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Fighting against establishment, trying to convince the general public about your cause is not easy. It requires patience, because it is not an overnight project; it requires determination, because you have to put forth your point of view boldly and stand by it, and it requires money, because no campaign can run on empty coffers!
Almost everyday new challenges spring up on us, often taking us by surprise. Some babu sitting in some office comes up with some vague idea and the easiest part of the idea invariably involves chopping off of trees, so, whether the rest of the idea sees daylight or not, trees are inevitably chopped off at the earliest.
Here is a list of challenges which we face as of today. Please take time to give us your comments of them, so that we find a way to deal with it successfully.
Thank You.
| Posted On | 22-Jan-11 |
| Saving Parade Ground |
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Parade Ground is the only open space in Dehra Dun which is for community use. At one time there were no buildings in it and it was totally open. Gradually the government has been allotting land from it to political parties and even to a private hotel. The latest Government plans involving widening of the roads along the perimeter of the ground which involves taking away as much as 12 feet from all over. The same govt. plans also involve taking away part of Gandhi Park and involves felling of hundreds of green trees. We must not only preserve the present boundaries of Parade Ground but must also evict the illegal occupants of the ground. We filed a PIL in Uttarakhand High Court and the Honourable Court has stayed the Administrations plans on 1st Feb 2010
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| Posted On | 24-Jul-10 |
| Reducing Plastic Pollution in Dehra Dun |
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Convincing shopkeepers not to give plastic carry bags but to use cloth or paper bags is a tough task. Almost everyone agrees that plastic carry bags should not be used, they even put up our stickers ("Please don't ask for a plastic carry bag to save the environment") and some have even put up numerous photocopies of it, but the switchover is tardy, at best, nominal. We have done over 4 mass contact drives in the central part of Dehra Dun, lots more still have to be done. If nothing else, at least the shop keepers whom we've talked to have starting paying lip service to the need and claim to have cut down the use of plastic carry bags drastically. Still, an uphill task.
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| Posted On | 10-Mar-10 |
| Regenerating Bawadis in Rajpur |
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Rajpur has a number of fresh water springs or Bawadis, which are slowly drying due to human encroachments. "Rajpur Punarjivan Abhyan" is an association fighting to restore Rajpur to its former glory. Read more about the Bawadi here. We would like to take up the challenge of rejuvenating the bawadi and restoring the ravine to its lost glory. If you are interested in contributing, please let us know.
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