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Revitalizing Maharashtra’s rivers : - Art of Living’s Jal Jagruti Abhiyan works wonders
Several villages in Maharashtra are today springing to life again, thanks to the Jal Jagruti Abhiyan, a multi-pronged initiative of The Art of Living that is addressing water issues in a concerted and effective manner in Sangli, Latur, Osmanabad and Jalgaon. This initiative is part of a larger project, Volunteer for a Better India (VBI), started by The Art of Living Founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, which is making a real difference across the country.
The 'Jal Jagruti Abhiyan' is actively engaged in de - silting rivers and increasing their holding capacity, cleaning the beds of debris and waste, and strengthening river banks to hold up during floods at a number of points in various districts. The rivers Terna and Gharni, bandharas at Takli and Jewali, as well as the Esai Devi and Babhalgaon tanks are among the water bodies that have been cleaned up, benefitting several villages in Sangli, Jalgaon, Osmanabad and Latur districts. In Jalgaon alone, canals in 6 villages in 6 talukas have been recharged.
The barrage on the Terna river at Kamegaon (Osmanabad) has been cleaned, widened and deepened, and manually operated gates have been fixed. “On this river alone we cleared 55000 sq.m. of river bed of debris, waste material and shrubs, increasing the water capacity by 155 lac litres. Not only this, more than 15,500 cu.m. of silt was transported from river bed and spread across 51,803 sq.m. of land, improving its fertility considerably. In Sangli, there was water shortage because of the draught, in two months, we have supplied 28,08,000 litres of water through 468 tankers." said Nitin Bhosale, Project co-ordinator, The Art of Living.
Underground aquifers are being recharged by such work in other places in Osmanabad district as well, among them the cement bandhara at Takli village, the Esai Devi tank at Tawrajkheda, and the Kolhapur bandhara at Jewali. Even in forest areas, drinking water sources are being recharged. In Latur district, the Gharni river at Shirur Anantpal and the Babhalgaon percolation tank have been desilted, and the Katpur nala widened. Rainwater harvesting is also being promoted in a big way.
“ Through the Jal Jagruti Abhiyaan, we have reached out to more than 33 villages in 4 districts of drought affected areas and benefitted more than 80,000 people. We have received tremendous response from the people who have come out and supported this initiative. As responsible citizens of the country, the villagers are also taking active participation in these initiatives at different places." shared Makrand Jadav of The Art of Living.
In a similar attempt to revive and rejuvenate rivers, The Art of Living through VBI has undertaken 'Kumudvathi River Rejuvenation' plan in Karnataka. The project could potentially address 60% of Bangalore's water needs. In the past three months, 78 boulder checks, 5 recharge wells have been constructed and 17 Kalyanis have been cleaned and repaired by a 150 volunteers.
Modi and mangoes
Somebody sent me this gem.
Someone put the following spoof on a Marathi blog called "Misal pav.
"Here is a translation…
A reporter from the Reuters is interviewing Mr Narendra Modi: "What is your
favorite fruit Mr Modi?"
Modi: "Mango."
Within a minute this exchange is carried by all news channels in India
as "breaking
news" with the header, "Modi does not like guavas."
Spokespersons of different political parties/NGOs were invited to give
their reaction.
Jitendra Avad: Mahatma Gandhi used to like banana, which is easily
available all
across India and cheap; so even the poor people can afford it. It is a
fruit of aam admi.
Modi is basically against Mahatmaji. So it is obvious that he does not
like bananas.
He represents Nathuram Godse who killed Bapuji.
Manish Tiwari: Modi does not like guava because of its green color!
This shows his
anti-Muslim bias!! Shame on him!!
Ajay Makan: Not surprised modi likes an expensive fruit like mango. By
that choice,
he is mocking the poor masses of India.
Pappu aka Amul Baby: I am not like Modi who only likes specific things
or items.
My food intake is all inclusive and I respect all foods like I respect
all religions. I like
saffron mangoes, green guavas, and white amlas. Tomorrow I am going on
a visit to
the poor people of UP living in poor huts where I will share and eat
green and yellow
skinned bananas with them.
[Pig]Vijay: Modi is a rotten mango and must therefore be immediately
removed from
the basket. Otherwise all mangoes in the basket will rot. A rotten
mango like Modi has
no place in the secular, all-inclusive basket of India.
Nitin Wagle on Lokmat-IBN Ten O'Clock News: Welcome all! A new day and a new
topic for discussion today. Modi has betrayed his ugly, communal
façade by declaring
that he likes mangoes. By deliberately avoiding green guavas from the
list of fruits he
likes, Modi has clearly demonstrated his anti-Muslim, communal
mentality. We have
among us Mr Madhav Bhandari of the BJP, Mr Sachin Savant of the Congress, and
great and original thinker Mr Markandey Katju.
A comment by Dilip Padgaokar:
"Modi likes mangoes an Indian fruit which mean he hates Olives, the
Italian fruit.
This shows a narrow nationalism. These RSS people have no international taste"
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PRAKINSON'S
OR
ALZHEIMER'S
AN OLD IRISHMAN WAS ASKED IF GIVEN
CHOICE FROM GOD GET ONE, EITHER
PRAKINSON'S
OR
ALZHEIMER'S
WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER?
READ BELOW IN PICTURE.
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RITA HAYWORTH STAYING ALIVE
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NECKTIE WEARING STYLES
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