponds and wetlands . The open space is covered with concrete, due to which water cannot seep into the ground . You have removed the natural flood barrier.

By making embankments, dams, barrages, you have stopped our natural flow . You have built a concrete wall on our shores and used that land for commercial purposes . Thus you have separated us from the flood-holding ground, our kidneys.

If you want to reduce the risk of flooding and reduce the loss of life and save settlements, agricultural land and the economy, please keep our roads open first . If so, the excess water can easily flow down to the bottom .