This chapter tells about the author who wrote this book with the intention of making this world developed.

1. Contentsof Section1: Introduction.
Chapter3-It isabout me,the author,Dr. Shivu.P.
3.1-Thisis myforth attempt.
3.2-The Reader& the Author– You & Me:
3.3-My effortstoachieve myvisionforthe nation.
Chapter 3: It is about me, the author, Dr.
Shivu. P.
3.1This is my fourthattempt.
This is my fourth attempt of writing the book by name ‘You create developed India’ to bring my
country to the developed status.
The previousbooksbyname ‘A DIFFERENT APPROACHTOWARDSINDIAN PROBLEMS YEAR-2004’, ‘In
the path of making India a developed country’ and ‘Manual on Reticular Canal System for
Interlinking Indian Rivers’ were written by me like the post graduate dissertation and copies were
sent to the planning commission of India, president of India, prime minister of India, standing
committee onwaterresourcesunderthe ministryof water resources, hoping that my views will be
considered and my nation becomes a developed nation. But my expected response was not
receivedbyme. So,I am puttingmyviewsinfrontof the people of this entire world and especially
of the loving people of India in the form of this book.
Everycitizenof Indiawitha goodmindand a betterthinkinghasaright to thinkonthe development
of the nation and his family in an optimistic way. And those who are with me in this task with a
mindsetto make our countrya developednationcansupportme bywritingyouruseful thoughts to
me or can help or provide suggestions and thus we will construct a strong developed India.
3.2The Reader & the Author – You & Me
As I mentioned earlier you may have thousands of questions related to the evolution of this book
itself. Let me anticipate some question and answer these as it is arising in your mind:
Reader: Who is the author?
Author: My name is “Shivu.” I was born on 18.03.1972 at 2 pm at Kollegal (Chamarajanagar district,
Karnataka, India) Government hospital. But in all of my records the birth date is 18.03.1973 as the
last number is changed from 2 to 3 and ultimately printed in the SSLC marks card as 18.03.73. We
thoughtchangingthe date of birthinall the recordsmay be a major task and without any other way
the year continued as 1973.
I was the only child for my parents Sri.Parashiva and Smt.Vishalakshi. My birth name was
‘Shivabhadra’. Myprimaryand secondaryeducations were done at JSS School, Ramapura. I stayed
at my village from my birth to my 10th
standard in Gopishettyyour, Ramapura post (PIN 571444),
Kollegal taluk, chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India. As on today this is my references
residential address. I completed my higher secondary education in March 1988 with 70.33%.

2. Reader:Howdid he get the idea to write this book? What are the events made him to think about
the nation?
Author: My house is one of the few houses in my village getting the news paper daily called
“Prajavani”inKannada. AndI was givena responsibilitytoreadthe importanteventsfromthe news
paper under the headings of ‘local news’, ‘state news’, ‘national news’, ‘international news’,
‘thoughtforthe day’ and the total duration allotted to me was 3 minutes after the Morning Prayer.
I usedto readthe newspapereverydaymorningand write downthe importantparagraph/heading
in a note book and read at the Morning Prayer. And I did this for 4 years under the guidance of my
teachers and my father from 7th
to 10th
standard of my education between the years 1984 to 1988.
And the common subjects that I was reading were on election, politics, flood, drought, water
disputes, poverty, population, communicable disease epidemics, and others. Even though I was
readingthe same newsfor4 timesina day like,once readingat the news paper, second time while
writing in the book, third time after writing, fourth time at the prayer. But, I never thought these
eventswere veryimportantinour life and they are going to influence our life directly or indirectly
and alsoon the developmentof the nation. Retrospectivelythinking,there are no major changes in
the subjects whatever I was reading in the year 1984 and in the present news paper. I hope the
news papers coming within the next few years will be filled only with subjects like festivals,
achievements, recreations, and the news which generates happiness in all the minds.
I enteredmypre universitycourse atJSSCollege,Mysore withthe onlyaimof gettingeithermedical
or engineering seat. So I had no place for any other thoughts. I completed my pre university
education in May1990 with 64.5%.
