Proposed ring road and inter alia one way traffick will not be afutile one unless infrastruccture is upgraded matching to address the problem.

My name is Devall Sheth, I am 33 years old,

I live in a small town named pachora which is very near to the famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra,

Rahul Sir, I have a small movie library of my own, in which I have DVDs or VCDs of all your movies except – Split Wide Open, directed by

 Dev Benegal, reliesed in year 2000,

Dear Sir, I heartily request you to send me DVD or VCD of Split Wide Open from your own collection or guide me from where can I purchase it anywhere in IndiaI will buy it through internet, post or any other means, but I want the DVD or VCD of that movie on any hook or crook.

I am hellbent on buying that movie, Please help me out,

Rahul Sir, Atleast answer me

Thanking you,

One of your fan

As we all know , Government Of India , in its bid to give Pushkar(Rajasthan) a facelift , actually renders it lake-less and that too , all of this , in less than a year .
If anything , the lake has to make do with bath-tub-like pools in parts of lake which are filled with water daily basis . Ironically , the Pushkar Lake has run dry credit to the Rs 48.52 crore government project which was supposed to clean and deepen the water body . The project surely did half its job splendidly , that of cleaning the lake ; by cleaning it entirely off the surface .
Being the statistician : the lake had at least 5 feet water in 2007 before launch of the project , 4 feet 3 inch water at the commencement of the project .
UIT (Urban Infrastructure Trust) , a branch of Rajasthan Urban Development Department , is the nodal authority for the so called “beautification project ” .
Rainwater is the primary source for the Pushkar Lake and the authorities did little in sync with this information . The “beautification project” continued with its desilting work , increasing the lake’s depth from 15 feet to 25 feet and widening its cross-section too , as a consequence of which , the lake could not conserve rain water even for a week .
The 48.52 crore project was to ensure adequate water storage , check water disposal and regulate sanitation .
What better sanitation when there is nothing , at all , left to santize!
Now they sermonize as they always do that the initial work has been done and ……………… they are hopeful for a plentiful rainfall in the desert out of the blue . It costs nothing to dream !
To worsen the cause , Karthik Purnima , when a visit to Pushkar is even more important for a dip-in , was today, and Pushkar fair , the economy booster for the region , received pilgrims water-void unless , ofcourse , it pours down too soon .
Anyway, 5 more minutes left for the day to get over or should i say 5 more minutes for the rain to ascertain Government’s belief that it would rain when required;-)

Diwali is the one festival in India which is celebrated by all irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Diwali is celebrated to acknowledge the victory of good over evil. And the lighting of earthen lamps or diyas on a moonless night signifies a new beginning of enlightenment and the end of the darkness of ignorance.

Earlier Diwali celebration meant house cleaning and decoration, performing traditional Lakshmi pooja, lightening of diyas in the evening and family get-together. But with the changing time the style of celebrating Diwali has also changed drastically. Now Diwali celebrations mean electric illumination and bursting noisy fire crackers. This change in the celebration style has imposed many negative effects on the environment and all of them are visible like:

• Excessive air pollution
• Excessive noise pollution
• Soil pollution
• Excessive power consumption
• Consumerism (excess consumption means use of packaging plastics, foam etc.)

The modern way of celebrating Diwali also leads to various health hazards.

• Hearing loss

• High blood pressure
• Sleeping disturbances
• Asthma
• Headache
• Irritability
• Skin allergies
• Fatigue
• Eye related problems
• Respiratory problems

Most of these are caused due to poisons from the cadmium, sodium, lead, copper, magnesium and zinc found in large quantities in firecrackers. These toxic substances are not just harmful to human beings, but to all living creatures. They tend to remain in the atmosphere for extended periods. So their harmful effects are experienced long after Diwali celebrations are ended.

There is also a darker side to the bright crackers. Most fireworks are made by factories which employ children as labourers. These young children are forced to handle the toxic substances that go into these crackers. As a result, they contract diseases associated with these substances. Due to abject poverty and lack of medical aid, many of these children die by the time they are just 20 years old.

How to Celebrate Eco-Friendly Diwali?

Rough estimates say that crackers worth Rs 600 crore go up in smoke just in Mumbai. That is a huge amount of smoke my friends.

