Reduction in discharge pressure made difficult to store this water and encouraged few individual to install Tullu Pumps in the main pipeline. Further loss of energy and reduce the water supply to the few household falling on same main pipeline. Overall loss of Energy and Water
Hence, today on the occasion of World Environment Day the team GWAF installed PVC taps (low cost, durable and theft proof) on these open connections. Therefore on an average Municipality supply monthly about 7000 litre of fresh water per connection, out of which 70% was going wasted as surface runoff shall be conserved. With this small initiative an estimate of 3 lakh litre fresh will be saved monthly. Talking about this project Mr Rishab Khanna, Funding Director of Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) said, “each individual can takeup such small initiatives in their neighborhood and we need to save this precious water for our next generations may be in the form of small contribution”. He also proposed to promote this initiative on pan India basis through IYCN network.
Scenario is the same in other sub urban localities of Fazilka, line Anni Dilli, Nand Lal Coloney, jattian & jhivar Mohalla. GWAF also urge the individual and other social organisations of Fazilka to takeup this call. “Repair of each open connection would not cost more than the cost 1 mineral water cane, but there is a huge saving of water associated with it”, said Mrs Meenu Kamra, brainchild behind this initiative. “Due to our negligence and greedy deeds of few, we have already lost our main water sources like Badha lake wetland and ground water table is already depleting. This is a need of hour and if we will not act now, time is not far away when again Fazilka would be the part of Thar Desert”, said Dr Bhupinder Singh, Patron GWAF and retired professor, IIT Roorkee. Act Now and Save Water.
a) Oh My God! So much waste! We must do something about it
b) Oh My God! So much waste! But why should only I do something about it?
c) Oh My God! So much waste! But even if I do my bit, how much difference is it going to make?
d) Kya farak padta hai yaar, kaun sa ye kooda mere ghar mein aa raha hai?
If you choose a), I can proudly say that you are amongst those few who believe in the idea of a healthy future. To them I would say, keep doing the good work friends; this is just the beginning of a journey.
However, if you choose any of the remaining three options; CONGRATULATIONS! – because you are not alone. You are joined by millions of people across the city/country who think the same. The only thing which these people do not realize is that if all these million souls choose to think positively for the environment, their collective thoughts and the corresponding actions will reverse all the environmental impacts within a span of a few days.
Any journey, however, needs a captain. For the journey towards a clean city, I have certainly found one in Let’s Do It Delhi initiative by Anita Bhargava and team. Lets Do It Delhi is a people’s initiative and its objective is to achieve a unified action involving all the citizens of this wonderful city resulting in cleaning Delhi of its entire mess. i-dream was proud to collaborate with Lets Do It Delhi in organizing a School Clean Up Day on 7 May, 2010. i-dream is a venture which works in the field of content development and delivery in the field of environment for schools/college/corporate, besides providing services like waste auditing, energy auditing, recycle paper products etc. They also organize events and campaigns to create awareness about different issues of environment. The organization’s web is www.simplygreens.com and the blog link is www.simplygreens.blogspot.com.Students from New State Academy, Pitam Pura, and Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh were amongst the 5,000 students who participated in the campaign.
Skeptics might ask how much difference it would have made to the city. It may not be much when it comes to calculating the amount of waste collected but the impact in terms of sensitizing the young generation was extremely significant. Also, through these young kids, we were able to reach out to even larger number of people with the message of a litter-free Delhi.
Students from Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh cleaning the school boundary
Students from New State Academy, Pitam Pura cleaning a local park
However, this is just the beginning. Over the period of the year 2010, Lets Do It Delhi will take this drive to even larger places in Delhi and involve more and more people. I urge all of you to take the Anti Litter Pledge by logging onto http://www.letsdoitdelhi.org/ and help make this city a world class city.
So c’mon, I am sure none of you wants to live in a filthy, stinking society. Go ahead and the MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
Student of various schools, college and Punjab Agriculture University shown keen interest in celebrating World Earth Day, marking it as remarkable day in Ludhiana. Apart from the youngsters, school-children did also mark their presence for the cause of Global Warming.
On the eve of this day volunteers of Climate Change Group (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College) also conducted several programs and installed Bird Pitcher’s and planted various trees around the city to attract the attention of people to follow the theme “save birds, water and trees to save our planet”. “Every day is an earth day, every day is an environment day. We must care for the planet Earth to care for us.” Dr. MS Kang, Vice-chancellor said while planting a tree at Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana.
