There is a shortage of water in Madhesh now. There is a crisis of water for food, not water for planting. It seems that the government is trying to focus on deep boring. Deep Boring is like a relief program.

In the short term, distributing water in jars, deep boring, but what to do about the food crisis in Madhesh in the short term? Disasters always hit vulnerable people and communities. 

Now if a single woman is 75 years old, how will there be water in her house? Social justice has not been mainstreamed in the disaster relief program. Water crisis is not equal for everyone . Big hotels have as much water as car wash . Poor communities do not have drinking water. The government does not just show relief in relief. What are relief programs? What are the short-term, medium-term and long-term thinking and programs to avoid water crisis? Now, if we do not think about it, Madhesh will not be a place to live. The current water crisis should also be analyzed based on our actions in history. Learning lessons from history and looking for a solution based on the current context. 

East-West Highway and migration 

Chure is the lowest, steepest and youngest mountain. It has sought special love from the state and the community. But our behavior is not in such a way that it is easy. When it comes to burglaries, the unreasonably unmanned burglary comes up. There was once a dense forest in Madhesh. Madhesi and tribal communities were fighting malaria. After the eradication of malaria, Pahadiyas were systematically encouraged to settle in Madhesh by opening a rehabilitation company. How much forest was cut by the rehabilitation company, is not found anywhere in the official data. The relationship with Madhesh was analyzed through the lens of Pahadiya nationalism. By distrusting the Madhesi community, the work of bringing Pahadiya has now automatically turned into the fall of Madhesh .

became an east-west highway with rehabilitation How many trees were cut down, who will calculate ? The east-west highway was especially an attractive package to bring Pahadiya to Madhesh. Gaur headquarter of Rautahat is dead, Chandranigahpur is strong . Madhesi Paurakha was not a priority of the city state, because there were Madhesi . Chandranigahpur was hilly, so it got priority . The highway is better than the newly built capital. What is more interesting is that the east-west highway did not touch the headquarters of any district of Madhesh. That is where the process of marginalization started. 

Madhesh's biggest Gaurav Janaki Temple was not touched by the east-west highway. The east-west highway was not meant to empower and increase the pride of the Madhesi, it was to destroy the Madhesi. Systematically like this, after people weed, the underground water goes down . It's natural. Water was decreasing from 10 years ago. Seven years ago, in my own study, Chure and the local residents had told me about the water crisis. It's just exploded now. The water crisis was evident. The need to dig a 150 feet deep well had already come at that time . After all, it's just because we don't care . It is not acceptable for migration to continue in this manner and for Madhesh not to have a water crisis. 

Two-country geography of water

Water has its own geography. There is a deeper aspect to underground water storage. Roughly all the rivers in Madhesh are a part of the Ganges basin. If we look below the ground, there is a big pond, which is far below the surface, when Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhesh are combined. In Vihar and Uttar Pradesh, the underground water has been withdrawn so much . After all, the water of our Madhesh pond has also been drained. If Uttar Pradesh and Bihar continue to exploit in the same way, our pond under Madhesh will run out of water . What to do in this situation! The state should be able to have a meaningful dialogue with the government of Uttar Pradesh and India. On the basis of scientific research, how much water can be extracted, should be understood . Is our government ready to negotiate with the state and federal government of India to solve the water crisis in Madhesh? If we do not solve the water problem together with India, not only Madhesh, but also India will soon face water crisis in some areas. 

Chure management and water crisis 

When there is a drought in Madhesh, we say that it is due to the destruction of Chure without considering its multi-faceted complexity . It's not enough to say that anymore. The stolen should be protected more effectively. From the point of view of biological diversity, it is necessary to do this to avoid the water crisis of Madhesh. But the water crisis cannot be reversed if the above-mentioned causes are not worked upon even if the chure is improved. 

Chure is the lowest, steepest and youngest mountain. It has sought special love from the state and the community. But our behavior is not in such a way that it is easy. When it comes to burglary, unreasonably unmanned burglary comes up . The tribal community grew up in Chure's arms. Grow up as a part of Chure . Did not exploit Chure . Steal and take your life with you. They are not to blame for the broken pieces . One ideological current blames the tribal community itself. 

In fact, when under the protection of the state and under the patronage of Netaji, wood smuggling started, the selling of stones, gravel and sand became the ideal of the leaders and the lifestyle of Netaji was suddenly raised - from that time Chure has deteriorated . Another important aspect is that Chure was not angry until Chure and the community were alone. The forest is the center of faith of the tribal community. Tribal communities love forests and water like they love their children. 

