Son River

Patna. Vanshi Singh, a 70-year-old farmer living in one of the villages by the side of southern bank of River Sone, is a hopeless soul and distraught as well. He is fast loosing his hope in this season of Kharif for bumpy crop which he used to reap earlier. Living near Sone is not going to benefit him any more thanks to almost dried up river. And, at the moment, Vanshi is wondering what if monsoon will too get delayed. He would perhaps nothing but to face complete drought in his large farming area. For him, monsoon is of course a boon to irrigate his farming, but, it is Sone on which he hinges upon all his savings for the season. Much to his ill-fate, the river is devoid of water this year to the most part of its length after entering into the border of the state. Apart from cursing fate, he is dismayed that why state government is not taking notice of his predicament and of other cultivators like him. They say there is Sushasan (good governance) under Nitish regime but, it has not yet reached to us. And, it will have no effect now as Rohini nakshtra has also been passed off, he makes poignant statement on his state-of-affairs. When we ask (officials) about canal water for irrigation purpose they flatly reply that river has no water in its store, he complains We are least bothered by them as it has no meaning to us whether Nitish or Lalu is in rule, Vanshi remarks pungently. Apart from rain, for decades, Sone has been a sole source of water for irrigation to hundreds of <b>...</b>