Mobile-monitoring will dilute MGNREGS , say agri unions
Hi Friends,
Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013
Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013
Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Plastic Pollution Solution
Dear Neha Jain ,
[ Founder & CEO, Zerocircle – Mumbai ]
Just came across following
article about your invention :
An-alternative-to-plastic-pollution-that-has-risen-from-the-seas
Congratulations
for finding an eco-friendly solution for replacing single use plastic used for
packaging
I hope your
innovation , soon translates into large scale commercial production
In this context,
you might like to look up my following emails to our Cabinet Ministers :
Procuring Technology for “ Recycling of Plastics “…[ 19 Feb 2022 ]
Ø
Plastics
: Time to strike a deal ?..................
[ 16 Apr 2018 ]
Plastic
: Refusing to fade away ………………………..[ 05 Apr 2018 ]
Kenya shows the Way ………………………………………………[ 30 Aug 2017 ]
Plastic Skyscrapers ? ……………………………………………….[ 15 Mar 2017 ]
Discourage Plastics : Encourage Greed ………………….[ 21 Mar 2016 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
Mumbai
Hcp@RecruitGuru.com
/ www.hemenparekh.in / 05 May 2022
Tuesday 3 May 2022
How long before Water gets sold at Petrol Pumps ?
Dear
Tarishi,
A
few days back, I came across your following article in Hindustan Times ( 29
April 2022 ) :
Achieve
water efficiency in India’s fast-growing residential townships
Where
you write :
Ø It is therefore , expected that the number of Indians living in Urban areas will
reach 525 Million by 2025
Ø It is expected that India’s per capita water availability will DECLINE
to,
# 1,401 Cubic Meters by 2025
# 1,191
Cubic Meters by 2050
Ø The average domestic
water demand will also increase,
# from 85
litres per capita per day
( lpcd ) in 2000
to
#
125
lpcd by 2025,
and
#
170
lpcd by 2050
,
Ø The projected water demand of 1,498 billion cubic meters will exceed the
supply of 744 billion cubic meters – two fold – by 2050
Ø India generates 61,754 million litres per day ( MLD ) of sewage, of which 63 %
remains untreated
Ø Waste generation is further expected to increase and the projected waste-water
in cities could reach up-to 1,20,000 MLD by 2051
Dear
Tarishi,
The “ Water Availability vs Demand “ figures that you have projected, are
frightening – to say the least
I hope our Policy Makers get to read your entire article and evaluate / implement
your suggestions
My own efforts to get the Policy Makers to act – and fast – are summarized in the
following 18
e-mails that
I have sent to our Cabinet Ministers :
2022 ( 3 ) :
Ø Never
too late for a Course-Correction ……………………[ 01 May 2022 ]
Ø Is
Gadkariji having second thoughts ?............. …….[ 26 Apr 2022 ]
Ø Procuring
Technology for “ CASCADE WATER FILTRATION “[ 03 Mar 2022 ]
2021
( 2 ) :
Ø
Mumbai Desalination Plant / a White Elephant ?.....[
24 Nov 2021 ]
Ø With a
pinch of Salt ?.........................................[ 29 June 2021 ]
2019 ( 3
) :
Ø
A candid admission ? ………………………………………… [12
July 2019 ]
Ø The
Biggest FREE Desalination Plant:Sun+Sea.. [ 09 July 2019 ]
Ø Water
above our heads……………………………………….[
29 Mar 2019 ]
2018
( 7
) :
Ø
A Desperate Measure ? ……………………………………………[
18 Nov 2018 ]
Ø
Making Water from Air ?......................
………………..[ 26 Oct 2018 ]
Ø
Water Mutiny of 2020…………………………………………….[ 17 June 2018 ]
Ø
Water Wars Are Looming !....................................[
09 June 2018 ]
Ø
Writing is on
the Wall ……………………………………………[
08 May 2018 ]
Ø
Replicating
Nature ?..........................................[
23 Mar 2018 ]
Ø Deja
Vu ? #Latur #Marathwada #Waterwar…………….[ 28 Feb 2018 ]
2017
( 2 ) :
Ø Water Water Everywhere ? Even in Latur ?..........[ 15 Apr 2017 ]
Ø
Not a straightforward Answer !..........................