Sunday, 18 April, 09 – The Earth Day was brought into Kolkata with a phenomenal theater performance by rural artists, followed by a cycle ride with over 60 cyclists riding from Victoria memorial around Jetty along the Gangas and then Maidan to show the city dwellers the sustainable mode of transportation organized by –- Vivekananda Shakti Kendra and Kolkata cycling club and supported by Earth Day Network, Public Relations Society of India and Environment Press.in
The rural theater artists highlighted the plight faced by earth due to our unsustainable practices and insatiable consumption patterns and proposed the need to reduce our consumption and switch to renewable energy and tree plantation as the biggest solutions to combat the sustainability and environment crisis.
“It is critical to take action at a time when 2/3rd of india does not have access to clean and reliable energy – India is in the middle of the severe energy crisis” says Ekta Ktohari, Co-founder Vivekananda Shakti Kendra. Vivekanada Shakti Kendra (VSK) is a Renewable Energy Venture operating in Kolkata & South 24 parganas promoted by VSSU and ONergy. VSK is deploying lighting and electriication solutions in rural and semi urban india. ” Decentralised Renewable Energy is non polluting, sustianble and equitable. It is the only way forward”, says Vinay Jaju Co-founder Vivekananda Shakti Kendra.
Members of Kolkata Cycling Club and People from different walk of life participated in the cycle rally – comprising both Students and Professionals. “Cycling is the smarter, healthier, efficient more sustainable and fun way to commute. Especially now, since we’re fast running our of oil,” says Piyush Jaju, Co-founder Kolkata Cycling Club.
The Theatre Road Show traveled from Victoria to other parts of the City – – Jaghu Bazaar, Tollygunj and will be showcased in different parts of South 24 Parganaz over the next few months, with the purpose to spread the awareness across West Bengal.
Mrs. Karuna Singh, Country Director – India, Earth Day Network, said: “This is the first time that Earth Day Network is helping organize activities in India at such a large scale. It is heartening to see how many people as well as organizations have readily come forward to do something for Planet Earth.”
Celebrating with multiple stakeholders, the day marked in forming a joint collaboration with Nabard, various government agencies and communities to work together on managing resources of East Kolkata Wetlands, (EKW) a threatened Ramsar site of West Bengal. SAFE launched its première publication “GREEN Interpreters”, which is a Global Review for Environmental and Economic Negotiations in developing south.
Over 400 fishermen and women celebrated the day, with environmentalists and other stakeholders, the traditional chou dance kept them all enthralled. Lunch served four types of fishes, of EKW which were cooked in mustard sauce and coconut milk. We thank our partners, Kolkata Port Trust, Legal Options, Waterlife, Banglanatak.com and Natar Bheri Fishermen Cooperatives, and media.
SAFE aspired to make this day as an eye opener to all stakeholders of East Kolkata Wetlands, so that its immense significance in biodiversity richness and climate change are highlighted and awareness builds up in them. Today’s East Kolkata Wetlands are vanishing at an alarming rate of 1% per year and is being severely threatened by urban encroachment. This year too, SAFE received an enormous community response that called on combating the challenge of climate change by saving the precious Ramsar site. The event took place in Natar Bheri Fishermen’s cooperative at East kolkata Wetlands, where the ecotorism hub and wetland awareness center has been installed by SAFE under the aegis of the first BIORIGHTS project of India.
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Now the villagers in South 24 Parganas will not have to stand in the long cues for getting their kerosene rationed, or cough away while cooking their meals. Thanks to Vivekananda Shakti Kendra, they can now invest the same amount on Solar LED lights and improved cooking chulahs, Solar cookers and biogas and other such products aimed at providing sustainable renewable energy solutions to the villagers.
Vivekananda Sevakendra –O- Shishu Udhyan (VSSU), in collaboration with ONergy, inaugurated Vivekananda Shakti Kendra (VSK), the first renewable energy center of its kind, in Lakshmikantapur yesterday. Mr. Sushobhan Bhattacharya, Director in-Charge West, Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency was the Chief Guest for the occasion.
Speaking at the inauguration, Bhattacharya said, “ The Team at Vivekananda Shakti Kendra is extremely passionate and committed and have a vision to bring about change. These are the kind of people we require to spread renewable energy and we are wiling to give our full support.”
Different products like – Solar LED Lamps, home lighting systems, biomass gassifiers, Biogas, Solar Cookers and improved stoves and chulahs will be available at VSK and through a network of entrepreneurs and NGO’s across south 24 parganas at cost affective prices that the villagers can afford and pay over a period of time through micro-credit.
The centre will also take up projects in clusters by electrifying villages, making villages smokeless and eliminating kerosene from villages by lighting projects.
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