A River is a living entity much as an artery in human being. So management of diseased river is also on similar lines as we manage coronary angina or any other diseased blood vessel.

1. RIVER ANGINA VERSUS CORONARY ANGINA
MECHANICAL ENGINEER VERSUS RIVER BIOENGINEER
PRAKRITI FOUNDATION
DR SUDHA SEHGAL ,MD

2. TREATMENT OF RIVER ANGINA
RIVERS ARE LIVE ENTITIES AS OUR ARTERIES
AS WE NEED SPECIALISTS /CONSULTANTS
WE NEED
BIO RIVER ENGINEERS
TO TAKE CARE OF RIVER PATHOLOGY
AS BUTCHERS CAN NOT TREAT US
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CAN NOT TREAT RIVER

3. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

4. As Arteries are lifeline of human body
Rivers are lifeline of a nation
Our Body consists of 70 % water
Water makes 70 % of the earth
As we need minimum 60% WATER to survive
Similarly A River needs minimum 60% WATER to survive

5. As Human arterial system connects organ systems
Rivers connect ecosystems like glaciers, forests, &mangroves
As Blood is transported by arteries in human body
Water is transported by rivers globally

6. As our arterial system finally empties into a larger venous system
A river or tributary also empties finally into a larger body of ocean
The taste of ocean water is salty
Our piddle is also salty

7. As Vascular cycle exists in human body
Water cycle exists in Nature

8. As oceans store 70% of water
With river arterial system containing only a small portion.
Similarly Our venous system stores 65–70 % blood
Our Arterial system contains only 25- 30 %of total blood

9. All arteries are interconnected in human body
All rivers are interconnected globally
As Aorta, arteries, arterioles ,veins, venules and capillaries are
interconnected to one another in human body
Similarly Sea, rivers, rivulets, aquifers, springs & ground water
are interconnected to one another globally

10. All rivers have Horizontal, vertical, superficial and deep interconnectivity
As All arteries have Horizontal, vertical, superficial and deep interconnectivity

11. Not even single artery or vein in human body is strictly straight.
As All Our blood vessels run tortuous course with bends
All Rivers also follow lazy loops and bends, or meanders

12. As in human body each organ is supplied by nearest artery
Similarly every land is nourished by closest water source
Every Riparian state is fed
by the river passing through it

13. Anastomosis ,a connection between two blood vessels occurs in our circulatory system.
Serving as backup routes if one link is blocked
Natural anastomosis occurs throughout course of every Artery at various levels
Similar anastomosis occurs throughout course of every river at various levels

14. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

15. Most of arterial flow is assisted by gravity in human body
Similarly most of river flows are assisted by gravity globally

16. How much blood would flow through a particular organ,
is decided by nature & demand of that organ
Similiarly how much water would flow through a river is decided by
nature of its catchment.

17. Fine human capillaries nourish every cell in our body
Fine river tributaries nourish every soil particle
Human Capillaries bring minerals ,water & nutrients to each cell of body
River tributaries bring minerals ,water & nutrients for each soil particle

18. The changes that an artery makes upon organ
define character of that organ .
A river also never moves from its headwaters directly to the mouth
without changing the land that it travels through

19. ALL ARTERIES HAVE DIFFERENT VELOCITIES & FLOW THROUGHOUT THEIR COURSE
ALL RIVERS HAVE DIFFERENT VELOCITIES & FLOW THROUGHOUT THEIR COURSE
HIGH FLOW / MODERATE FLOW/ LOW FLOW

20. High River Flow for Channel maintenance
• Moving all the water, minerals & nutrients for the soil from high up mountains
• Preventing vegetative growth in the bed of channel & flushing Pollution load
Moderate Flows for Biological flood bed fillters & Gr.water recharge
Periodically inundating the floodplain & flushing of pollution load
Organic matter recycling in biological filters & recharging ground water
Low Flows for irrigation & other uses of river by locals
Riffles & pools in a river provide micro-habitats for different organisms

21. Velocity of blood is maximum at start in Aorta and great vessels
Velocity of Water is maximum at start in Mountains
There is sudden drop in velocity when Arteries meet veins
There is sudden drop in velocity when Rivers meet Sea

22. To return blood from Venous pool to Arteries
We have muscle & respiratory pumps in our body
To return water from sea to rivers
We have Monsoon & Saline pumps in Sea

23. COMPARATIVE

24. As our arteries become gradually narrowed due to deposition of
cholesterol from blood
Similarly rivers get blocked due to deposition of unwanted
pollutants
Pampa river

25. INTRINSIC OBSTRUCTION OF ARTERY DUE TO PLAQUE
INTRINSIC OBSTRUCTION OF RIVER DUE TO POLLUTION

26. As Decreased arterial blood flow to an organ causes Ischaemic death of that organ
Decreased River water flow turns productive deltas biological deserts
1100 deltas reduced to vast Aral desert

27. CORONARY ANGINA –CORONARY ARTERIES BLOCKED
HEART CELLS DO NOT GET WATER, MINERALS & NUTIRENTS
RIVER ANGINA—RIVER CHANNELS BLOCKED
SOIL PARTICLES DO NOT GET WATER ,MINERALS & NUTRIENTS
Rivers carry lots of fertile silt of minerals & Nutrients for soil
This silt of minerals & nutients now get deposited in reservoir