I enteredthe JSSMedical Collegewiththe blessingsof Swamijiof JSSmutt, since I could not achieve
a free medical seat in government quota and may career started as a medical student. It was a
happytime whenIjoinedthe medical profession,butwhenIenteredthe clinical sideIcould see the
real world. Withoutmyknowledge,myearsusedtolistentothe peoplestalkin the corridors of the
hospital like inabilitytopurchase the drugs, inability to get a CT scan done, staying one or two days
extrainthe hospital because the moneywasnot adjustedintime andsoon. Withoutmy knowledge
my eyes used to see the patient staying in the hospital for long hours even after referring for
neurosurgical intervention and many a times I saw something is missing in their ears or nose from
the time of admission to the discharge like ear rings or nose rings which were sold to meet the
expenses.
Eventhoughmany sucheventswere seeninthe hospital mymindwasnotbothered about all these
events because my aim is to complete my degree with good marks and to become a doctor. The
only‘povertyevent’bothered me during my MBBS course was the letter that I was receiving along
withthe moneysentbymy parentstellingthat‘don’tspendthe moneyunnecessarily’. As a primary
school teacherwiththe governmentsalaryreceivedbymy father, it was a difficult task to meet the
expensesformystudyand to meetthe familymaintenance expense. Myparents met the expenses
of mystudyby sellingthe goldof mymotherandto fulfil the loans3acres of landwas also soldafter
my internshipandIbecame a doctor. I shifted from the medical college hostel to a free hostel run
by the JSS institution in the middle of my studies in view of decreasing my monthly expense.
Reader: When did he start thinking about the society?

3. Author: I started getting the scenario of the society and about the people, and started thinking on
the nation from the time of my internship. Because even though my ears were listening and my
eyeswere seeingthe events of the society, but my mind was not thinking about these events, it is
because my mind was busy in preparing for the exams to get a post graduate seat. It is like
‘swimmingatthe centre of the well orat the centre of the sea makesnodifference unlessotherwise
we startedthinkingaboutthe depthandthe widthof the water surroundingus’. Itistrue that living
inside the oceanof problemswillnotsolve the problemunlesswe start thinking on the aetiology of
the problem and act with the solution; we need to identity the right and the nearest direction to
reach the shore early before our energy gets empty, otherwise we are lost in the ocean.
I am sure that Indiaat presentisnotswimminginthe right and nearest direction to reach the shore
of developedstatusasitisindicatedbythe indicatorslike percapitaincome, people below poverty
line,the income setfordecidingthe below poverty line, infant mortality rate, under five mortality
rate,age expectancyatbirth,purchasingpowerparity,literacyrate,criteria’ssetforcallinga person
literate, prevalence of malnutrition and others.
Reader: How to solve these problems?
Author:Distributingthe moneytothe poor,decreasingthe interestrate,givingsubsidiesovera long
period will not increase the family and the national economy. Distributing and redistributing the
money to the different sectors will not alter the productivity to a greater extent. This is like
spending money for seeds, implanting them in a dry land and allowing it to dry further and
encouragingitto become one amongthe soil insteadof the seedbecomingthe plant and producing
more seeds,thishappensbecause of the lacunae inthe supplyof essentialslike waterandnutrients.
Distributing money to different sectors is like implanting seeds in different dry lands, unless
otherwise we supply the essentials like optimum work atmosphere in the land and in the industry
we are not going to achieve anything positive.
‘The optimum work atmosphere in the land (agriculture) includes preparation of the land bed for
seedimplantationwith proper plowing, and soil testing for soil nutrition with supplementation of
essential nutrition; preparation, preservation, distribution of quality seeds; continuous, adequate
and optimumsupplyof watertothe growingplant;takingpreventive measures, early identification
of plant pathology and adequate treatment for the same; identifying and implementing the
optimumconditionstogethigheryields;properandhygienicwayof processing and preservation of
the yield; assessing the demand of different geographical area of the world with supply of
agricultural productsunderoptimumconditionevenduringtransportation and thus minimizing the
wastingintransportationand loss of the quality of the products; Identifying the different possible
agriculture related industries locally and establishing it, and also supplying the agriculture raw
material continuously to run the industry without any deficiency for the raw materials; Technical,
scientific, research oriented support has to be given by the government with the help of a central
team of scientist with international standards to meet the required quality at any market in the
world’ – And this should be our aim in one field with increasing the productivity, maintaining the
quality,minimizingthe lossinprocessing,preservation,transportation,and thus the final consumer
getsfresh,nutritious,qualityproductat an affordable price. The farmer also gets sufficient returns
since there isincreasedproductivity,anexpected price inthe market,and minimal loss in the fields
of processing, preservation, transportation, and marketing.

