Year after yr, air pollution ranges within the town is expanding, water our bodies are turning into rubbish dumps and birds are nowhere to be observed in this concrete jungle. While many decide to buy air pollution mask, blame authorities and engage in social discussions concerning the changing climate, there are a handful of other folks in Noida and Greater Noida who've taken the rate and are trying their best possible to beef up the surroundings. Here are some Noidawallahs, whose projects are seeking to convey down air pollution, one step at a time.
Plants in return for plastic
It has been a traditional practice in Indian families to switch old newspapers for some money. In this simple day by day existence task, Sudha Singh, a resident of Sector 119, saw an opportunity to make the surroundings greener. She started the initiative of taking old newspapers from other folks in change of crops. Going a step ahead, Singh has now started the similar initiative with plastic pieces as well. “Starting this January, we've begun recycling and managing plastic waste as well,” says Singh. Waste Roots has tied up with a recycling plant in Bawana, Delhi, where the entire plastic waste gathered in change for crops is segregated, recycled and managed.
Let’s convey the birds back
Vikrant Tongad, a resident of Kheri Bhanauta Village of Greater Noida, started the initiative of making birdhouses through involving kids from local villages and colleges. “As the golf green duvet within the town is lowering, birds within the town do not get the raw subject matter like twigs and dried leaves to make their nests. To assist them out, we started the initiative of making chicken homes for those birds in 2017,” says Tongad, Founder, Social Action for Forest and Environment (SAFE). “We involve schoolchildren and youngsters from close by villages to create consciousness referring to setting coverage. Also, it generates interest amongst them since this can be a a laugh task. Till now, we've remodeled 100 chicken homes and placed them in close by parks and forests,” says Tongad. He adds that the initiative has been a hit as after a fortnight, birds start the use of the birdhouse and have been laying eggs and living there.
A challenge to plant one lakh bushes in Noida
A poet and author through occupation, Om Raizada has started the challenge to plant one lakh bushes in Gautam Buddh Nagar. He started the initiative in June 2018 and has managed to plant eight,000 crops until now. “It is my challenge to plant one lakh bushes within the district. The handiest problem I'm dealing with at this time is the loss of excellent area that can nurture a plant and let it grow into a tree. I do not wish to plant saplings simply any place because I would like them to have 100 % growth price and don’t want them to die,” says Raizada, a resident of Sector P3, Greater Noida. Raizada handiest crops bushes in confined areas where neighbouring other folks can handle the plant. The species of crops planted come with Neem, Pilkhan, Banyan and Peepal. “These big bushes are helpful for birds to make their nests in. Up until now I have planted round 6,000 bushes in Knowledge Park, Sector P3 and Army Welfare Housing Organisation Township,” says Raizada.
An artificial recharge gadget to revive floor water
A civil engineer through occupation, Noida resident Amit Kumar has used his engineering skills to create a synthetic recharge gadget to rejuvenate floor water in Greater Noida. According to Uttar Pradesh Ground Water Department’s 2018 report, floor water in Greater Noida is depleting on the price of one meter per annum. “I started the initiative last yr and have put in 10 such buildings in quite a lot of villages of Greater Noida,” says Kumar, a resident of Sector 63, adding, “We had been tracking the degrees and previously one year, the water level in Bisrakh Village has now higher from 50feet underneath the ground to 40feet.”
Apart from this, he has additionally designed an intercepting chamber, which is publish on the inlet issues of local water our bodies and cleans any rubbish that may be coming into the pond. The filters had been installed ponds in Roja Yakubpur Village and Jalpura Village, which is able to save you additional waste from getting dumped in them. To clean the ponds from present waste, Kumar and local villagers are de-weeding the pond.
A hashtag to avoid wasting the ponds
Who would have idea that a selfie may assist with a social initiative? Well, this Greater Noida resident did, and has even managed to mobilize masses of locals to work against reviving of local water our bodies in their villages. With the hashtag – #Selfie_With_Pond – Ramveer Tanwar, a resident of Dadha Village, has started an consciousness pressure urging other folks to wash up the local water our bodies in their area. Though Tanwar’s work for conservation of water our bodies within the town started over six years in the past in 2013, he's these days answerable for reviving ten lakes in Gautam Buddh Nagar. “We started through reviving the pond in Dabra Village, which have been turned into a dumping yard. However, with the assistance of locals we cleant it and in addition planted saplings at the periphery of the pond to rejuvenate the ecosystem there,” says Tanwar, an engineer through occupation. Similarly, ponds in Ulipura Village, Salempur Village and Nain Kheri Village have additionally been revived through Tanwar.