28. Natural anastomosis is present both in human body & Rivers
Coronary Angina precipitates when anastomotic arteries blocked
We are alive even when there is 99% blockage due to anastomotic circulation
while young man 25 yr dies with even only 50% block
Similarly Anastomotic river tributaries must be saved
River Angina precipitates when anastomotic tributaries blocked

29. OBSTRUCTION MAY BE BOTH EXTRINSIC & INTRINSIC IN ARTERIES
OBSTRUCTION MAY BE BOTH EXTRINSIC & INTRINSIC IN RIVERS

30. As arteries change their course in obstructions
Similiarly rivers erode, relocate and fashion new landscapes

31. As Tumour / Torsion compress Arteries
A cascade of dams /Barrages compress Rivers

32. TREATMENT
CHOOSE YOUR DOCTOR
As we know nothing about our body
We know nothing about our rivers
As We consult a specialist doctor with good expertise in that branch
We must consult River Engineers
Not Butchers who deal with dead bodies
Not mechanical engineers who deal with dead pipes

33. YOUR TREATMENT DEPENDS ON YOUR DOCTOR’S
QUALIFICATION & EXPERTISE ..CHOOSE YOUR DOCTOR
MECHANICAL ENGINEER BIO RIVER ENGINEER
RIVER IS DEAD RIVER IS ALIVE
STP /INTERCEPTOR PROJECT BIO TREATMENT OF WASTE
DAMS / BARRAGES /INTERLINKING GR WATER / AQUIFERS RECHARGE
ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOLAR/ WIND/BIOFUEL ENERGY
EXTENSIVE DEFORESTATION EXTENSIVE FORESTATION
ARTIFICIAL RAIN WATER HARVESTING NATURAL RAIN WATER HARVESTING
JCB WILL REMOVE LOADS OF POLLUTION FULL FLOW IN RIVER WILL CLEAR RIVER
MAKE DEAD CONCRETE CANAL SAVE EVERY TRIBUTARY & AQUIFER
SEAL ALL THE LEAKS PROMOTE LEAKS
ARTIFICIAL ,COSTLY, TEMPORARY NATURAL,CHEAP, GREEN ,PERMANENT

34. TREATMENT MILD ANGINA

35. Stop all pollution entering Artery
Strictly No Cholesterol Diet / No Smoking / No Sugar in Diabetic
Stop all pollution entering River with strictest penalty

36. Correction of hypovolemia by I/V Drip
Infuse Water , Minerals & Nutrients
Correction of hypovolemia by Ecological flow into river
Infuse Water , Minerals & Nutrients
A River Can take care of Pollution on its Own If There is Enough Flow

37. Save every drop of blood in Emergency
Blood is strictly reserved for only 3 vital organs
Minimal loss of body fluid through urine
Sympathetic Vasoconstriction of all peripheral vessels
Save every drop of Water in Emergency

38. DRIP FERTIGATION SAVES WATER BY 35 – 80 %
Water and Fertilizer Applied Directly to Root Zone
SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION SRI SAVES 50% WATER
LESS LABOUR,WATER, WEED GROWTH, FERTILIZER & PESTICIDE
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Haryana Can save 50% of water
Rice field soils kept moist Not continuously saturated

39. SAVE WATER
We take urgent steps with strict implementation
One tree saves 4000 Gallon water in one year
REVIVAL OF OUR TRADITIONAL
ROTATIONAL MULTICROPPING
SYSTEM
COMPULSARY GREY WATER REUSE
PLEASE MAKE GRASSY SWALES & RAIN GARDENS

40. BLOOD LOSS HAS TO BE STOPPED
CRIMINAL WATER LOSS MUST BE STOPPED
New Toilet flush Models 6 liter per flush
INDIA IS USING GRADE A DRINKING WATER
IN FLUSHING TOILETS, IRRIGATION , INDUSTRIES
& CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
CPCB-- GRADE E WATER TO BE USED
NO FREE ELECTRICITY FOR IRRIGATION
AVOID WATER DEMANDING CROPS
Barley requires 50% less water & Manure than wheat

41. TREATMENT MODERATE ANGINA

42. Aspirin/Heparin
DISSOLVE PLAQUE IF MILD TO MODERATE
Anoxic Bioremediation Technology (ABR)
DISSOLVE POLLUTION IF MILD TO MODERATE
BACTERIA, FUNGI, ALGAE & ACTINOMYCES

43. L Arginine /Atorvastatin/ Lecithine
DISSOLVE PLAQUE IF MILD TO MODERATE
Root Zone T/t & Gambusia
DISSOLVE POLLUTION IF MILD TO MODERATE

44. As Trillions of bacteria work 24x7 in our body
The bottom line is that we would be dead without them
One milliliter of saliva can contain as many as 40 million (4 x 107) bacterial cells
We have 100 trillion microbes in our gut more than cells in our body.
There isn’t a drug on the MARKET that can match bacteria
Similiarly trillions of bacteria work 24x7
Biological sand filters of flood beds of all rivers all along

