Dear Friends,
Uma Shankar Pandey is a social worker from Uttar Pradesh, best known for his contributions towards ground water conservation in Jakhni. Fondly called ‘Pani ke Pehredar’ (guardian of water) in villages of UP, his model of water harvesting has been widely appreciated. For his contributions towards water harvesting and conservation, he has been honoured with the prestigious Padmashri award in 2023. He is a disabled person, aged 60 years. He has worked in 470 gram panchayats of Bundelkhand, and still expanding his work in the region to turn water-scarce villages into water, abundant villages.
We at Rameswaram are also working mainly for Water harvesting by way of “Reviving and Renovating the Traditional Water bodies” which will help in (i) reducing the pollution (ii) curtailing the encroachment and (iii) establishing the ownership.
This month’s newsletter has the following highlights:
- Shri.Sanjay Banerji in his regular column writes on Financial Accounting
- Shri.Rangarajan, translates a few shlokas from the rare book on Ramanathaswami Temple
- Usual work carried out by Hand in Hand Inclusive Development Services in Solid waste management
- Dr.A.Abirami, Programme Officer of the C.P.R. Environmental Educational Center writes about the herbal plant – Turkey berry (Sundakkai)
- Livelihood Opportunities covers – Smt.Vasuki’s success story of the Bee keeping trainee
- Participatory Eco-tourism covers Teertha yatra
- Revival and Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies covers the repair and painting work of Gnanavapi Teertham
- In Social capital – Teertha Poojas, Webinars, Free medicine distribution, Opening of an information center cum shop etc. and finally ‘Green Rameswaram newsletter’ by the students and for the students of Rameswaram
With best wishes,
Editorial Team
Green Rameswaram Project
Mahabeer Dharmasala
Rameswaram – 623526
Tamilnadu.
Ph: 04573 – 222296(office)
E-mail: greenrameswaram@gmail.com
Web: www.greenrameswaram.org