Thread by @leofsaldanha

Karnataka Chief Justice Abhay Oka’s order in a PIL filed by @esgindia1 & me is a major leap forward in securing ecological, socio-economic and water security for the people of Karnataka - by devolving lake governance to local levels with public involvement and science based…

…efforts. See: bit.ly/2UaMcZl

Now everyone must use this order and ensure every village, talluk, ward, city and district protects, rehabilitates and governs lakes and Raja kaluves as commons, based on traditional knowledge and wisdom and new scientific understanding of wetlands, and thus secure our lives…

…and livelihoods sustainably and that of future generations no particularly.

Thanks to everyone who encouraged us, and extended widespread solidarity and support to this effort over a decade and more,.

Now let’s save every lake, pond, every stretch of Raja Kaluve in ecologically wise, socially inclusive, economically viable ways.

Let’s also work to build thousands more of such surface water harvesting structures so that no more dam rivers and divert them, destroying their ecologies, their cultures, their productivity forever.

It’s here: bit.ly/2UaMcZl