45. Natural Biological Slow Sand Filters
Free of cost, No maintainence, Self Sustained
Extremely Complex Purification Process going on
24X7 BY TRILLIONS OF BACTERIA
We Are Permanently Blocking Our Precious Sand Filters by
Concretisation & Encroachment of River Flood Bed

46. After Destroying Free of cost & Self sustaining
Natural BIOLOGICAL SAND FILTERS
WE MAKE ARTIFICIAL MAN MADE BIOLOGICAL SAND FILTER

47. TREATMENT SEVERE ANGINA

48. CLEAR ARTERIAL PLAQUE BY MANUL Balloon Angioplasty
CLEAR RIVER POLLUTION BY MANUAL REMOVAL /DAM REMOVAL

49. PREVIOUSLY STAINLESS STEEL STENTS WERE USED
NOW BIODEGRADABLE STENTS ARE USED
Polymer coating biodegrades in two to nine months
BASIC PRINCIPLE CHOOSE STENT NEAREST TO NATURE
IN CASE OF RIVER WE PREFER DEAD CONCRETE CANALS

50. LATEST IN HEART SURGERY IS PEDICLED CABG NOT SKELETONIZED
LATEST IS BEATING HEART SURGERY
NO HEART LUNG MACHINE NOW
BASIC PRINCIPLE IS MINIMAL INTERFERRENCE
WITH NATURE
WE MAKE CONCRETE CANALS WITH NO TRIBUTARIES
BASIC IS MAXIMAL INTERFERRENCE WITH NATURE

51. IN CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY NEAREST ARTERY IS CHOSEN
WE CHOOSE SATLUJ ,GANGA & SHARDA TO LINK DELHI
IN CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY ARTERY TO ARTERY LINK IS OPTED
IN RIVER LINKING PROJECT CONCRETE CANAL TO RIVER LINK IS OPTED
CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY IS LAST OPTION IF ALL OTHERS FAIL
FOR US INTERLINKING OF RIVERS IS MOST FAVOURABLE OPTION
CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY MAXIMUM 4-5 ARTERIES INTERLINKED
WE ARE INTERLINKING 32 RIVERS
BLUNDERS WE ARE MAKING

52. WHY Is DELHI getting water from Far off Rivers?
40% Enroute losses
SATLUJ RIVER GANGA RIVER

53. Delhi’s 0.2Maf (.2464BCM) share in Satluj river
Can be easily Swapped with Haryana’s share of 5.730 BCM in Yamuna
As Suggested by High Power Committee
It would be good for Haryana in relieving load on western canal &Narwana Branch
Delhi’s share in Ganga river Can be easily Swapped with
UP’s share of 4.032 BCM in Yamuna river

54. Govt. wasted 500 crores in building
102km long MUNAK canal from Munak to Haiderpur 1 WTP
Only 10 km canal could connect Haiderpur WTP to YAMUNA

55. YAMUNA RIVER 100% WATER DIVERTED ?
INTO 2 ARTIFICIAL CANALS AT TAJEWALA BARRAGE

56. PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT
MOST IMPORTANT

57. Remove any extrinsic cause of obstruction to flow /kink/torsion/tumour
Remove dam, barrage or any extrinsic cause of obstruction to river

58. These are the Dams already removed by USA
Why can’t we see what they are seeing ?
“The river restoration movement in America is stronger than ever.
Healthy, free-flowing river is a tremendous asset,”
said Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers

59. Rapid rise in Dam construction from 1960s to 1980s
Dramatically Reduced After 1990s
Worldwide trend of Falling Dam construction
Britain is restoring 1,500 kilometers of rivers.
It has 2,700 projects in its National River Restoration
Inventory

60. 1,185 dams have been removed in America
72 Dams Removed to Restore Rivers in 2014
Spain - leading the way in Europe for dam removal
340 dams have been demolished in Spain since the 90's
.
Removing dams, removing levees, and reviving floodplains
1,500 of them already completed.

61. ADVICE AT DISCHARGE

62. NO UNDUE DISTURBANCE & STRICT BED REST
NO UNDUE DISTURBANCE & STRICT REST TO RIVER
BETA BLOCKERS TO REDUCE LOAD / DEMAND OF HEART
NO DAMS /BARRAGES/INTERLINKING PROJECTS
TO REDUCE DEMAND/ MINIMUM LOAD ON RIVER

63. HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD TO DIVERT?
When already most of Anastomotic canals are BLOCKED
Avoid Blood diversion to GIT / Muscles IN ANGINA
Avoid Water Diversions by barrages IN RIVER ANGINA

64. CONCLUSION
WE NEED
BIO RIVER ENGINEERS
TO TAKE CARE OF RIVER PATHOLGIES
THANK YOU
HARE KRISHNA
DR. SUDHA SEHGAL,MD RADIOLOGY
PRESIDENT PRAKRITI FOUNDATION
NGO DEDICATED TO PRESERVATION OF NATURAL& CULTURAL HERITAGE