4. People of the productive age group should get adequate opportunity, uninterrupted supply of
essentials, optimum atmosphere to work in the land and industries with continuous updated
scientific touch to achieve the maximum productivity in the form of grains and materials. Money
and paper are the modes of transaction and are not the direct indicators of growth.
Reader: Why did he write this book?
Author: By the end of my internship I started thinking that ‘when is the end for these health
problems (Since I was working only inside the hospital)? Why people are unable to pay the bills?
When this long Q is going to decrease? …’ Most of the problems that were seen were related to
infections, nutritional deficiencies, accidents, and others.
My next thought was why these health problems exist? For an infectious disease the aetiology
dependson three factors- the agent, the host, and the environment. The infectious agent may be
transmittedwithin the house due to overcrowding, poor ventilation, malnutrition with decreased
immunity, poor housing, or, outside the house like over crowded market, over crowded bus,
unhygienicmarketingplace,or,othercauseslike poorwatersupplysystems,unhygienicfoodhabits,
lack of knowledge related to the hygiene, improper waste disposal, improper drainage system, air
pollution and so on.
The nutritional deficiencydiseasesmaybe due tolackof purchasingcapacityof the people forfruits,
vegetables,dhal (maynotbe forcereals),unscientific cooking techniques, lack of awareness of the
importance of different food items and others.
Accidents may be due to poor road systems, overworked in driving and others.
If I start listingall the aetiologyinthisway,itisnotgoingto endin a shorttime,so,I will stopthe list
for the time being.
Then, I started thinking why these things are happenings? The answers to these thoughts were -
there is decreased earnings compared to the expense, lack of awareness due to lack of education
and rarely ignorance.
My nextthoughtwas,‘Isthese peopleare notinterestedin earning?’ The answer to this is that the
people are interested in earning. But still why they are not earning adequately? Earning comes
fromwhere and how? The earning comes from the profession or the work on which they depend.
The next question becomes, to what profession the people belong to? Farmers, factory workers,
government employ or the non government employ or others.
Why farmers are not getting good earning or sometimes why they will land up in loss? Is there
defects in the seed supplied, not getting adequate irrigation, not able to maintain the adequate
nutrition of the soil due to improper manure supply, not getting adequate price for the crop that
theygrow,lossof the agricultural productdue toimproperstorage technology? Whois responsible
for all these losses? Is it not possible to solve all these problems?
If we take the scenarioof the factory,is the employsof the factoryare well paid, is the raw material
supply to the factory is optimum and constant, is the market for the factory items is good, if the
factory produces items of high quality with high cost what is the response of the people?

5. If we take the government or the non government employ, are they happy with whatever salary
they are getting, is it possible to lead the life only with salary without taking any bribe, if a
government employ lives only with the salary with the present market values without any other
resourcesandleadingahighlyrewardinglife and becoming eligible for multiple awards, but at the
same time what is going to happen to the position and situation in the family and the people
belongingto himlike hisoldparents,wife andchildren,isthe facilities given are adequate, are they
over or under worked, is this corruption is going to stop or not ?
I was travelling from ‘Mysore to Ramapura’ or ‘Ramapura to Mysore’ during my pre university and
degree education during vacations, by bus. Most of the time the bus was packed with people and
no space for the air to peepinside,andpeoplewere travellingbyhangingatthe door. I wasthinking
why there is so much of crowd in the bus? Is the buses’ moving are not sufficient? – Indirectly,
these are the indicators of poverty.
And many a times suddenly the buses used to stop in the middle of the travel or change the path
and they used to tell the passengers that there is some road block by the people because ‘Kaveri
Strike’ is going on.
Duringour highschool days Saturday and Sunday are meant for filling the water to the house tank,
we used to go for half to one kilometre from the house to get the water from the wells and bore
wellsanditwas routine forus. Between1980 to1990, there wasa bigprocessgoingon inmy house
and in my grandmother’s house that was digging wells in the farms and putting bore wells at the
bottomof the wellsexpectingsome waterto come and most of the times it was a failure and many
daysfollowingthe failure were sad days. I had seen from my eyes some of the families crying and
starving following failures in bore well. When I saw some pictures of flood or the sea in the news
paper,I used to think how come there is so much of water at some places and water scarcity in my
place and whypeople are quarrellingsomuchforwaterand these questionsremained as questions
and there was no solution in my mind at that time.