The Madhesi community gives the status of mother as Chure Mai. For the Madhesi community who have grown up in the same run forest for years, the Chure area is not only a forest, the river flowing through Chure is not a place to extract stones, gravel, sand, they are like mothers . As soon as the private sector came under the protection of the state, it started its renovation. Therefore, if Chure is to be preserved, it must be preserved according to the local culture of the Madhesi and tribal tribes. The

should be interpreted as a center of faith . It should be protected based on local knowledge, skills, technology and heritage. But one truth is that the birth of Chure in nature has not happened to feed water to the population. If the migration happens in this way, the water will be beyond the capacity of the thief. 

Chure management in the context of federalism

Even after federalism came to the country, the President Chure Protection Committee has been centralized in Kathmandu. Such a committee does not have such a long distance view of where the landslide has occurred in Churema, where the water source has dried up. The state does not have the glasses to see such a long distance, so we had to bring federalism . Federalism was not only for the change of the state system, it was also the rationale of federalism to avoid the water crisis in Madhesh . But federalism was not developed as a mechanism to connect people's interest, concern and suffering. 

Centralized structures should be abolished without delay and Chure should be taken to interprovincial affairs . Now the door of regional cooperation should be opened . The greatest trust should be placed on the local government. The local government can protect Chure only with the cooperation of the community . 

Local government to avoid water crisis

In fact, from a long-term perspective, local government has a big role in addressing the current water crisis. The local government should prioritize four tasks. The first task is to make a plan to protect the stolen soil based on local knowledge, skills and technology. The crushed soil and stones have flowed so low, that the bridges of the East-West highway are about to be buried . It has reached the bottom . This is a big problem . 

Every municipality and rural municipality connected to Chure needs to make a master plan with a comprehensive approach. At the local level, the master plan made in collaboration with the local community can be implemented. It is necessary to make a community-centered plan by believing in the community. If Chure breaks down, the community is in trouble . Chure's experts, researchers, scholars are only tourists. Even though the pieces are broken, their lives are ultimately safe. The local government should make an integrated plan for overall conservation and management.  The

is the second, land use planning . Land use planning is not a traditional pattern, what kind of plants help to avoid water crisis, where to plant, where and how much pond to build ? It should be taken as a campaign. Today the ponds are drying up in Madhesh. 

Our ancestors weren't so stupid, they built ponds . Today, experts and scholars are increasing, but the ponds are drying up. It should work within the framework of the land use plan for the pond. A major function of land use planning is to protect water sources. The current development process does not consider the protection of ponds in terms of development . Protection of drinking water source is not included in the development indicator . So Madhesh is developing in trend indicators but the water crisis is increasing . The water crisis is deepening . 

If we proceed with this concept of development, there will be a food crisis in Madhesh in the near future. Protection of arable land, systematic settlement, protection and promotion of ponds, protection of drinking water sources should now be the priority of land use planning . Now we are taking the path of agriculture chemicals and pesticides, that is, we have not taken the path of nature-based agriculture. This has also damaged the soil of Madhesh. made dry . 

Borderlands are destroyed. Therefore, it is necessary to take our agricultural system according to nature . In this context, Hariwan Municipality has tried to show the way to Madhesh by announcing nature-based agriculture. We should learn from Hariwan. If the rhythm of nature is disturbed in any way, Madhesh will go into more crisis. For the long life of both the government and the community, there should be nature-oriented and nature-oriented work. 

The first thing is to have faith in the local government. Taking into account the special sensitivity of Chure, the federal government had to provide special conditional grants . If it is conditionally stated, such a special grant cannot be spent on the protection and management of stolen goods. But for the creativity of Chure protection, the local government should be left and trusted. 

The reinterpretation of development

The process of development that is going on now, the migration that is happening in connection with the development, it can never avoid the water crisis in Madhesh . Let's take an example . The developed places and people's houses are built on stone, gravel and sand. If the house is going to be built like this, then stones, gravel, sand have to be taken from somewhere . From the point of view of transportation, it is easy for traders to get ballast in Madhesh. If so, what kind of house is the above mentioned, what kind of city is the above mentioned, what kind of lifestyle is the above mentioned ? It is important to be clear about this.