The Gangotri is retreating at about 22 metres per year, a rate that should concern us all. But the river drying up in summer? That's a hydrology question, but my task is a political one—my job is to allocate the water that remains, and I assure you, for certain canals and constituencies, it will not be allowed to dry up. This truth comes from the stack of files on my desk, each a bargaining chip; I see the demand from textile towns and sugarcane belts that will always be quenched first. The river's health is one report, but these are the equations that actually get solved.
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