Today Akashvani ( all India Radio) interviewed Mr Manoj Sharma Secretary of Bhoomi in its morning programme at 7 AM . It is a matter of great satisfication that we are slowly getting recognition and our message is being spread.
Jai Bhoomi Jai Bharat
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Rainbow FM -Salaam Jindagi
today , it was a great day for Bhoomi Parivar. There was live interaction with Bhoomi members on FM Rainbow radio Jalandhar from 6.00 PM to 7 Pm . in programme " Salaam Jindagi" hosted by Mr Gurwinder Singh .
Checking -waste news article in HT
CHECKING WASTE - Rainwater harvesting is their mission
Harpreet Kaur harpreetpc@yahoo.com
HOSHIARPUR(27-4-10)
A group of motivated people in the city is zeal- ously trying to awaken the eco- consciousness of residents by not simply holding seminars or distributing pamphlets but by helping them set up rain- water harvesting systems.
Taking inspiration from them, a new colony spread over 16 acres on the Bharwain road has installed a huge water harvesting system that saves 4.5 crore litre of water from going waste annually. Dr Rajinder Sharma and his team formed Bhoomi in 2006 to create awareness about environmental hazards.
The foremost project they took up was that of conserv- ing water. So far, the organi- sation has set up water har- vesting systems in two schools and a factory and work is on in the swimming pool at the Services Club here.
“We noticed that more than 5 lakh litre of water was get- ting wasted during cleaning and refilling of the pool every week. We put forth a propos- al of a water recharge system to the district administration and the District Swimming Association, which was promptly accepted.
Swimming association pres- ident Paramjit Singh Sachdeva even offered all financial help.
We have dug a well near the pool where discharged water will be collected. The same will percolate down and recharge groundwater,“ Bhoomi project director Manoj Sharma said.
The organisation carries out tree plantation in schools where students and teachers whose birthdays fall in that particular month, are made to plant saplings and given the responsibility to take care of them. Each member of Bhoomi celebrates his birthday in a similar manner.
They use platforms of social, religious and academic functions to convey their mes- sage.
Occasionally, they canvass through the city, turning off public taps that people leave running all day.
“All of us observe self-dis- cipline and ensure that every- day we save a few litres of water,“ Sharma added.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Saturday, July 25, 2009
On 14-6-09,members of Bhoomi led by Dr Rajender Sharma , President Bhoomi met Mr Avinash Rai Khanna , member of Punjab Human Rights Commission and handed over a memorandum to him ,expressing its concern over depleting ground water level in Punjab. The delgation urged Mr Khanna to impress upon the Govt to make suitable legislation and its strict implementation in rain water harvesting and to devolpe traditional sources of natural ground water recharging by water bodies like ponds , wells and small check dams. Mr Khanna assured the
delegation that necessay actionwill be taken . The matter was taken up in commission's meeting on 16th July 2009 and commission asked for report from concerned departments like - Chief secretary ,local govt, Chief secretary irrigation ,secretary of department of public health Punjab,and MD Punjab State Tubewell Corporation. They all have been asked to send report regarding action taken in this connection by 28th Oct 2009.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
On Earth Day , the 22nd April , Bhoomi members rededicate themselves to the protection and enrichment of our planet the Earth. Let us continue to make sincere efforts to bring about a change . Change in the mindsets of people , change in our daily routine to make it more enviornment friendly and change in our attitude towards changing.
Rajender Sharma
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