The thoughts started passing in this way and at the same time my mind was started telling that,
there is a solution for all these aetiologies as the day’s progresses. At this juncture my mind was
thinkingaboutthe problems in one area and the solutions for these problems in another area, the
next area in my mind started questioning me that ‘what is the use if these thought are died with
me?’ So, whatto do forthis? Was the bigquestionstoodin front of me? And I was helpless at that
stage.
My mind started thinking, If you continue to work as a doctor and start seeing the patient
throughout the day and night, I may be seeing 150 to 200 patients per day for the next 60 to 70
years, but is this sufferings and the number is going to decrease at least after this period? The
answer given by the same brain was - NO, Not at all.
My nextthoughtwas, If, I became a politician? May be possible to solve the problems to a certain
extentif all maypartymembers’supportsme withoutexpectingany returns? Who will elect me by
analyzing my thoughts which is present inside my opaque skull? – The same brain started telling
that – it is an uncertain possibility.

6. My nextthoughtwasto become anIASofficer. Whichwassomewhatastrong thought and I started
collectinginformationregardingthe CivilService Examination/IASexams. Itwasin the middle of my
internship,myself andone of myclose friendduringmyMBBS daysDr. Kirankumar,he was basically
from Tumkur, who was also very much interested in taking civil service examination went and
purchasedthe general studies book for taking civil service exams. In the month of February, 1996,
when I was doing my rural postings under the department of community medicine I met Mr.
Shivanand kapse, who came and stayed at Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (Started by Dr.
Sudarshan) in Biligiri Rangana Hills, Yelandur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka who was
cleared his Civil service / IAS preliminary exams provided me many information related to civil
service exams.
In Feb1996, I metDr. Srinivasan, Psychiatrist,NIMHANS,Bangalore,whowasperiodically coming to
B. R. Hillsfor conducting Psychiatry camp at VGKK, BR Hills, and at Karuna trust, Yelandur. One day
at Yelandur,Dr. Srinivasan asked me in which field are you interested? I said ‘I wanted to become
an IASofficer’,thenhe askedme ‘butwhy?’,I said ‘if we make some changes in the socioeconomic
statusof the people,thenwe willnotsee so many patients as we see today in this camp [The camp

7. was conducted periodically by Karuna trust at Yelandur started by Dr. Sudarshan with the help of
Government of Karnataka and NIMHANS for the patients of psychiatry (usual consultant was Dr.
Srinivasan),andalsoforthe patientsof tuberculosisunderNational TuberculosisControl Programme
– NTCP (Usual consultant was Dr. Sridhar, who was a consultant paediatrician working at VGKK, BR
Hills, basically from Chennai) ]. Dr. Srinivasan said ‘Dr. Shivu, mostly you are attracted by the good
car withthe redlighton the topwithpolice jeepinthe frontand the poweryouthinkthat they have
made youto aspire to become anIAS officer,andyoucannotachieve anything in that field because
they are all under the strong influence of the politicians, they cannot do anything independently
even though their thoughts are good, and I think we can serve better in our field itself’. I became
quiet, this made me to think still deeper in to the real situation of the nation, I felt, whatever the
ambition that was present in my mind like eradicating poverty and making India a developed
country is not simple task, but it is complex. But I did not stop thinking about the nation. May be
because of the morningschool prayer,readingmanybooksof Mahatma Gandhi and freedom fights,
Sunday supplementary news papers with the various national leaders with their struggle to
construct a betterIndia,manylovelyarticleswithloving people of India, the stories of the temples
and rivers, the stories of the generosity of the people of India made me to love my nation to a
greater extent.
But my future was also important for me for the survival of myself at that time. And at the end of
my internshipIhada discussionwithmyparentstellingthat‘yougive me some time forme,before I
start workingasa doctor,It is betterif Itake the competitiveexamsandthe entrance exam for post
graduation, for which I need the support from you as I am not going work right now’.
