Dear Friends,

This month we shall discuss the 12th Sustainable Development Goal: Responsible Consumption and Production. In this blog, we shall try to explain:

1.What it is and why is this relevant
2.What are its indicators and targets
3.Where do we stand in India
4.What can we do to support the goal

Glory to Lord Siva, who is worshipped in southern region (தென்னாடுடைய சிவனே போற்றி!)

Saivite saint-poet Sri Thirunavakkarasu Perumaan has composed wonderful hymns on Rameswaram in lilting Tamil. This comes as part of the 4th canto of “Thirumurai”, a compendium of devotional songs on Lord Siva.

Indian Red Cross Society, a humanitarian organization, provided sanitary kits comprising of masks and soaps on 1st December to 144 Green Friends and field staff. The event was held at the Municipal Office.

Health Screening

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, health screening of 144 Green Friends and field staff has been made mandatory in the MSWM project on Mondays and Thursdays every week. Team members’ body temperature, pulse and oxygen level are monitored using Infrared Thermometer and Pulse Oximeter. This practice ensures presence of healthy people in daily MSWM operations.

Tribulus terrestris L. is a dicotyledonous herbal plant of the Zygophyllaceae family. It is found all over India up to 11,000 ft in Kashmir, Ceylon, and all warm regions of both hemispheres. T. terrestris is a common weed plant with divaricate spines found in sandy soil and waste lands. It is a trailing perennial, hairy, and branched herb. Leaves are stipulate, opposite usually unequal and abruptly pinnate. Leaflets are 5-8 in pairs with length 0.5 – 1.3 cm. Flowers are yellow, solitary, axillary, 8-12 mm in diameter and appear during July-August. Fruits are globose and spinosus produced during autumn. It consists of 5-12 woody cocci, each with two pairs of hard sharp spines, one pair longer than the other. Each coccus contains several seeds with transverse partition between them.

Ariyanaatchi Teertham was completed during the month of December 2020. We started the work just before Covid 19 Lock down and could complete only by December 2020. The paints both white and kavi were supplied by our Chairman Shri.Ravi Sam through his paint company – Titan Paints and Chemical Ltd. In fact, we have used the paints supplied by him to all the 34 renovated Teerthas.

On 25 December, 2020 Geeta Jayanthi was organised by Vivekananda Kendra NARDEP at Green Rameswaram Building. Many children participated in the programme.

Children participated in the cultural programme by dressing like Krishna, Radha and Aandaal etc.

Shri.Sarvathamananda from ISKON, Rameswaram was the chief guest. He gave a very nice talk on Karma yoga and advised the audience to surrender to Lord Krishna so that he will give strength to solve all the problems.

For students….
From students ..

4th issue – December 2020