Lessons from Switzerland

Lessons from Switzerland do this sort of thing. It remains one of the biggest problems of present-day Muslims. One of Switzerland’s greatest blessings is its numerous lakes that are to be found across the country. Switzerland is a mountainous country, and there is often continuous light rain. The rain freezes into snow on mountaintops, which then melts and feeds the lakes with water. The Swiss people have made good use of these lakes. They are used for boating for entertainment, irrigation, and manufacturing cheap electricity. There are not many such lakes in India, but many rivers exist. These rivers can be used in such a way as to turn them into significant assets. If, instead of spending vast amounts of money on massive dams, financial resources had been allotted for the proper use of rivers, there might have been no water problem in India. As far as I know, the first noteworthy name in this regard is that of a British gentleman, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Cotton. In 1839, he began an important scheme in southern India during British rule, but it could not be completed. He gave this scheme the name of ‘Inter-Basin Transfer of Water’. Its objective