Greeting from WaterHealth India,
We appreciate your teams involvement in various developmental program in reaching the community.
It’s my privilege to introduce WaterHealth India (WHIN) is a 100% subsidiary of Waterhealth Inc. Waterhealth India works with its network of technology and business partners for development, deployment and maintenance of cost effective water treatment solutions to customers/ parhappy to tners that can provide people with potable drinking water international WHO standards at an affordable price. WaterHealth Centers (WHCs) are distributed, decentralized facilities for purifying water and are quick, easy and inexpensive to set up. WaterHealth India builds, operates, services and maintains the WHC’s and monitors quality for sustained supply of drinking water. WaterHealth India is presently operational in AP, Gujarat & Maharashtra with installations in over 270 villages (WHCs) and another 50 under construction. WHI constructs, services, maintains and operates all these centers. WHIN owns water quality labs which test water samples from WHC’s regularly. WaterHealth India’s product portfolio includes products that can be used for treating specific type of contamination that are prevalent in various parts of India including Fluoride, TDS etc..
We would be happy to partner with your esteemed institution in providing Safe drinking water to the community members of urban and rural India.
80% of the water borne disease would be controlled by drinking safe water, hence request your support in protecting the community from dreadful diseases.
With Warm regards,
NCS Seema
Manager, Education & Social Marketing
WaterHealth India Pvt. LTd.
No. 206, Ashoka MyHome Chambers
1-8-301, S. P. Road, Secunderabad 500003
Andhra Pradesh, India
Office: 040-67011723
Tel fax: 040- 67011710
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E-mail: nseema@waterhealth.com
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Akash Ganga: Saving Water for a Rainy Day--WSJ
Aakash Ganga: Saving Water for a Rainy Day
The Aakash Ganga experiment to harvest rainwater has been successful in Rajasthan. It is now being tried elsewhere, including China's Guiyang municipality. Experts interviewed by India Knowledge@Wharton note that if the Aakash Ganga model proves to be scalable, it could solve the problem of scarce drinking water all over rural India and, perhaps, elsewhere.
The Aakash Ganga experiment to harvest rainwater has been successful in Rajasthan. It is now being tried elsewhere, including China's Guiyang municipality. Experts interviewed by India Knowledge@Wharton note that if the Aakash Ganga model proves to be scalable, it could solve the problem of scarce drinking water all over rural India and, perhaps, elsewhere.
Yamuna Vigil--Day 8--Letter to Lt. Governor, Delhi
Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan <yamunajiye@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:54 AMSubject: YJA - Yamuna Vigil
To: ltgov@nic.in
To,
Sri Tejendra Khanna
Hon’ble Lt Governor
DELHI
Respected Sir,
Greetings from Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan.
Sir, as planned and informed we have been keeping a vigil at the HNZ Bridge for last six days now. The vigil during which volunteers exhibit banners and placards on the either side of the bridge soliciting citizen’s cooperation in not further polluting the river Yamuna and for sending across conservation messages for the river to one and all. The volunteers also request such people who wish to dump things into the river from the bridge to desist from doing so and to hand them over for safe disposal. Large amount of such material is being collected on a daily basis. The organic element (garlands etc) therein is interned in pits for composting and the non organic one (mainly polythese, paper etc) is stored for recycling in collaboration with the solid waste management unit of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE).
Sir, we have observed that since the vigil started the PWD has started to repair the fence at places where few unscrupulous people had cut windows in the fence. (Please see the enclosed pictorial report from yesterday). We commend the PWD on this step and hope that such repair work would not remain limited to this bridge alone, but include all other bridges (ITO bridge in particular) which are also misused by ill guided people to throw things into the river.