But, my father was already exhausted, there was about Rs 50000 of loan with interest growing for
my family, and they were planning to sell the 3 acre of dry land which was present at
Changadharahally,nearRamapura.Thattime theysaid‘youread,we are happy,butwe are not able
to supportyouany more,youearn and read,we don’t mind but, we are unable to supply any more
money to you’.
This is the situation we see in most of the families of India and which says the story of the
socioeconomicstatusof the middle classgovernmentsalaried families of India. During this period I
was little familiar to our JSS Swamiji, he had seen me many times in our village functions, college
functions, hostel functions - me giving speeches, carrying master of ceremony talks, working as a
volunteer in various exhibitions conducted by JSS Medical college at Suttur, Mysore, Saragur,
Chamarajanarand others. Many of myfriendssuggestedthat if we get a job in the medical college
we get ample time forreadingandwe can use the college library for the sake of reference. But the
next question is where to stay, I decided to get a quarter which was present next to the medical
college. Some of the people of the medical college office said, ‘if Swamiji puts a word you will get
the quartereasily’. So,Iwentto mutt andmet Swamiji andhe askedme what are you doing? I said
‘fewdaysago I completedmyInternship,Iamplanningtojoinasa tutorin the medical college,andI
require aquarteralso. ‘Are younot appeared for the interview ‘- Swamiji asked me. I said ‘No’ (In
the monthof Feb1996 firstroundof interview fortutors and residents for JSS MC, was done when I
was working at BR Hills and I was not aware of it until I reach Mysore after the completion of my
rural posting). Swamiji receivedmyapplicationandsaidtocome afterone weekandafterone week
he said to meet Sri. Shiva kumara swamiji, who was the Honourable secretary to Swamiji and he
saidto stay at JSS children’shostel atSaraswathipuram,Mysore andto workat JSS medical college,I

8. was alsogivenapart time workof teachingat JSS CPEd college. Thus, the full time preparations for
my entrance and for competitive exams were not achieved by me.
Mean while,I requested Swamiji to give one PG seat in his college and it was not fulfilled. Later, I
decidedtoworkhard and geta PG seatbystudying for full time, during that period the money was
provided by my parents with difficulty, because, I had no job in my hand, I gave resignation to the
tutor post in the medical college and I moved away from the hostel and taken a rented house. I
couldfeel thatmyparentswere supplyingthe moneywithdifficulty,we haddifficulty in getting the
gas cylinders,andmanydifficultiesrelatedtofinance and ultimately decided to move out from the
Mysore and I started a clinic at my village and simultaneously reading for the entrance.
I had a clinic at Gopishettyour for one year between 1998 to 1999, I was not earning better in the
clinicandlater, one of my classmate Dr. Deepak from Tarikere, Chikkamagalore district took me to
Holy cross hospital, Kamagere, Kollegal taluk and I started working like a Resident doctor for two
years and the work at hospital was little busy with less time available for reading and all my
ambitions were stayed status. During November 2001 my father received a phone call from Sri.
Manjunath,Honarable secretary,JSS MVP telling that ‘there is a seat vacant and to come and meet
them’. I went and met him; he gave me, Diploma in Paediatrics as per the instruction given by
Swamiji. Since,Medical Council of Indiadoesnotrecommenddiplomaholdersinmedical college as
teachingfacultyand even if the diploma holder joins the medical college, he will not be given any
promotiontill he getsmasterdegree;again I moved to the same Holy Cross hospital as a paediatric
consultantandstartedworkingthere. Now Istartedgettingsome moneyinmyhandand some time
to think on my old ambition of making my nation a developed nation.
I was marriedandI had a baby boyby thistime,IshiftedmyfamilytoHolycrosshospital quartersby
Jan 2004, we started staying together 4 years after our marriage. This happens in most of the
familiesof Indiadue tovariousreasonsandwe are late inmany aspectslike late toget the seat, late
to getthe job,late tosettle in the life, late to marriage and late to stay together and basic purpose
of the God’s creations are violated many a times may be because of our socio economic status.
Initial few months I was forced to fulfil the basic requirements of the family like utensils, mixer,
grinder, TV, fridge, and others.
3.3My efforts toachieve my visionfor the nation.
In all these periodIstartedenteringmyideasina200 pageslongnote book, whatever I had written
in the note book was typed by my wife in the hospital library computer at Holy cross hospital,
kamagere andfewpageswere alsotypedbySmt.Bhagya,Office staff,Holy Cross School of Nursing.
