Cauvery Calling quotes by Sadhguru
It takes love in your Heart to invest in aspects that we ourselves may not get to enjoy the fruits of.
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Cauvery Calling is not about some river in South India. Everyone who consumes water must join this movement to demonstrate to the tropical world that our soil & rivers can be revitalized by taking appropriate & timely actionIndia World Water crisis River
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Water is a resource that needs to be managed. Unfortunately, we think about water only when we run out of it. "Cauvery Calling" is an effort to fundamentally address the soil & water crisis of the tropical world
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Flooding does not mean excess rain; it is just lack of tree cover that has made soil unable to hold and direct water towards aquifers
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Corporates can support "Cauvery Calling" with minimal expenditure by adopting 500 farmers in at least one Taluk in Cauvery Basin & help them switch to Agroforestry. As a generation, we have the responsibility & privilege of making it happen in our lifetime
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"Cauvery Calling" is not a tree planting program. It's an economic program for the farmers & an ecological plan for the nation which will increase farmers' income significantly & revitalize soil & water in Cauvery basin.
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The aim of "Cauvery Calling" is to enable plantation of 242 crore trees in Cauvery basin which will sequester 9-12 trillion litres of water in the Cauvery basin which is over 60% of the current flow in Cauvery River.
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We have problems, but we also have a beating heart that seeks solutions. "Cauvery Calling" is about becoming part of the solution for our deteriorating soil & water resources
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One of the core objectives of "Cauvery Calling" is to establish a national Timber Board which will reduce India’s import dependence on Timber & Timber products & significantly boost our agrarian economy
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"Cauvery Calling" will fulfill Mahatma’s dream of making rural India thrive & become a phenomenal economic force. Enriching our soil & revitalizing our water resources is the only way forward. Let’s make it happen
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In two generations, Cauvery has depleted to a point that a perennial river has become seasonal, a river that nurtured Tamil Nadu for millenia. Cauvery is Calling.
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The Divine is constantly waiting at your doorstep to move in – if only you allow the necessary space
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Water Crisis Quotes
There is a beautiful saying in Tamil - only if Cauvery comes walking, she is prosperity; if she comes running, she is a disaster. How do we make Cauvery walk? There must be sufficient tree cover in the catchment.
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It's not just two states fighting for sharing water of Mother Cauvery, blood is flowing within a locality for this most fundamental life-making ingredient
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For the Cauvery to remain true to her name and continue to flow in abundance, we must take action to revitalize her.
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Our seven decades of political freedom will go in vain if we don’t leave abundant water and a rich soil for future generations.
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Time we address the real challenge before Mother Kaveri which is massive deforestation in catchment areas. We must gradually shift from debating water sharing principles to ways to increase water levels in our rivers
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A tree in your house may be helpful, but to rejuvenate the soil of the nation what we really need to do is plant a large number of trees in contiguous land. That's why " Cauvery Calling" is focusing on farmers.
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The best gift you could offer me on this day is a promise & commitment that as a generation, we will leave behind a rich soil & abundant water.
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Our plan for Cauvery is to bring back at least one third of its area under green cover, in the next 12 years. At this stage of my life, a 12-year plan is not a good plan. But I have taken this up. Please don’t make it twenty years
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Fortunate for the nation Monsoon is near normal, but complacency during wet season and desperation during dry seasons is not the way. Trees and vegetation only way to keep the blessings of Monsoon for the whole year.
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Groundwater in the very heartland of Karnataka's Cauvery basin is drying up at an alarming rate. This sorry state of this mighty river was unimaginable just a decade ago. Cauvery basin needs urgent revitalization. Cauvery is calling
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Instead of fighting over rivers, we need to nurture rivers
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All concerned should do everything needed to nourish Cauvery, which is our lifeline
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For a large agrarian country like India, soil & water are the most precious wealth. Killing soil is like killing the Nation. "Cauvery Calling" is an economic plan for farmers & an ecological plan for the nation
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"Cauvery Calling" is an effort to approach agriculture scientifically, like every other aspect of life. The farmers, who toil to feed over 1.3 billion people, deserve the best possible opportunities & support.
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There is widespread misconception that a particular valley in the hills is catchment for the river. In tropical lands every inch of land is catchment. "Cauvery Calling" - an attempt to bring back vegetation on land to enhance our soil, water & agriculture
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The responsibility & privilege of Tamil people in revitalizing Cauvery is more important than anybody else because the glorious history of Tamil agriculture is at serious risk.
