Our first Tree Clinic venture ! I have been receiving a number of requests and suggestions regarding saving trees uprooted or termite infected. Delhi as it is has good coverage of greenery and well grown trees. We need to save existing trees. So Green Circle has made an initiative to save existing trees. Today in Dwarka, we find that many trees are infected with termites. Some trees are affected by parasitic Amer bhel. So we at Green Circle planned to open a tree clinic and do our best efforts to save trees. Trees have life and they are nowhere less than human beings. We have to protect them as sisters and brothers. The above tree is one such effort to save on Bent tree which is vulnerable to be a victim of next storm. This tree is in DDA PARK NO 7 SECTOR 6 DWARKA where we have already planted 150 trees. Recent storms have uprooted a number of well grown trees. Many uprooted trees were simply removed. If DDA gives us support, we could replant trees. For this particular tree, we have given support by using a broken dead branch of a nearby tree. Some of the major reasons why trees are getting slant is because of compound walls, cementing platforms, construction of drainage etc for trees. Green Circle has started a blog in the name of Green Circle Tree Clinic to collect and post expert opinions and views on the topic
Selvarajan
Green Circle
THE BROKEN BRANCH OF ANOTHER TREE COMES TO ITS SUPPORT
THE SUPPORT WAS GIVEN TO SAVE THE LEANING TREE
THIS TREE BRANCH WAS CUT OFF IN RECENT STORM, WE HAVE USED IT AS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE LEANING TREE
It's another feather in the cap of Green Circle. A dozen of dedicated Green Circle members assembled this morning at DDA Central Park, Sector 6, Dwarka at a short notice to carry out cleanliness drive. Named as "Mission Clean Dwarka", the members carried out the exercise for an hour, cleaned the entire park area and removed plastic and other non bio degradable waste scattered all over the park. The mission started with the Vipan couple seeking Green Circle’s support to clean the park and get rid of plastic waste. Earlier the Vipan duo who had been carrying out the drive on all Saturdays of their own for the past so many months. Green Circle decided to support the drive and called all to join the cleaning drive. The campaign was spearheaded by Octogenarian Lakhvinder Singh of Green Circle. Going around the park, with mask and gloves, the volunteers made a collection which was 6 sacks full and disposed off the same at Sector 5 Dhalao. During the drive, there were abundant encouragement by a lot of like-minded people who assured of joining us from next week onwards. Some elders appreciated the move while others expressed their condemnation against people who throw plastic in the park. Mr PK Chopra says, “While this is welcome by many, a few others continued their morning walk pretending that they have not seen us. But we are confident that some of them would not throw any waste in the park. And if that happens, it would be achievement of our drive.” Krishnamoorthy was happy to be a part of the drive while IM Khanna felt that he got a mental satisfaction for doing his part to Mother Earth. Green Circle Vice Chairman Anil Parashar said that the mission to clean Dwarka will continue on all Saturdays. Selvarajan Secretary of Green Circle thanking all participants requested the crusaders to join all the ensuing Saturdays in the mission. It is part of Green Circle's objective to protect environment and the drive initiated now would continue.
‘Segregation and composting’ is not an option but a
responsibility for every citizen and Government, asserted Madhuri Varshney, an
environmental activist and social worker in Dwarka.Talking on the occasion of the 4th
monthly Lecture in its 24 Environmental lecture series organised by Green
Circle, she introduced a 2 Bin and One bag method wherein red bin will be used
for dry waste while green bin will be used for wet waste. Simultaneously households
must maintain a bag for recyclable items. She suggested sending recyclable
waste to ragpickers. Further delivering her lecture with a powerpoint
presentation on Segregation and Composting, Madhuri of Rise Foundation said
that End-to-end segregation must be ensured to manage garbage effectively. She
added that it is not only the duty of Government, but every RWA, Society must
ensure segregation at source. Dwelling on the lacuna in the system, she said
garbage dumps are overflowing and is posing a severe threat to environment as
well as people’s health.
She also dealt in details about the composting methods
such as aerobic and anaerobic and vermin-composting methods to address the
ever-growing organisc waste. She also talked on community composting and explained
how her society could successfully enforce composting to dispose horticulture
waste.
Madhuri Varshney making her Presentation on Segregation and Composting
Nidhi Gupta shared her experience in grinding organic
waste in mixer to reuse it as organic compost for the plants grown by her in
home garden. Appreciating her work Madhuri insisted that the members could
follow her simple technique. Ramesh Murmukshu said that the aim of the people
should be zero garbage since incineration of dry wastes or running a compost
machine also consumes electricity which is another concern. Romilla Gandhi
insisted that SDMC should handle segregated waste properly. Lamenting over the
way the segregated waste is dumped in the trucks by SDMC to dump in dhalaus,
the participants felt that this is the grey area in waste management. Anil Parashar
Chairman of the meeting said that almost daily garbage burning is reported from
various locations of Dwarka. Selvarajan Secretary of Green Circle proposed to
conduct a seminar of all stake holders to address the issue.Lamenting over the failure of the SDMC to
properly transport the segregated waste, S K Sharma President of the Air force
Naval Society also said that their society plans to install Garbage composting
machine soon.
The Lecture meet was chaired by Anil Parashar, Vice
Chairman of Green Circle. A memento was presented to the Speaker at the end Pl click on the link below to view the pictures and videos