Plants in return for plastic
It has been a traditional practice in Indian families to switch old newspapers for some money. In this simple day by day existence task, Sudha Singh, a resident of Sector 119, saw an opportunity to make the surroundings greener. She started the initiative of taking old newspapers from other folks in change of crops. Going a step ahead, Singh has now started the similar initiative with plastic pieces as well. “Starting this January, we've begun recycling and managing plastic waste as well,” says Singh. Waste Roots has tied up with a recycling plant in Bawana, Delhi, where the entire plastic waste gathered in change for crops is segregated, recycled and managed.
Let’s convey the birds back
Vikrant Tongad, a resident of Kheri Bhanauta Village of Greater Noida, started the initiative of making birdhouses through involving kids from local villages and colleges. “As the golf green duvet within the town is lowering, birds within the town do not get the raw subject matter like twigs and dried leaves to make their nests. To assist them out, we started the initiative of making chicken homes for those birds in 2017,” says Tongad, Founder, Social Action for Forest and Environment (SAFE). “We involve schoolchildren and youngsters from close by villages to create consciousness referring to setting coverage. Also, it generates interest amongst them since this can be a a laugh task. Till now, we've remodeled 100 chicken homes and placed them in close by parks and forests,” says Tongad. He adds that the initiative has been a hit as after a fortnight, birds start the use of the birdhouse and have been laying eggs and living there.
A challenge to plant one lakh bushes in Noida
A poet and author through occupation, Om Raizada has started the challenge to plant one lakh bushes in Gautam Buddh Nagar. He started the initiative in June 2018 and has managed to plant eight,000 crops until now. “It is my challenge to plant one lakh bushes within the district. The handiest problem I'm dealing with at this time is the loss of excellent area that can nurture a plant and let it grow into a tree. I do not wish to plant saplings simply any place because I would like them to have 100 % growth price and don’t want them to die,” says Raizada, a resident of Sector P3, Greater Noida. Raizada handiest crops bushes in confined areas where neighbouring other folks can handle the plant. The species of crops planted come with Neem, Pilkhan, Banyan and Peepal. “These big bushes are helpful for birds to make their nests in. Up until now I have planted round 6,000 bushes in Knowledge Park, Sector P3 and Army Welfare Housing Organisation Township,” says Raizada.
An artificial recharge gadget to revive floor water
A civil engineer through occupation, Noida resident Amit Kumar has used his engineering skills to create a synthetic recharge gadget to rejuvenate floor water in Greater Noida. According to Uttar Pradesh Ground Water Department’s 2018 report, floor water in Greater Noida is depleting on the price of one meter per annum. “I started the initiative last yr and have put in 10 such buildings in quite a lot of villages of Greater Noida,” says Kumar, a resident of Sector 63, adding, “We had been tracking the degrees and previously one year, the water level in Bisrakh Village has now higher from 50feet underneath the ground to 40feet.”
Apart from this, he has additionally designed an intercepting chamber, which is publish on the inlet issues of local water our bodies and cleans any rubbish that may be coming into the pond. The filters had been installed ponds in Roja Yakubpur Village and Jalpura Village, which is able to save you additional waste from getting dumped in them. To clean the ponds from present waste, Kumar and local villagers are de-weeding the pond.
A hashtag to avoid wasting the ponds
Who would have idea that a selfie may assist with a social initiative? Well, this Greater Noida resident did, and has even managed to mobilize masses of locals to work against reviving of local water our bodies in their villages. With the hashtag – #Selfie_With_Pond – Ramveer Tanwar, a resident of Dadha Village, has started an consciousness pressure urging other folks to wash up the local water our bodies in their area. Though Tanwar’s work for conservation of water our bodies within the town started over six years in the past in 2013, he's these days answerable for reviving ten lakes in Gautam Buddh Nagar. “We started through reviving the pond in Dabra Village, which have been turned into a dumping yard. However, with the assistance of locals we cleant it and in addition planted saplings at the periphery of the pond to rejuvenate the ecosystem there,” says Tanwar, an engineer through occupation. Similarly, ponds in Ulipura Village, Salempur Village and Nain Kheri Village have additionally been revived through Tanwar.
Exchanging plastic for plants, building birdhouses: Noidawallahs take up the green cause
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February 08, 2019
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