Kamagere.
I prepared a small booklet with the spiral binding by name ‘A different approach towards Indian
problems 2004’.
I tookthat bookto our MLA at that time Smt. ParimalaNagappaand toldherthat ‘if,we make these
changesinour society,we caneradicate poverty,andwe can make our countrya developednation’.
Madam said ‘Please, discuss this, once with district commissioner’.

9. Then I went to chamarajanagar and met the district commissioner Sri. Harshagupta and gave one
copy andexplainedthe same andhe said‘Iwill gothrough this book; you come and meet me in the
nextweek’. Iwenttothe districtcommissioneragainaftera week, that time he said ‘Dr. Shivu, It is
possible,if yousuggestsome changesinthe district to do, but for your aim you need to contact the
officials at the national level, I may not be able to send your proposals officially’.
I gave one hard copy of the same to our Swamiji, he said ‘he will go through it’. Later as I was
discussingthiswithsome of knownpeople like Sri. Jadeswamanna of Kamagere, and Sri. Puttaraju
of Mangala, Kollegal taluk, they said ‘in the government set up, if you want to do some work, you
need to meet them personally otherwise nothing will move’.
Mean while, I was preparing another book ‘In the path of making India a developed country’ with
some more idea’saddedtothe previousbook, that I had prepared previously. During this period, I
had seen a paper add given by ‘Lok sabha, New Delhi, regarding Interlinking Rivers, on 8.6.2005,
page no.9, Vijayakarnataka Kannada daily news paper’ and as per the advertisement given by the
Lok sabha,I sentmy bookto ‘Sri. Sambashivarao,MP. Vice president,standingcommitteeonwater
resources, no.152, 1st
floor, Parliament House annexes, New Delhi – 110001’.
On 16.8.2005, I metSri. Rajashekaramurthy,Memberof Parliamentandexplainedmyviewstomake
our nation a developed nation and about the Reticular Canal System, after having a discussion he
gave a recommendation letter to the standing committee on water resources for considering my
project for discussion.
On the same day I alsometSri. M. V. Rajashekaran,Ministerof state for Planning, GOI, he said give
the details for consideration and I provided the same. In September 2005, I received a letter from
Sri. M. V. Rajashekaran, mentioning that he had a discussion with one of the concerned adviser in
the planning commission of India and he also mentioned that to come to Planning commission of
Indiaand to have a discussionwithhisadviser. Asperhisguidance IwenttoPlanningcommissionof
India,Delhi,andmetSri. Shekaran,adviserforIrrigationatPlanningcommissionof India and I had a
discussionwithhimon14.11.2005. He told‘there are lotof workhas beendone and it is difficult to
change all the plans and it is not a simple project, I alone cannot do anything, I will try to arrange a
meetingwithall the concernedminister and try to do the needful’, he also shown me the plan that
was already existed in his office. I told ‘Sir, There is no continuity between the different canals,
which is planned, so, with this plan southern part of India will not get irrigation from the
continuously flowing northern rivers’. And the discussion was ended there, and it was not
progressed.
On 5.1.2006, I receivedatelegramfrom‘Sri.P.V.L. N.Murthy, undersecretary,Room.No.609,sixth
floor,Parliamenthouseannexe,NewDelhi -110001’ stating ‘to attend in front of the Parliamentary
standingCommittee on water resources for oral evidence on the subject ‘interlinking of rivers’ on
18-01-2006 at 17.30hours’. So,I attendantinfrontof the committee and gave my oral evidence on
the said date at parliament house annexe. The committee appreciated my work and Sri.
Sambashivarao, MP. Vice president, standing committee on water resources, said ‘to prepare a
detailedstudyonlyonInterlinkingof Riversandwe willcall youagain for further discussion’. I came
back fromDelhi andstartedwritingthe detailsregardingthe new systemof IrrigationforInterlinking
Rivers called ‘Reticular Canal System’. The book was ready by the first week of August 2006, and I

10. postedcopiestothe Standingcommittee on water resources, President of India, Prime minister of
India and to the Planning commission of India.
By the third week of August 2006, I received a phone call from the Rastrapathi Bhavan by Sri.
