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The article's not being told something about the real failure here, whatever that may be. India has monsoons, and anyplace with dependable monsoons and enough l
by miked 17y ago
The article's not being told something about the real failure here, whatever that may be. India has monsoons, and anyplace with dependable monsoons and enough land to build reservoirs should never run out of water.
BTW, if you've never experienced a monsoon, I can't recommend it enough. Most westerners try to travel in the dry season. That's understandable, but they're missing out on one of the great wonders of the world. It's just unbelievable how much water the atmosphere can hold and how fast it can get rid of it.
- sridharvembu 17y agoIndia built a vast distributed system of small reservoirs - also known as village ponds or temple ponds. The fact that the rural system of governance was dismantled (and they realized the problem, and tried to reassemble it in a pale imitation) led to the neglect of these ponds, among other issues.
- miked 17y agoThanks. I expected something like that. Local people have a strong incentive to make sure a local pond works. The people who run a centralized government have an incentive -- mostly their own thirst for power over others -- to make sure they control it, and little incentive to make sure it works.