Ganga to Kaveri Jal-Sethu
Motivation
Why is G2K Jal-Sethu?
- One India One River: Link All Major Rivers
- Bring Water to meet City Demands
- Avoid Recurring Floods to Save Lives & Crops
- Avoid Pollution and Preserve Rivers
- Share Water Based on Utilization
- Build Canals to Navigate through Nation
Introduction
What is G2K Jal-Sethu?
- Analytical Atlas Tool for Exploring Cost-Effective Waterways of Any Distance
- Interactive Exploration for Developing Canals and Aqueducts
- Near-Realtime Exploration for Entire Nation
- Chart Cost-Effective Routes to Bring Water from Locations of Abundance
- Plan Waterways for Short or Extended Distances Over Complex Geologies
- Identify Effective Diversions from Population Centers
- Evaluate Exhaustively Long River Bodies for Optimal Routes To the Destinations
Scenarios
How can G2K Jal-Sethu be Useful?
- Explore Opportunities to Bring Kaveri Waters to Bengaluru
- Plan Diverting/By-Passing River Yamuna from Delhi to Avoid Pollution for the Benefit of Farmers
- Discover Linking the Often-Flooding Ravi/Beas/Sutlej to the Yamuna
- Run Full-Search (From All Source Locations to All Destination Locations) 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 for all Major Rivers of the Nation
Technical
How does G2K Jal-Sethu Work?
- INPUT: Digital Elevation Data (DEM) from ASTER3 Satellites
- DEM Data for Each 10mX10m Land of Entire Nation
- INPUT: Soil Classification Data (WRB 2006) from UN SoilGrids
- Soil Data for Each 250mX250m Land of Entire Nation
- FORMULAE: Elevation and Soil Type Define Construction Cost for Waterway Routes
- DATASET: Cost for Billions of 10mX10m Land; and 10s of Billions Links
- PROCESSING: Ran for multi-years Trillions of Searches to Millions of Analytical Results
- RESULT: Interactively Searchable Map-Dashboard!
Verification
How Well does G2K Jal-Sethu Work?
- Took Already Existing Man-Made Waterways For Validation
- HMWSSB: Krishna Water to Hyderabad
- Telugu-Ganga Project Krishna (Kandaleru) Water to Chennai
- 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 in G2K Nirupana page
Video 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.
15 MB
How to Access Researched Result (Nirupana) Routes?
This video shows what are researched results of major river waterways and how to view them. Also, this video shows the reasons for G2K automated process and how it is used by the G2K team.
33 MB
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.
26 MB
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.
47 MB
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?
- For Self-Help, Please See Video Demo/Guide Section
- Videos Could Introduce G2K Jal-Sethu Screens
- Also, There are Videos for Advanced Usages
- Quick Tips on How to Explore Interactively
- Presentation, Design and Implementation Documents
- 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
