The largest economic sector
\nIn India today
\nIs its constuction industry
\nThat has almost blown away
\nAny semblance of reality
\nAround major cities where
\nHuge numbers of new houses
\nAre being built, and there
\nThe need for sand is massive
\nAnd sadly what we see
\nIs manual and mechanical harvesting
\nThat be<\/p>\n
Much of it is criminally sourced
\nAnd the manual side of things
\nRepresents ex fisherman for they
\nFree dive into creeks and rivers
\n300 times a day
\nAnd bring up a bucket of botton sand
\nWhich will
\nAdd to the need of a single house
\nWhich is 200 tons the bill<\/p>\n
Extends beyond the construction
\nBack to the source in fact
\nRivers and creeks and lakes and beaches
\nAre disappearing are being attacked
\nAnimals murdered currents erosion
\nFlooding its flagrantly wrong
\nIts destruction for profit
\nAnd Its dangerous work
\nAnd it really just doesn’t belong<\/p>\n
Corruption a wave of it permeates
\nPoliticians and the police and elsewhere
\nContractors everyones at it
\nAll want their own bit to share
\nAnd there Lies the problem its wholesale destruction
\nOf the coastlines and river beds where
\nThe sand is extracted and the risks are compacted
\nAnd the sparseness is already there<\/p>\n
A hospital building will use some 3000 tons
\nOf sand thats a very great deal
\nEach kilometre of a new highway
\n30,000 tons we reveal
\nNow we are closer to the problem
\nConstruction of cities its true
\nIt happens but the cost is enormous
\nThe destruction of environments do<\/p>\n
Happen and happen real quickly
\nMechanical harvesting does suck
\ntons of the sand from perhaps the beach land
\nAnd really they are pushing their luck
\nIts too much with so many victims
\nAnd erosion and river bank loss
\nFlooding is becoming more hazardous
\nIt is creating chaos<\/p>\n
As for the manual sand diving
\nThe perils are easy to see
\nThe creeks they are diving in
\nHave dangerous currents
\nAnd free diving there
\nYou can be
\nAlready the pollution and depth
\nOf the dive
\nIs hazardous in the extreme
\nEach diver dives 300 times a day
\nThats 300 buckets a team
\nCould be as many as 1000
\nBut the dangers are now everywhere
\nWe must safeguard all divers
\nSafeguard the environment
\nAnd try to reduce the despair<\/p>\n
Its known as the new gold for taking
\nIts a hell of a scam and what we
\nSee all along the great rivers
\nIs destruction and disasters to be
\nHuman rights clearly are failing
\nThese divers some are washed away
\nOthers are being caught up in the magic
\nCriminal op’s more each day<\/p>\n
With some 40 million construction workers
\nTheres a panic set in and we see
\nUrbanization raising its head
\nIndia wants now to be
\nIts cities re built and done quickly
\nAnd its closing its eyes to the threat
\nOf the awful destruction of rivers and lakes
\nIts a ruinous project to set<\/p>\n
All this concrete needs sand
\nAnd the illicit trade
\nSees destruction all over the place
\nMore contamination is happening fast
\nIt presents India with a grim face
\nAn ugly mishapen inanity
\nA cock and bull story of grief
\nOn all levels it is now frightening
\nAnd for some it just beggars belief.<\/p>\n
MUMBAI 12.5million inhabitants which has grown
\nBy 3.1 per cent in 10 years
\nDELHI 11 million inhabitants
\nWhich has grown 4.1 percent<\/p>\n
19 million waiting for new homes
\n40 million construction workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The largest economic sector In India today Is its constuction industry That has almost blown away Any semblance of reality Around major cities where Huge numbers of new houses Are being built, and there The need for sand is massive … Continue reading