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Cauvery is not our problem; Cauvery is source of our life. From now on, when we utter the word Cauvery, we should say Cauvery Tayi, not Cauvery problemPerspective Problems India Water crisis
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If we don’t transform agriculture in Tamil Nadu then over 60% of this rich land will become uncultivable. "Cauvery Calling" is an effort to transform our agriculture & thereby transform our soil & water resources
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Tamil Nadu, one of the most fertile regions on the planet with a 12,000-year old history of agriculture, is turning fallow in just two generations. "Cauvery Calling" is an effort to revitalize this rich soil of Tamil Nadu.
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You and me will come and go, but Cauvery must continue to flow
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One handful of Tamil soil is said to contain more microorganisms than entire human population. I wish they had voting rights! May the Tamil people join "Cauvery Calling" to save this invaluable soil & rivers.
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Cauvery is the most precious treasure of Karnataka. By gathering in large numbers, the people of Karnataka have demonstrated that they are willing to repair the damage that we have knowingly or unknowingly caused to Mother Cauvery
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India, one of the world’s most fertile lands & biodiverse regions, is on the verge of losing its richest heritage.
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Trees are the greatest, most effective & most reliable technologies that can revitalize our soil & rivers. Cauvery needs 242 crore trees to return to her original glory. Time to act
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Cauvery river that flowed through pristine forests for millennia is turning brown because she is carrying a large amount of sediment since water is flowing at surface due to lack of sufficient vegetation in the basin
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Protection & revitalization of our soil, rivers & agriculture is as important as protecting the borders of the nation
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We should hand over Cauvery to the next generation the way our elders handed it over to us
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"Cauvery Calling" is an economic plan for the farmers & an ecological plan for the nation. Through Cauvery Calling we want to demonstrate that Agroforestry can not only enhance farmers' income 3-8 times in 5-7 years but also revitalize groundwater & Cauvery River significantly
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"Cauvery Calling" is not an individual's or organization's work. Heartening to see the younger generation hearing the call of Mother Cauvery.
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Micro-irrigation can cause a major revolution in freeing up 500 million farmers’ hands for 300 hundred days in a year. The amount of ancillary economic activity that they can do in this country will be phenomenal.
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We are using our water resources to the fullest. In case of 2 or 3 consecutive bad Monsoons there shall be a human calamity and, in turn, civil strife that will be tragic.
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Floods in southern states. This water should have been percolating into the earth to replenish aquifers and groundwater. Strategic planting of Trees would mitigate floods to a large extent.
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Cauvery has been the source of wellbeing, prosperity & the very source of life for these lands. A forest-fed perennial river is fast becoming a seasonal stream as 87% of tree cover has been removed in 50 years. Cauvery is calling, do you have a heart to hear?
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In "Cauvery Calling" movement, we are looking at how to convert at least one third of farmland in Cauvery Basin into agroforestry. This will not only revitalize the river but will also enhance farmers' income significantly.
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Forever Cauvery has embraced & nourished us. A time has come when we have to embrace & nourish Cauvery.
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Shifting to tree-based agriculture not only replenishes the soil and river, it can also increase a farmer’s income by 3 to 8 times in 5 to 7 years.
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The vast Kaveri basin that spreads over three states and a union territory is a major lifeline for Southern India. Today Kaveri is choked, suffocated and barely surviving in most parts. Revitalisation of Kaveri is critical
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The massive reduction of crop in recent years in Kaveri region has discouraged next generation from taking up farming. Kaveri is calling. Time to act
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Large-scale afforestation project in Kaveri basin & revitalization of Waghari River in Yavatmal, the epicenter of India's painful farmer suicide story, are the two immediate areas of focus & implementation in this phase of "Rally for Rivers"
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Economic wellbeing of the nation depends on the wellbeing of its farmers & agrarian communities. "Cauvery Calling" is an effort to make economic process a sustainable & ecologically sensitive process
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We are working towards bringing at least one-third of Cauvery River Basin under Agroforestry & set an example for tropical world that Agroforestry can not only enhance farmers' income & ensure food security but also revitalize our soil & water resources
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"Cauvery Calling" is not a protest; nor an agitation; it is a movement to revitalize soil, water & agriculture in Cauvery basin and set an example for the entire tropical world that Economy & Ecology can work together.
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