We wish to draw your kind attention to the fact that one of the most polluting period for the river is round the corner (Puja festivities) when large number of people are expected to converge onto the bridge and the river to put things into it. We accordingly urge that the officials of the relevant agencies (PWD and MCD) may kindly be directed to
a) Complete the repair of the fence on the bridge before the festivities begin during the later part of the current (September) month
b) MCD may be asked to set up puja samagri collection centres on either side of the bridges (HNZ and ITO bridge in particular) and DND authorities be asked to arrange similarly, so that the people are encouraged to hand over these left overs to these collection centres, rather throw them into the river from the bridge/s.
We are sure, based on our experience of around a week of the Yamuna vigil, that once these steps have been taken much pollution load could be taken away from the already beleaguered river in the city.
It may be reiterated that it is long over due that the MCD and the DDA took steps in accordance with a Court order that required them to identify sites and provide for puja samagri collection centres (enclosures) along the river in the city, so that the river does not get polluted from such activities, which due to the religious sentiments and beliefs of the people cannot just be wished away.
We hope that our request as made above based on field experience of the Yamuna vigil would get due attention of your honour.
With warm regards,
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:54 AMSubject: YJA - Yamuna Vigil
To: ltgov@nic.in
To,
Sri Tejendra Khanna
Hon’ble Lt Governor
DELHI
Respected Sir,
Greetings from Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan.
Sir, as planned and informed we have been keeping a vigil at the HNZ Bridge for last six days now. The vigil during which volunteers exhibit banners and placards on the either side of the bridge soliciting citizen’s cooperation in not further polluting the river Yamuna and for sending across conservation messages for the river to one and all. The volunteers also request such people who wish to dump things into the river from the bridge to desist from doing so and to hand them over for safe disposal. Large amount of such material is being collected on a daily basis. The organic element (garlands etc) therein is interned in pits for composting and the non organic one (mainly polythese, paper etc) is stored for recycling in collaboration with the solid waste management unit of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE).
Sir, we have observed that since the vigil started the PWD has started to repair the fence at places where few unscrupulous people had cut windows in the fence. (Please see the enclosed pictorial report from yesterday). We commend the PWD on this step and hope that such repair work would not remain limited to this bridge alone, but include all other bridges (ITO bridge in particular) which are also misused by ill guided people to throw things into the river.
We wish to draw your kind attention to the fact that one of the most polluting period for the river is round the corner (Puja festivities) when large number of people are expected to converge onto the bridge and the river to put things into it. We accordingly urge that the officials of the relevant agencies (PWD and MCD) may kindly be directed to
a) Complete the repair of the fence on the bridge before the festivities begin during the later part of the current (September) month
b) MCD may be asked to set up puja samagri collection centres on either side of the bridges (HNZ and ITO bridge in particular) and DND authorities be asked to arrange similarly, so that the people are encouraged to hand over these left overs to these collection centres, rather throw them into the river from the bridge/s.
We are sure, based on our experience of around a week of the Yamuna vigil, that once these steps have been taken much pollution load could be taken away from the already beleaguered river in the city.
It may be reiterated that it is long over due that the MCD and the DDA took steps in accordance with a Court order that required them to identify sites and provide for puja samagri collection centres (enclosures) along the river in the city, so that the river does not get polluted from such activities, which due to the religious sentiments and beliefs of the people cannot just be wished away.
We hope that our request as made above based on field experience of the Yamuna vigil would get due attention of your honour.
With warm regards,
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
Monday, September 7, 2009
YJA-Yamuna Vigil Day 6 Blue caps for Blue River
From: "Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan" <yamunajiye@gmail.com>
Subject: YJA - Yamuna Vigil - Day Six - Blue caps for the Blue river
Date: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:57 AM
Dear Friends,
After the break for a day (Sunday) we restarted the vigil today in themorning.
Students of a school in the Yamuna khadar (courtesy Sri Khanna ji)participated enthusiastically in the forenoon. Three volunteers from WWFIndia also came briefly. Also a volunteer from the local ISKON temple keptthe vigil for an hour or so.
