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Tweet There were 2 articles that caught my attention—one was the shutting down of water supply from UP to Delhi by 10,000 protesters in Ghaziabad to force the government to accept their demand for reservation ( Complete Story ) The other was a ‘Water Donation’ drive by residents of different localities in NOIDA and Delhi. ( Pg 8, Delhi Times TOI June 14, 2010 ). Residents ‘donated’ atleast one litre of water each which was collected in a mini-tanker and distributed in nearby slums. The first was a bolt of thunder—to jerk us out of our complacence. A rude assertion of...
Read MoreWhen Water Hyacinth Becomes A Visual Delight !
Tweet Dear Jal Rakhsaks, Advisors & Partners Yesterday, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, came to the Neela Hauz lake to check on the status of its revival. She walked around, peeped over the flyover’s handrail and said – this looks nice and green. But where’s the water? The water was under the ‘nice and green’ – the hyacinth that was choking the lake! When she was told this, she took a snap decision – “till the Commonwealth games, don’t touch the area -let the hyacinth be – atleast it makes the area look green. Let DDA make its detailed...
Read MoreSTOP WATER OVERFLOWS AND ADOPT RAINWATER HARVESTING
Tweet JAL RAKSHAK’s STOP WATER OVERFLOWS AND ADOPT RAINWATER HARVESTING CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE 1) To create and build capacities of JAL RAKSHAKs in all 30 pockets (sectors) of Vasant Kunj 2) Under the leadership of the JAL RAKSHAKs, to make each of these pockets a. Water Tank Overflow free and b. Rainwater Harvesting enabled. JAL RAKSHAK PROFILE For this campaign the JAL RAKSHAKS will be: 1) Current members of the JAL RAKSHAK community 2) RWA members from various pockets of Vasant Kunj 3) Members of Vasant Kunj...
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Tweet To celebrate World Environment Day, Forum For Organized Resource Conservation and Enhancement (FORCE) – an NGO dedicated to the cause of Water Conservation- is organizing a One day workshop on June 6, 2009 from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. at Institute of Social Sciences, 8, Nelson Mandela Marg. The workshop is titled: COMMUNITY LEADERS IN RAINWATER HARVESTING JAL RAKSHAKS TO CHART THE WAY FORWARD The Workshop is being supported by Coca-Cola India. The agenda of this interactive workshop will be 1) Knowledge sharing with experts and Community leaders on Rainwater...
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