Also listing the various environmental and health hazards caused due to present form of Diwali celebration doesn’t means to stop celebrating the festival. But definitely the way of celebrating this auspicious festival can be changed. Listed below are few environment friendly tips to celebrate Diwali 2008:

• Instead of individual celebration prefer community celebration. This will ensure reduced cost of celebration and limit paper pollution and air and noise pollution.
• Limit your celebration for maximum 3 to 4 hours.
• Select an open ground if possible or at least a location away from hospitals.
• Instead of selecting traditional chemical cracker this Diwali go for eco-friendly crackers. Eco-friendly crackers are made up of recycled paper and the sound produced by these crackers is under the decibel limit defined by the Pollution Board. These crackers produce paper fluffers and different color lights instead of sound on bursting.
• Go for traditional lighting of earthen lamps or diyas instead of electricity.
• Avoid purchasing unnecessary things this Diwali. Excess consumerism is directly related to the consumption of raw material used to manufacture those things. Excessive consumerism increases the undue pressure on the natural resources not to mention clogging up landfills with non-biodegradable materials.
• Instead of buying “one-time use” items go for recyclable things. Secondly while cleaning your home for Deepawali instead of disposing things it is better to give it to under-privilege people.
• Celebrate Diwali 2008 with a different meaning. You can celebrate this Diwali with poor and under-privilege children. Share your Diwali crackers, sweets and happiness with poor children.
• Eco friendly crackers. Believe it or not, Eco Friendly Crackers (EFC) are the new buzzword in the market and these only produce light while the sound levels produced by them are way under the decibel limits defined by the Pollution Control Board. These can also be burst inside your room and will not harm anyone or destroy your belongings. Surprisingly enough, the EFC stocks are made in India and of a much superior quality as compared to Chinese crackers available in the market.
• Diwali Gifts – Diwali gifts contain imported dried fruits or sweets which are finished in a week but the indulgent wrapping ends up in the landfill for the next several hundred years. The sheer volume of packaging waste generated is astonishing. In this season, hundreds of tons of plastic and paper are thrown out every day. If you have to give gifts then make a shift from traditional packaging materials like plastic and paper and focus on renewable and natural resources such as jute, coconut shells and natural oils to produce gift items. A woven basket used as a container for a gift, can be the used next day as a fruit basket.

A tear rolls down

Save them Oh! Son of god, if you want lively morrow:

rajdeep bhattacharya

“ for my nature, trees, plants, animals,

please  dont buy crackers, bombs, save our mother earth”

SPREAD LIGHTS NOT NOICE

Rajdeep Bhattacharya

MOTHER EARTH

Mother Earth actually looks after me,

She neither expects nor charges a fee.

Every year fresh fruits she provides to eat,

For those fruits, one another man will beat.

So much water is there for us all,

For water it often becomes an ugly brawl.

A tiny insect on her I am,

Feeding me with her assorted jam.

Man keeps beating her with his big bombs,

When will he realize that she is alive

and that it is wrong?

Her we must begin to appreciate,

Immediately before it gets too late.

From our puny race she will defend herself,

You are just begging her to annihilate yourself.

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hi all,

its not enough if the efforts are taken by some hundreds & thousands, when the entire ice is going to melt , all are going to be drowned. i feel only creating awarness & planting trees in the backyard is not going to help it.  it should be norm created to avoid usage of plastic bags, saving electricity, saving water through rain water harvesting,  usage of solar water heaters & solar power for street lighting.  i know its not task over a fortnight to achieve but its surely possible. it shall begin at school level, till the responsibility policy is signed by all the adult people to support the cause. i switch off my lights & fan, even if i want to go to my toilet. i seriuosly use water bucket to bath, instead of shower. i pour extra water which cannot be consumed into my flower pots.

it shall come from within, or face it!!!

From 1 January 2009 I have  started a practice and insist my family members, friends and colleagues to follow the same. I use to keep all disposable things with me untill and unless I did not found any proper place to dispose it . While travelling or at work place if I did not got any place, simply I brieng it at home an ddispose it in dustbin.

I have seen most of the time WE the EDUCATED PEOPLE are mostly in prctice of thowing polly bags, rappers, rotton fruits, banana peal on roads, public places, railway stations etc. Tell me u all EDUCATED PEOPLE are you doing this at your home????

Then why you are doing this with the earth.  Just because of you people thr Earth is near to disappear.

Its a humble request to all of you just for once in a day pick up a rapper, polly bags any thing which is polluting and hurting Earth and dispose off it in a proper place.

Remember,  If we will take a honest step, a honest will be the result.

A lot have already been said & written about this topic and that was required too. Now, what’s t next step?

PROMISE – Is the word, I guess!!! that we can do & we should do, to ourself.

And today, I promise, that I’ll take care of few practical points such as saving electricity by switching off extra lights  & by saving the wastage of precious water which is wasted daily b’cos of my carelessness.

Also I PROMISE, to take this pledge of mine, to all others who are related to me.

And it really feel’s good to do so.