Madhuri Subbarao World over many decentralized systems of lake management by communities can be observed. Water bodies in the community enhance its beauty with pristine and healthy lakes making life around the community green, fun, sustainable and scenic. In India simple solutions can change the eco-system of the lake. Every city is endowed with hundreds of lakes. When the government finds it a challenge to maintain these water bodies, by default the RWAs must hold hands with the Government to manage lakes around them. A complex interdepende…
Joseph Varghese 1.Tips for Outdoor Water Conservation in Households and RWAs Avoid lawns, non-native ornamentals, and water hungry plants. Water plants early in the morning during the summer months to reduce evaporation losses. Use a watering can or mug instead of a hose and pour water around the base of the plants avoiding the stem and leaves to prevent leaf burn or primary root rot or stem infections. Water soil only to the point that the top 3-5 inches of soil are damp if watering daily and ensure avoiding over flow or over satu…
Ranju Minhas Alarm Bells! We humans are the most intelligent creatures on Earth and this also brings huge responsibility. Ecosystems are a shared resource for all creatures. Our traditional lifestyle was nature-based and there was space for wellbeing of all creatures. Over exploitation in the name of development has disturbed nature around us. We have forgotten that we, in our greed are exploiting the limited natural resources which we are to share with the plant and animal kingdom, and have taken it for granted for far too long. As we entere…
Anil Gupta Waste Disposal Practices. There are eight major groups of waste management methods , each of them divided into numerous categories. These groups include: source reduction and reuse, animal feeding, recycling, composting, fermentation, landfills, incineration and land application. How is solid waste being managed in developed cities with special reference to NCR? Issues in Current Methods of solid waste disposal and management are as below: Source Reduction : Much has been spoken about at various national…
Suresh Goel The world came to know of Greta Thunberg in August 2018 as a Swedish High School student who protested outside the country’s Parliament with a sign reading “School Strike for climate change”. It’s a measure of how much traction her message got among the youth around the world that within a year she got a respectful hearing from the U.S. law-makers. The impact of her initiative is so great that on Friday, 20 th September, 2019 millions of children around the world played truant from school. Instead of spending a day in the class…
By J.M.S. Nagarjunan Population has been steadily increasing. So has been the encroachment of public places, particularly PLATFORMS/FOOTPATHS, ROAD SPACES, etc., not only by the Vendors/Hawkers, but also by rich shop-owners, political groups and also a section of the Governmental agencies like Electricity Department, Telephones, Police, etc., besides places of religious worship. Flag posts, banners, hoardings (commercial and political), hawkers, shops, places of worship, eat-outs’ chairs/tables, tea/coffee shops, storing of construction mater…
Sharak Kumar Water is important for every citizen. There are two aspects of water – one is natural water from rivers and dams and the second is rain water. Of late as a result of scanty rainfall many places are facing drought. In this context it is significant that the NDA 2 government under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi felt it important to create a separate Ministry of Jal Shakti in May 2019. This was formed by merging two ministries – the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and the Mini…
A Brief Report on the 7th National Conference of RWAs (7th NCRWA 2019) By Col. Tejendra Pal Tyagi, Veer Chakra Chief Convener, 7th NCRWA 2019 The 7th National Conference of Resident Welfare Associations (NCRWA), was held on November 16-17 at the Andhra Association, Lodhi Institutional Area, New Delhi. The two-day conference which was attended by over 357 delegates from across the country was inaugurated by Hon’ble Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha Shri Vijay Goel ji and Joint Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Smt. D Thara. Memb…
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani During the 19 th and 20 th centuries when common people wanted to have a share in the governance, electing a few representatives to rule at central and state levels was considered adequate. Having accomplished it, the political institutions in the Western European countries have been evolving along with the changing times. What is certain, to-day in India that the democratic spirit is well ingrained in the psyche of an average Indian, though not as much as that is desirable after seventy years of democratic experience. B…
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