NMM Newsletter - Jan 2012.pub - PEACE Institute Charitable Trust
NMM Newsletter - Jan 2012.pub - PEACE Institute Charitable Trust
NMM Newsletter - Jan 2012.pub - PEACE Institute Charitable Trust
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P a ge 2 N a di Naad V o lume 1, I s s u e 1 & 2<br />
Eco-club News:<br />
Kharadi GRID<br />
(Govt Inter College; Yamdagni<br />
Rishi Public School;<br />
Suman Grammer Public<br />
School)<br />
Plantation ; Green Yatra<br />
Slogan Writing<br />
Katapathar GRID<br />
(Govt High School)<br />
Rivers’ Day<br />
Kanalsi GRID<br />
(Yamuna Public School; Govt<br />
Middle School)<br />
Rivers’ Day; Plantation;<br />
Manoj Thakur, Journalist Dainik<br />
Bhaskar addressing the Ecoclub<br />
members<br />
Ramra GRID<br />
(Bhartiya Vidya Mandir)<br />
Rivers’ Day; Plantation ;<br />
Eco-sanitation<br />
Ova GRID<br />
(Sri Dau Ji Maharaj Public<br />
School)<br />
Painting; Plantation;<br />
Gadaya GRID<br />
(Moni baba Adarsh Inter<br />
College; Maa Bhagwati<br />
Uchatar Madhyamik Vidyalay)<br />
Plantation; Slogan writing<br />
Ground Water Recharge & Eco-Sanitation Workshop<br />
Three day workshop<br />
on “Ground Water<br />
Recharge” and “Eco-<br />
Sanitation” was held<br />
from 1-3 October,<br />
2011 at Ramra<br />
(Muzzafarnagar) in<br />
Uttar Pradesh.<br />
Sri Mahendra Modi,<br />
IPS facilitated the<br />
workshop on ground<br />
water recharge, while<br />
Session with Sri Modi, IPS<br />
Sri M. Subburaman,<br />
SCOPE, Trichy,<br />
Tamil Nadu led the<br />
workshop on Ecosanitation.<br />
The workshop was<br />
ably organized by the<br />
Yamuna Gram Seva<br />
Samiti, the local<br />
<strong>NMM</strong> at Ramra.<br />
Around 65 participants<br />
from various<br />
Session with M. Subburaman<br />
Natural manure made with<br />
human feaces<br />
Natural manure made using<br />
human urine<br />
<strong>NMM</strong>s and local villagers<br />
participated<br />
with great interest.<br />
Ground water is a<br />
fast dwindling resource<br />
all over north<br />
India. Hence Sri<br />
Modi’s instructions<br />
and field demonstration<br />
was eagerly accepted<br />
by the participants.<br />
The concept of ecosanitation,<br />
whence<br />
human feaces and<br />
urine is looked upon<br />
as a valuable resource<br />
acquired through<br />
specially prepared<br />
Enthusiastic participants<br />
Plantation before the workshop<br />
Dry toilets was an<br />
eye opener for all. Sri<br />
Subburaman, who is<br />
a kind of pioneer and<br />
leader in popularization<br />
of such toilets in<br />
the country has a<br />
nice and effective<br />
manner of presenting<br />
his views and instructions.<br />
He took<br />
the participants systematically<br />
through<br />
the journey from a<br />
Distributed Solar Lamps<br />
Open defecation<br />
stage to the now<br />
popular flush toilet<br />
stage to finally the<br />
desired ecosanitation<br />
stage. Mr<br />
Giridhar Kinhal<br />
from ICIMOD, Nepal<br />
and Manoj Misra,<br />
who had volunteered,<br />
ably translated<br />
the lessons of<br />
Sri Subburaman<br />
from English into<br />
Hindi.
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