Malhothra,Secretaryto the ‘Presidentof India,Sri. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam’, telling that ‘the president
has readyour books,andhe appreciated your work, he will be forwarding your book to the central
ministry of irrigation for further action’. I was happy after receiving the phone call from the
president’s office and I was waiting for the reply from the Ministry of water resources.
Andin the monthof January2007, I receivedthe replyandthe contents of the letter are as follows:
“No.2/8/2006-BM/56. Government of India. Ministry of water resources (BM Division). E-
Mail:sjcbm-mowr@nic.in, Phone/Fax: 011-23714129, Dated10.1.2007. To, Dr. P. Shivu, MBBS, DCH,
Ramapura post, Kollegal Taluk, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka, PIN-571444. Sub:
Implementationof projectcalled“Reticular Canal System for Inter linking Indian Rivers” regarding.
Sir,please referto letter dated 8.8.2006 addressed to President of India and Prime Minister on the
subject cited above. The report has been examined and it is felt that proposal of Reticular Canal
System using rivers as natural channels and further carrying water through interconnected water
courses as Primary, Secondary and Tertiary channels has been conceptualized as a goal of Social
workto eliminate poverty and get a goal of equal land income from any land situated anywhere in
India. The technical detailsof projectare incomplete butthe basicconcept of proposal is visualized
without having any detailed study of geology and geography of vast land of the country and river
regime;andlacksinbasic tenantof hydrology and engineering analysis. Manual on Reticular Canal
System for Interlinking Indian Rivers, project called ‘In the path of making India a developed
country” and CD of that project are returned herewith. Encl; as above, yours faithfully, Sign (K.
Vohra). Sr. Joint Commissioner (BM). R. NO. 431, Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti
Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 01.”
Let us think about the letter.
Withthislettermyprojectand the proposalswere refusedandmybookswere postedback to me. I
appreciate the workof readingdone bythe top officials and they are very practical in thinking with
the present situation existing in India. The truth is, I have not assured them, “that whatever my
goalsmentionedinthe projectwhichwassent to them, like ‘Eliminating the Poverty’ and ‘the goal
of equal land income from any land situated anywhere in India’ will be achieved in seconds.”
It isan ultimate aim or the goal to establish the equality in the people in terms of economy, equal
education opportunity, equal job opportunity, equal facility, and thus to prevent migration with
better productivity at the places or the villages where ever they stay. Increased productivity
increases the individual economy and which in turn improves the national economy. And this we
have to achieve overaperiodof time bylisting‘all the causesforpoverty’and‘all the causes of land
un equalityintermsof productivity’thatisexistinginthe presentsituation and by solving the same
one after the other. The solution for each cause, when it is practically applied on the society may
take many years to achieve depending upon the velocity of our practical activity. If we don’t have
the courage to achieve somethingnew,if we are lazyinour processof thinking, if we don’t have the
power to visualize the things inside our mind then this project looks impossible to achieve.

11. For example the landcostof persquare feetof landin one of the remote village may be nil, and the
governmentmaygive free authorizationof landownershipinthe thatvillage ormaycollectnominal
fee or which may cost between 50 to 100 rupees per square feet. At the same time, if, we look at
the cost of the landinSouth Mumbai which ranges between 10000 to 15000 rupees per square feet
of land,orin southeastDelhi whichrangesbetween8000 to 9000 rupeespersquare feetof land, or
in Central Bangalore which ranges between 8000 to 9000 rupees per square feet of land.
Few questions which we need to think at this point are- Why people are paying so high money in
some placesandat the same time whythe landvaluesare verylow at some other places? Why and
howpeople invest so much of money at some places and how did they get back their investment?
Why people are attracted to certain places? What are the factors that influence the people to pay
so much of high money in some places? And so on.
If these questions are answered, and the contents of the answers are achieved in all the villages,
thenthe people will notmove fromthe village to cities and the demand in the cities will decrease,
and the cost of the land in the urban areas decreases.
But, how each village’s infrastructure can become ‘more than a city’ with shopping malls,
restaurants, good schools, entertainment parks, movie parks, sports complexes? This is possible
onlywhenthe economyof the people of the village increases, as the people in the village are also
start using such facilities and the increased economy are used in a proper way. Economy of the
people in the village increases when there is revolution in the field they work. If a village is
dependent on agriculture then we need to assess why some of the agriculture lands are costing
more and some landsare costingless. The causesare relatedtoirrigation,the type of the soil, rain,
methodof agriculture,nearby market for the sale of the agricultural products and so on. And each
problemcanbe tackledina coordinatedfashion, and it is not a big problem to convert the dry land
to irrigated land, identifying the deficient nutrition and supplementing the same, identifying the
suitable crop for the soil, adopting scientific way of agriculture in a large scale and others. Only
thing is, all of us have to make our mind to achieve these goals. The sad thing is, our leaders, and
the people at the top are lacking courage and vision to achieve something new.
