Now there is a water crisis in Madhesh. There is a crisis of water for food, not water for planting. It seems that the government is trying to pay attention to deep boring. Deep boring is like a relief program. In the short term, distributing water in jars and deep boring may be fine, but within the short term program, what will we do about the food crisis in Madhesh next year? Disasters always cause problems for vulnerable people and communities.

If a single woman is 75 years old now, 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. A big hotel has as much water as a car wash. Poor communities do not have access to drinking water. A

is not just about showing 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, there will be no place for Madhesh to live. The current water crisis should also be analyzed based on our actions in history. Learning lessons from history should be found in the current context. 

East-West Highway and migration 

There was once a dense forest in Madhesh. Madhesi and tribal communities were fighting against 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 government data. The relationship with Madhesh was analyzed through the lens of Pahadiya nationalism. By distrusting the Madhesi community, the task of bringing the Pahadiyas has now automatically turned into the fall of Madhesh.

became the east-west highway with rehabilitation. How many trees were cut, 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. The cities of Madhesi Pourkha were not a priority of the state because there were Madhesi there. 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. From there the process of marginalization started. 

The biggest pride of Madhesh, the Janaki temple, was not touched by the east-west highway. The east-west highway was not meant to empower Madhesi and increase their pride, it was to destroy the Madhesi. Systematically like this, after people weed, the underground water goes down. is natural 10 years ago today, the water was decreasing. Seven years ago, in my own study, Chure and the local people had told me about the water crisis. It's just an explosion now. There was a water crisis. The need to dig a 150 feet deep well had already come up at that time. After all, it's just because we don't care. It is not acceptable that migration continues in this way and there is no water crisis in Madhesh. 

Bilateral geography of water

Water has its own geography. Groundwater storage has a deeper aspect. 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 lies far below the surface, when Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhesh are combined. In Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the ground water was withdrawn so much. After all, the water of our Madhesh pond has also been drained.

If Uttar Pradesh and Bihar continue to exploit like this, 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. Based on 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, India will also face water crisis in some areas soon. 

Chure management and water crisis 

When there is a drought in Madhesh, we say it is because of drought without considering its multifaceted complexity. This is not enough anymore. The stolen should be protected in a more effective manner. 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 reasons are not addressed even if the chure is improved. 

Chure is the lowest, steepest and youngest mountain. It has sought the special love of the state and the community. But our behavior is not in such a way that it is not easy. When it comes to burglary, unreasonably unmanned burglary comes up. The tribal community grew up in Chure's arms. He grew up as a part of Chure. Chure was not exploited. Steal and take your life with you. They are not to blame for the breakage. One ideological strand blames the tribal communities themselves.

In fact, when under the protection of the state and under the patronage of Netaji, wood smuggling started, selling stones, gravel and sand became the ideal of the leaders and raised the lifestyle of Netaji - from that time Chure has deteriorated. Another important aspect is that the Chure did not get angry until the 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 grew 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 and sand, they are like mothers. When the private sector entered Churema 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 Madheshi and tribal tribes.  The

should be interpreted as a center of faith. It should be preserved based on local knowledge, skills, technology and heritage. But one thing is true, the birth of Chura in nature is not so much to feed the population. If the migration happens in this way, even the water will be beyond the capacity of the thief. 

Chure management in the context of federalism

Even after federalism in 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 landslides have occurred in Churema, where the water source has dried up. We had to bring federalism because the state does not have the glasses to see such a long distance.

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 never developed as a mechanism to connect with such concerns, concerns and sufferings of the people. Centralized structures should be abolished without delay and Chure should be taken to inter-provincial 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 avert water crisis

In fact, from a long-term perspective, local government has a major role to play in addressing the current water crisis. The local government should do four tasks with priority. The first task is to make a plan to protect the stolen soil based on local knowledge, skills and technology. Crushed soil and rock have flowed so low, that bridges on the east-west highway are about to be buried. It has come down. 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 the chure is damaged, the community is in trouble. Chure's experts, researchers, scholars are just tourists. Even though the pieces are damaged, 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 plants help to avoid water crisis, where to plant, where to build ponds and how much? 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 scientists are increasing but the ponds are drying up. The ponds should work within the framework of land use planning. A major task of land use planning should be to protect water sources. The current development process does not consider the conservation of ponds in terms of development. Protection of drinking water sources is not included in the development indicators. Therefore, Madhesh is developing in trend indicators but water scarcity is increasing. The water crisis is deepening. 

If we proceed with this belief 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 prioritized in land use planning. Now we are taking the path of chemical and pesticide agriculture, that is, we have not taken the path of nature-based agriculture. It has also spoiled the soil of Madhesh. made dry. 

Borderlands are devastated. 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 Harivan. 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, the work should be nature-oriented and back to nature. 

First of all, there had to be trust in the local government. Considering the special sensitivity of Chure, the federal government had to provide special conditional grants. If the condition is stated, such a special grant cannot be spent for anything other than the protection and management of the stolen property. 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 look at an example. The so-called 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 and 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, what kind of city is the above, what kind of lifestyle is the above? It is important to be clear about this.