Newsletter - October 2017

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Solid Waste Management

By Hand in Hand, Chennai

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Picking litter campaign on Solid Waste Management

Picking Litter Campaign was organized at Railway Stationon 02.10.2017 on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti and Swachh Hi Seva Concluding day. 50 members consists of Railway Staff, Volunteers from Daiwak hotel and Kamban Kazhagam participated in this programme.
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Environmental Hazards of Plastic

By
Shri.Sridhar
Green Rameswaram Project

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Entry into Our Life in the Name of Style

When I entered Big Bazaar with my wife, I always end up in purchasing extra items against the Budgeted items. I tried it with all the Super Markets but could end up in purchasing more than the budgeted items. Among the extra items purchased I could sense the entry of more plastic items like buckets (on offer), Mugs, storage containers, Jars, Water Bottles etc. It has become part
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Nakshatra Vanam

Poorva Bhadrapada(Pooratathi)
Mango
By
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre Chennai

 

 

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Religious Association

The mango tree is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. In the Hindureligion, it is considered to be the incarnation or manifestation of Prajapati, the Lord of creatures (Gupta, 1971). It has also been associated with the goddesses Ambika and Lakshmi (Huyler, 1994). It is a symbol of fertility and a happy conjugal life (Jha and Basak, 1994). It is sacred to Buddhists because Buddha was born in the Lumbini garden surrounded by sal and

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Livelihood Opportunities

By
Vivekananda Kendra - Nardep

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Fish Amino Acid is useful in agriculture as a growth promoter and can be prepared easily by farmers by using waste fish, jiggery and papaya latex. It is useful as a spray for everything including green vegetables, grains, horticulture etc. Vivekananda Kendra – Nardep have developed the technique of preparing fish amino acid. In this month, Rameswaram people were benefited by undergoing training.
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Revival and Renovation of Water Bodies
RamarTeertham

By
Vivekananda Kendra - Nardep

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This month, we are giving the photo gallery of the “RamarTeertham” which we renovated in the year 2015. The Teertham is located on the main road. Maximum number of visitors are visiting Ramarteertham which received a face lift after a long long gap.The mud excavated, all the four sides of the water body strengthened, repaired the central mandapam and given a traditional colour coating of white and red strips. In addition, the neglected inlet was renovated and filled with proper filter mechanism.A new entrance with innovative spiral arch greets the pilgrims visiting the holy water body.

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Social Capital

By Vivekananda Kendra - Nardep

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GenderTraining Programme conducted at Green Rameswaramoffice.

A Gender Training Programme was organized by Tourism Department in collaboration with Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Institute, Chennai and Green Rameswaram project. Around 25 Participants attended the programme from October 28, 2017 to November 1, 2017.
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