The PWD (Public Works Department) kept its words and repaired the fence oneither side of the bridge. Even MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) staffgot enthused enough to keep to its duties with due diligence.
All the polythene (in four sacks) collected during the last week, was handedover to the CEE staff for use as raw material in their Solid Waste recycledivision. This is converted into handicrafts by the associate NGOs of CEE.
People have started to question our accusation that the citizen's areresponsible for the sad state of the river. They contend that what aboutover Rs 1500 crores sent down the drain by the state agencies under the YAP?We respond that no one is taking the blame away from the state agencies. Butare not the citizen's equally to blame? One, for not taking the state totask and the second, for continuing to throw waste material into the river?
A pictorial report from today is enclosed. As a result of the repair of thefence it seems, the number of bags collected today decreased to 26 from over50 collected towards the later part of the last week. Pushp ji, Bhim, Sudha,and Vijay remain the core team of volunteers for the vigil.
The blue caps created by us for the volunteers is becoming quite popular. Itseems "blue caps for blue river" is proving an apt adage.
Happy viewing... Click here for pictures:
YJA-DAY 6 -YAMUNA Vigil September 7, 2009
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
Subject: YJA - Yamuna Vigil - Day Six - Blue caps for the Blue river
Date: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:57 AM
Dear Friends,
After the break for a day (Sunday) we restarted the vigil today in themorning.
Students of a school in the Yamuna khadar (courtesy Sri Khanna ji)participated enthusiastically in the forenoon. Three volunteers from WWFIndia also came briefly. Also a volunteer from the local ISKON temple keptthe vigil for an hour or so.
The PWD (Public Works Department) kept its words and repaired the fence oneither side of the bridge. Even MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) staffgot enthused enough to keep to its duties with due diligence.
All the polythene (in four sacks) collected during the last week, was handedover to the CEE staff for use as raw material in their Solid Waste recycledivision. This is converted into handicrafts by the associate NGOs of CEE.
People have started to question our accusation that the citizen's areresponsible for the sad state of the river. They contend that what aboutover Rs 1500 crores sent down the drain by the state agencies under the YAP?We respond that no one is taking the blame away from the state agencies. Butare not the citizen's equally to blame? One, for not taking the state totask and the second, for continuing to throw waste material into the river?
A pictorial report from today is enclosed. As a result of the repair of thefence it seems, the number of bags collected today decreased to 26 from over50 collected towards the later part of the last week. Pushp ji, Bhim, Sudha,and Vijay remain the core team of volunteers for the vigil.
The blue caps created by us for the volunteers is becoming quite popular. Itseems "blue caps for blue river" is proving an apt adage.
Happy viewing... Click here for pictures:
YJA-DAY 6 -YAMUNA Vigil September 7, 2009
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
World Water Day 2010--Theme, "Communicating Water Quality, Challenges and opportunities
The theme for World Water Day has been announced. It is, "Communicating Water Quality Changes and Opportnities." We need to spread the msg to our friends to organize the World Water Day, which is March 22, 2010. Any day during the week, it can be celebrated, as the entire week during which March 22, 2010 falls. As some of you may know, I have been celebrating this day for the last three years in Vizianagaram-Viskahpatnam area of Andhra Pradesh. If you can encourage school children in the areas that you originally hail from, it would be a start. It does not cost a lot of money. Organizing rallies, marches, poster competitions, seminars and forums in colleges and universities, hanging banners at main junctions in towns about the importance of water for sustaining life and economic growth and any other idea that you can think of can be undertaken. Usualy schools and colleges respond to do their part because it is educational. The links that you see in the attachment are all informative as to what is going on with the UN in that Water-Sanitation sector. View them, if ou have the time.Best wishes,
Prakash
Prakasam Tata, Ph.D., QEP
1213 Stonebriar Court
Naperville, IL 60540
USA
Tel: 630-848-1933
Fax: 630-848-1934
WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities - Tettje van Daalen (Owner: Dick de Jong )http://www.worldwaterday.org/page/2536
Prakash
Prakasam Tata, Ph.D., QEP
1213 Stonebriar Court
Naperville, IL 60540
USA
Tel: 630-848-1933
Fax: 630-848-1934
WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities - Tettje van Daalen (Owner: Dick de Jong )http://www.worldwaterday.org/page/2536
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Day 5- Yamuna Bridge Vigil
From: "Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan" <yamunajiye@gmail.com>
Subject: YJA - Day Five of Yamuna Vigil - Quite an eventful day
Date: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:11 AM
Dear Friends,
As we finished our rest period during mid day to return to our respectivevigil locations on the bridge, a worker for the PWD (Public WorksDepartment) along with his co workers came and informed us that he is thereto repair the existing windows (created by people in the metalic fence) oneither side of the bridge.