The next sentence written in the letter is ‘The technical details of project are incomplete but the
basicconceptof proposal isvisualizedwithouthaving any detailed study of geology and geography
of vastlandof the countryand riverregime;and lacks in basic tenant of hydrology and engineering
analysis’. I accept the fact that the technical details written in the book sent to them was
incomplete,andIalso tell the another truth that, whatever the technology that I am writing in this
bookis also‘incomplete’andwe candevelopthe complete techniquesnecessaryfor‘interlinking of
rivers’ only when all of us sit together and work, like scientist in physics, hydrology, geology,
geography,computerscience,sensortechnology,automobilesandothernecessaryalliedsubjects. I
alone cannot work in all these fields, I am a normal human, and I don’t have the complete
knowledge of all thesefields. It isalsonot possible byanyone personinanyone field of any calibre
to developall the technologywithoutthe helpof the alliedspecialties,thenhow Ialone cangive the
complete details of all the technology and thus it is incomplete. But who is going to create a
platform for all of us to sit together and work is the question and that has to be done by the
government.

12. The other pointof the same sentence isthe ‘detailedstudyof the geologyandgeographyof the vast
landIndia’. I wantedtoask one question,thatis - is itpossible toevaluate every square centimetre
of the landwithgeologytill the central pointof the core of the earth below andthe airon the top? If
it is already done, where are those information’s are available? Is it necessary to study all those
details to interlink rivers? In this process, our life will end only in the name of ‘study’ and we will
neverachieve the goal that we are targeting? How this is possible only by me without the support
of the concerned department giving details to me? And I have clearly mentioned the points in
geographynecessaryforinterlinkingthe riversinthe booksenttothem and about the procedure of
the surveyto getthose detailsrelatedtointerlinkthe rivers. Theyare asfollows: ‘the course of the
riverwiththeircurvaturesatevery unit distance, their level above the mean sea level at the every
correspondingunitdistance,the flow of water in cubic meters per second in different seasons and
variations with rain at corresponding unit distance, with the land marking installed exactly at the
sitesall alongthe course of the riverat everyunitdistance forouractionat each step’. Where these
data’sand detailsare are available? Thisrequiresonthe spotsurveyandlandmarking to create the
canals,because the fillingpointshouldalwaysbe higher than the level of the draining point in case
of flow based canal and the levels should be the same in case of water level based canal system.
Who isgoingto sponsorfor thissurveyand installation of the land mark. Who is going to construct
the factory for creation of the instruments for the survey in large scale, so that all the necessary
waterpathwayscan be surveyedsimultaneously?Otherwise thisworkwill not be completed in this
generation. All thesethings should have been thought by the top people before they come to the
conclusion and writing the sentence in the letter like ‘Manual on Reticular Canal System for
InterlinkingIndianRivers,projectcalled‘Inthe pathof makingIndiaa developed country” and CD of
that project are returned herewith’.
They may be visualizing the basic concept of my proposal as it is mentioned in the letter. When,
how, what for, and how that visualization is going to make our nation a developed one is the
question. They may not be visualizing as I am visualizing and thinking, and it is a sad thing to see
that, if somebodyinthe topcomesto a conclusionthenthatbecomesthe final decision,andIfeel,it
is always good to have discussions, extract the subject from the person who comes out with some
innovative ideas and make him to work if his innovative ideas are useful to the nation.
I have a strong opiniononmyviews,thatthisbookisgoingto bringdevelopmentinthe nation, only
thingis, it needtoreach the people andif all the people make theirmindtogo withthiswork,then I
may getthe opportunitytodo thiswork.So,I am releasingthisbookinfront of the people to take a
decision and if all the people of India want it, then it will have its course.
All the people of the world can read this book and if it is useful to any part of the world then they
can use it, and I am happy to see a world without poverty, all having good food, living in good
houses and being healthy.