Newspaper editorials with Hindi Vocab 29/12/2015

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The Times of India: Ganga Calling

River will really benefit from IITs playing an active role in cleaning it

It's a good that the Centre has invited 10 IITs to actively participate in cleaning up the Ganga ­ by adopting गोद लेना various stretches  फैलाव of the river, effecting implementable action plans there, handholding हत्था  some villages in treating pollutants प्रदूषक  along the selected stretch, etc.

An effective rollout बेलना of the Namami Gange programme to rejuvenate  फिर से जवान बना देना the river requires coordinating state of art technologies. IITs are best placed to do this as they have been jointly working with other research institutes on a comprehensive विस्तृत Ganga River Basin Management Plan since 2010.

And the tasks are enormous  बहुत बड़ा. Studies show that as many as 144 drains  नाला  discharge  छोड़ना 6475 million litres of wastewater into the Ganga each day . A massive counterattack  जवाबी हमला over the next five years envisionकल्पना करना setting up sewage नाली से बहनेवाला पानी इत्यादि treatment plants, ghat development, solid waste management schemes, bio diversity conservation efforts ­ and more at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. But it's not like crores haven't been spent on cleaning the river in the past. If the latest round of investments has to yield a different result, it's good to have the tech savvy जानकार and efficient IITs engaged in the project from A to Z.

But technology is only one aspect of the initiative. A clean-up of the river also demands a comprehensive plan to ensure  सुनिश्चित करना continuous flow of pollution free waters, which calls for close interaction between different states and local bodies. Plans to roll out a four battalion Ganga Eco Task Force and use a Territorial Army  प्रादेशिक सेना unit to monitor operations need to be properly implemented कार्यान्वित करना too. If all of this is done well, it will not only benefit the 40 crore plus population that is settled on the Ganga river basin but also give a fillip  प्रेरणा  to productive activities, and enhance  बढ़ाना the overall quality of life on a quarter of India's landmass जमीन का कोई बड़ा टुकड़ा.

The Economic Times: Don't Pamper Airlines, Make Travel Cheap

The government is reportedly खबरों के अनुसार concerned चिंतित over Gulf carriers garnering संग्रह करना a large chunk  टुकड़ा of outbound अन्य देश को जाने वाला passenger traffic from India. So, it wants to provide a level playing field to domestic airlines. Policy corrections such as these are warped  विकृत. The primary focus must be to make air travel cheap and efficient for a traveller, and not to pamper  बहुत लाड़-प्यार करना domestic airlines. Passengers, at any point of time, want to fly in and out of India at a low cost to pursue  लगे रहना their own business, and not with the objective of protecting the bottomline आधार-रेखा of domestic carriers. A liberal policy on bilateral  द्विदेशीय rights अधिकार  has been an enabler  योग्य बनाना.

Gulf carriers  जहाज कंपनी have reportedly received a fillip प्रोत्साहन as they fly a large number of outbound passengers from India by smartly utilising their bilateral rights and providing increased connectivity to different parts of the world from various Indian cities. The government reckons  माना जाना that allowing requests by foreign carriers for more seats and landing points could hurt the growth prospects संभावना of local players is misplaced. To correct the skew झुका हुआ, it is looking at restricting the ports of call for overseas airlines in India. This is absurd हास्यास्पद. An option such as limiting capacity , or even auctioning  नीलामी करना bilateral rights, is not the right policy choice. It goes against the grain  मिज़ाज़   of the draft aviation policy.

Granting प्रदान करना liberal bilateral rights to foreign airlines will raise competition and lower fares. However, it also impacts airlines and airports. The hub for West-bound Indian travellers is now in the UAE. This may have hurt domestic airports, but passengers have gained. The solution is to grant equally liberal bilaterals to other countries, including America and in Europe and East Asia as well. These airlines would then compete to pick up passengers from India itself. Passengers will gain when airlines face stiffer  मजबूत competition, and rightly so.

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