[ 03 Mar 2017 ]
2016
( 1 ) :
Ø Water Wars ? …………………………………………………….[08 Apr 2016 ]
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With regards,
Hemen
Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / www.hemenparekh.in
Related
Readings :
Report
Launch and Panel Discussion on ‘Water Sustainability Assessment of Chennai
New Device Produces Water From Thin
Air – No Electricity Required
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Added on 05 MAY 2022 :
Why this Maharashtra village has a problem of runaway wives | India News – Times of India
Extract :
There are no two guesses as to why a happy married life is a dream in Dandichi Bari, a village of 300 people in Surgana taluka, some 90km from Nashik.
Most new brides who arrive are so daunted by the extreme water scarcity that they do not want to stay in the village and return to their maternal homes. Villager Govind Waghmare recounts the story of one marriage that lasted just two days.
“The story of one bride in 2014 who went away on the second day of her marriage became very widely known. She followed the other women to the bottom of the hill to fetch water, but when she realised how difficult it was and there was no escape, she left the kalshi (water pot) right there and went off to her maternal home,” he says.
Those who do stay have to walk a kilometer and a half every summer, from March to June, to fetch water from a nearly dry stream at the bottom of a hill. Even after navigating the stony terrain, the task isn’t over.
They have wait for hours for the cavity in the rock to fill up with water. They then scoop it with a bowl and pour it into a pot. When all the water in the hollow is scooped up, the women wait for it to fill up again. When they have two pots each, they place it precariously on their heads and walk uphill to the village.
The water-fetching happens twice a day, with the first effort starting at 4am. Women make their way down in the fading darkness, praying they can get enough for the pots before the summer heat begins to scorch the earth.
Summer temperatures often touch 40 degrees celsius here. They are back at the water point after sunset. “Filling one kalshi can take three hours and then we trek up to the village in the darkness of the night,” says Laxmibai Wasle, while awaiting her turn.
A bonfire or torches provide some safety from wild animals. Their outlines against the starry sky resemble a treasure hunt party. Here, water is the treasure. The women have to balance two pots of water on their heads and a flashlight in one hand while tackling the steep trail.
As the women wait, the conversation revolves around daily chores and, more often than not, someone brings up the subject of the newlyweds who fled the village because they couldn’t deal with this hardship.
Sarpanch Jairam Waghmare, who tries to provide an occasional tanker which yields two buckets for every household, says he understands the villagers’ struggle.
“Many babus and journalists visit us and take photographs of our suffering, but no one helps us. Our village has been drought-struck for generations,” he says.
He admits the village has a nasty reputation in the marriage market. Govind Waghmare says the matter goes back to 2008-09 when three married women were so shocked by the water scarcity that they left the village within days of their weddings.
Now, families hesitate to get their daughters married off to men from the village. “Once they know the groom’s village is Dandichi Bari, they discontinue marriage discussions,” Waghmare adds.
Meanwhile, Laxmibai returns with two pots of water on her head. “Our entire lives have revolved around fetching water. We hope the government will do something and the next generation of brides doesn’t have to suffer like us,” she says while heading to catch some sleep before another water trek starts at 4am.
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Extract :
A platform of five unions of agriculture workers has said that the Union Rural Development Ministry's decision to use the :
NATIONAL MOBILE MONITORING SYSTEM ,
to take REAL TIME ATTENDANCE of MGNREGS workers is an attempt to further dilute the Scheme
The leaders of five Unions told reporters here that the MONITORING SYSTEM is unnecessary as the works under MGNREGS are piece works
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Dear Shri Giriraj Singhji
( Minister for Rural Development / minister.rd@gov.in )
Thanks for implementing :
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I urge you to convince your Cabinet Colleagues to implement this MOBILE BASED ATTENDANCE SYSTEM ,
to all business / industrial establishments of India
with regards,
hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 05 May 2022
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