Ganga to Kaveri Jal-Sethu
Motivation
Why is G2K Jal-Sethu?
- One India One River!
- Bring Water to meet City Demands!
- Avoid Recurring Floods to Save Lives & Crops!
- Avoid Pollution and Preserve Rivers!
- Share among Under-Utilized and Over-Utilized!
- Connect Major Rivers and Transport!
- River is the Greenest and Cheapest Transportation
Introduction
What is G2K Jal-Sethu?
- Analytical Tool for Exploring New Waterways!
- Interactive Exploration for Developing Canals and Aqueducts
- Near-Realtime Exploration for Entire Nation
- Chart Cost-Effective Routes to Bring Water from Locations of Abundance
- Evaluate Exhaustively Long River Bodies for an Optimal Route To A Destination
- Plan Waterways for Short or Extended Distances Over Complex Geologies
- Identify Effective Diversions from Population Centers
Scenarios
How can G2K Jal-Sethu be Useful?
- Explore Drawing Kaveri Waters to Bengaluru
- Plan Diverting/By-Passing River Yamuna from Delhi to Benefit the Farmers
- Discover Linking the Often-Flooding Ravi/Beas/Sutlej to the Yamuna
- Run Full-Search for Cost-Effective Routes from Godhavari to Krishna
- Plan Waterways for Short or Extended Distances Over Complex Geologies
- Build Multi-Stage River-Linking Project Plans
Technicals
How does G2K Jal-Sethu Work?
- Digital Elevation Data (DEM) from ASTER2 Satellites
- DEM Data for All 10mX10m Land of Entire Nation
- Soil Classification Data (WRB 2006) from UN SoilGrids
- Soil Data for All 250mX250m Land of Entire Nation
- Elevation and Soil Type Define Construction Cost for Routes
- Cost for Billions of 10X10 Land; and 10s of Billions Links
- Crunched to Millions of Analyticals
- Resulting to Interactively Searchable Map-Dashboard
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Verification
How Well does G2K Jal-Sethu Work?
- Took Already Existing Man-Made Waterways For Validation
- HMWSSB: Krishna-to-Hyderabad
- Telugu-Ganga Project
- Ran G2K for Exhaustive Searches For Same Source-and-Destinations
- Identified Top-3 Cost-Effective Routes for Each Projects
- Verified the Cost-Effective Routes Closely Matches to Existing Waterways
- Results are Publsihed as On-Demand Layer in G2K Jal-Sethu
Demo/Guide
How to Use G2K Jal-Sethu?
How to Access G2K Jal-Sethu?
This video shows how to visit the G2K Jal-Sethu. Also, this video shows basic features and functionalities of the screens.
How to Access Pre-Published Routes?
This video shows how to view pre-published major river waterways. Also, this video shows advanced features and functionalities of the screens.
How to do Simple Exploration?
This video shows how to explore for cost-effective waterways of small distances. Also, this video shows how to save the results for other apps.
How to do Advanced Exploration?
This video shows how to do multi-stage exploration for cost-effective waterways of large distances. Also, this video shows how to interactively change the stages to improve your results.
Cultural Motivation
Why Would You Seek G2K?
- Rivers Run Through The Entire Indian Civilization. All Indians See Connected to A River of His/Her Home!
- Edward Gibbon in his magnum opus tells about the Somnath Temple:
"Two thousand Brahmins were consecrated to the service of the deity, whom they washed each morning and evening in water from the distant Ganges."
- In Adhyatma Ramayana, Rama worships Shiva in Rameshwar and tells:
"After taking bath in the sea at Rameshwar, one should bring Ganga water and offer over Shiva. This will certainly bring salvation"
Help/Contact
Have Problem? Need Help? Have Suggestions?
- Use Demo/Guide Section
- Videos Could Introduce G2K Jal-Sethu Screens
- Also, There are Videos for Advanced Usages
- If You have Any Recommendations for Publishing On-Demand Cost-Effective Routes Between Large Water Bodies, Please Send Email to Us
- For Issues/Problems/Follow-Ups, Please Send Email to Us