“Nadi Jodo, Desh Jodo: Pandayan Saheb’s Call to Connect All Rivers and Share Water Equally”

“Where one land drowns and another dries, justice is not flowing. The rivers must rise for all — not for a few.”

— R. R. Pandayan Saheb

India, a land of rivers and rains, still suffers from two cruel realities:

🌪️ Floods in one region, and

🔥 Drought in another.

While some villages drown in overflowing rivers, others walk 10 kilometers just to fill a pot of water.

R. R. Pandayan Saheb has stepped forward with a bold and national vision — a movement to connect the rivers of India and ensure that every state, every village, and every farmer gets their fair share of water.

This is not just an infrastructure issue — it is a justice issue.

🌐 The Grand River Network: A Vision of Unity and Equality

R. R. Pandayan Saheb is a vocal supporter of the “Nadi Jodo Andolan” — a people-powered demand to connect all major rivers of India through a well-planned national river linking system.

“This is not a fantasy. This is a necessity.

We built highways to move cars — now let’s build waterways to move life.”

— R. R. Pandayan Saheb

His vision includes:

  • Interlinking rivers across flood-prone and drought-prone states
  • Creating canals that divert excess monsoon water to water-scarce regions
  • Ensuring equal and just water distribution — especially for the poor and marginalized farmers

🌧️ Floods Will Be Controlled, and the Poor Will Be Protected

Every year, floods destroy lives — not in rich cities, but in poor villages.

Crops, homes, cattle, and children — all washed away in helplessness.

R. R. Pandayan Saheb believes that connecting rivers will reduce flood risk drastically:

  • Excess water from overflowing rivers can be channelled safely into dry basins
  • Balanced water distribution will stop both floods and waterlogging
  • Marginal farmers and poor labourers — often the worst hit — will finally be safe

“Floods are not natural disasters anymore — they are political failures. We must correct this injustice.”

— R. R. Pandayan Saheb

🚫 No More Dried Rivers, No More Dying Villages

In many parts of India, rivers run dry for 6–8 months.

Villages that once had flowing streams now watch cracked earth and dying cattle.

Saheb warns:

“A dry river is not just a water crisis — it is a death sentence for the poor farmer.”

 

Through river interlinking:

  • Even seasonal rivers will get flow year-round
  • Crops will be saved, and farmer suicides will reduce
  • No region, no caste, no community will be left thirsty

Water will become a right — not a reward.

🗣️ Saheb’s Direct Message to the Government

While the government has made small efforts in limited areas, R. R. Pandayan Saheb is demanding urgent national focus and budget on this issue:

“You cannot give water to rich golf clubs and let poor farmers beg with buckets.

We want a river network, not just pipe dreams.”

— R. R. Pandayan Saheb

His call to action:

  • Declare river interlinking as a national emergency plan
  • Form a high-level task force with farmer leaders, water scientists, and Bahujan representatives
  • Guarantee priority access to water for agriculture and drinking — not for corporates
  • Launch a public audit of river projects, exposing delays and corruption

🌿 Saheb’s Future Plan for the People

R. R. Pandayan Saheb is preparing to launch:

  • A “Nadi Nyay Yatra” — a statewide journey across dry villages and flood-hit regions
  • A people’s petition demanding equal water rights for all districts
  • Youth-led teams to track water scarcity zones and collect real data
  • Legal and public pressure on government to fast-track water connectivity projects

“This is not just a river movement.

This is a revolution to bring dignity to every drop.”

— R. R. Pandayan Saheb

While politicians argue and projects stall, people suffer.

R. R. Pandayan Saheb is not waiting. He is acting.

His river-linking mission is not about pipes and dams —

It is about life, dignity, and justice.

Because in Saheb’s vision of India —

No child should drink muddy water.

No farmer should pray for rain.

And no village should die of thirst while another drowns.