We encouraged them and wished well the PWD onthis prompt action. This would take away a lot of work load from thevolunteers who had otherwise to man all such windows in the fence whichpeople currently misuse to throw things into the river. Once finished(hopefully by tomorrow) this would give one less reason for the people tomisuse the river.
Three young volunteers from an organisation called i-dream joined the vigilin the forenoon. As did Jolly, a housemaker.
Tomorrow we take a break. This is to provide the regular volunteers with amuch needed free time to attend to other personal matters.
Kindly peruse the enclosed pictorial report from the day.
Happy viewing...
Manoj MisraConvenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
To view Photos click below.
http://idcoa.cloverpad.org/Content/Documents/Document.ashx?DocId=70228
Subject: YJA - Day Five of Yamuna Vigil - Quite an eventful day
Date: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:11 AM
Dear Friends,
As we finished our rest period during mid day to return to our respectivevigil locations on the bridge, a worker for the PWD (Public WorksDepartment) along with his co workers came and informed us that he is thereto repair the existing windows (created by people in the metalic fence) oneither side of the bridge.
We encouraged them and wished well the PWD onthis prompt action. This would take away a lot of work load from thevolunteers who had otherwise to man all such windows in the fence whichpeople currently misuse to throw things into the river. Once finished(hopefully by tomorrow) this would give one less reason for the people tomisuse the river.
Three young volunteers from an organisation called i-dream joined the vigilin the forenoon. As did Jolly, a housemaker.
Tomorrow we take a break. This is to provide the regular volunteers with amuch needed free time to attend to other personal matters.
Kindly peruse the enclosed pictorial report from the day.
Happy viewing...
Manoj MisraConvenor
-- www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com
To view Photos click below.
http://idcoa.cloverpad.org/Content/Documents/Document.ashx?DocId=70228
Day 3-4 of Yamuna HNZ Bridge Vigil by Yamuna Jiye Andolan
From: "Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan" <yamunajiye@gmail.com>
Subject: YJA - Day three and four of Yamuna Vigil - a brief pictorial report
Date: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:12 AM
Dear Friends,
Please see the enclosed. The Vigil is progressing fine. Today we had Dileepji who is a keen cyclist and a free lance photographer as a very keen andenthusiastic volunteer.But the vigil can certainly do with more volunteers.
Happy viewing... click to see pictures:
http://idcoa.cloverpad.org/Content/Documents/Document.ashx?DocId=70227
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- http://www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com/
Subject: YJA - Day three and four of Yamuna Vigil - a brief pictorial report
Date: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:12 AM
Dear Friends,
Please see the enclosed. The Vigil is progressing fine. Today we had Dileepji who is a keen cyclist and a free lance photographer as a very keen andenthusiastic volunteer.But the vigil can certainly do with more volunteers.
Happy viewing... click to see pictures:
http://idcoa.cloverpad.org/Content/Documents/Document.ashx?DocId=70227
Manoj Misra
Convenor
-- http://www.yamunajiyeabhiyaan.blogspot.com/
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