Newsletter - March 2023
Dear Friends,
The Hindu reported the following interesting story in its 4th April issue.
With a unique and environment-friendly initiative, Sadiwara a far-flung village panchayat in Hiller Shahabad block of South Kashmir's Anantnag district has come up with the idea of offering a gold coin for collecting plastic waste for saving the environment. Under the scheme, if someone gives plastic waste of 20 quintals, then the panchayat will give him a gold coin.
A lawyer by profession and Sarpanch of the village Sadiwara, Farooq Ahmad Ganai has become an inspiration for everyone in the Kashmir Valley. After the start of the campaign, the whole village was declared plastic free within 15 days.
It is high time, Rameswaram municipality also takes up such an initiative as the Island is full of plastic which is not only bad for the environment but also spoiling the Marine life. Recently, a Green Rameswaram team carried out a survey for its partner organization Hand in Hand Inclusive Development Services (a project supported by HCL) and shocked to find plastic everywhere in spite of laws to regulate it. In addition, the survey revealed found that a lot of plastic is dumped in the sea through the gutters and canals. We hope to come out with a detailed report in the coming months on plastic menace.
This month’s newsletter has the following highlights:- Dr.Sanjay Banerji in his blog writes on “Financial Accounting-6” for SHG members
- 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 – Vishnukranthi (Dwarf morning-glory)
- Livelihood Opportunities covers launch of Nursery garden, EDII evaluation team visit etc.
- Repair and Maintenance of Water bodies covers Kapi Teertham
- In Social capital - Teertha Poojas, Anna pooja, Teertham cleaning works, state level Island Development Committee Meeting, Webinars etc. and finally 'Green Rameswaram newsletter’ by the students and for the students of Rameswaram
With best wishes,
Editorial TeamGreen Rameswaram Project
Mahabeer Dharmasala
Rameswaram - 623526
Tamilnadu.
Ph: 04573 - 222296(office)
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Web: www.greenrameswaram.org
Financial Accounting - 6
Understanding Assets
Dear Friends, welcome back to the study of Financial Accounting. Please recall that we used a fictitious case study for an intuitive understanding of the three fundamental accounting statements. Next we undertook a more detailed understanding of the principles behind them, so that we may be able to apply them in our different circumstances. We followed the earlier pattern, where Bala Sir interacts with the ladies of a Self Help Group (SHG) to explain the theory. We learned in some detail the ‘Balance Sheet Equation’. In this lesson, we shall learn to recognise assets more precisely.
A Rare book - Dhevaiula
on Ramanathaswami
This classical work on Sri Ramanatha Swami of Rameswaram was composed by “Palapattadai Chokkanatha Pillai”. This work was discovered by Dr.U.Ve.Saminatha Iyer after comparing multiple versions. He also wrote a commentary on this rare text.
With the blessings of Lord Ramanatha Swami, Mother Parvathavardhini & Lord Rama, here is an attempt to provide a reasonable translation of this work, in English. Any error can be ascribed to me.
Solid Waste Management
Door to Door Source Segregation Demo Programme
Everyday door-to-door waste collection and source segregation along with street cleaning were carried out uninterruptedly.
Six Source Segregation Demonstration programmes were organized on 14th, 15th, 17th, 19th , 22nd and 25th of March at Maravar Street (Ward No: 5), Sathya Nagar (Ward No: 1), Rajagopal Nagar, MK Nagar (Ward No: 1), J.J Nagar (Ward No: 4) and Kattupillaiyar Kovil (Ward No: 2).
Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam)
Vishnukranthi
Distribution and Habitat:
Evolvulusalsinoides (L.) is a perennial herb found throughout India that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae commonly seen in open and grassy places, and it is found in India, Africa, Philippines, and subtropical countries of the world.
“Livelihood Opportunities”
Launch programme of the Nursery Garden
We launched Pasumai Nursery Garden on 23 March 2023 along with the celebration of the Womens day programme at Green Rameswaram project office. Around 1000 saplings of different species including flower saplings were kept for sale. Nursery was inaugurated by Smt.Vanathi Amalan, President, TN Start up, Ramnad Circle along with Shri. Karthi M, Project Coordinator, EDII, Bangalore.
“Maintenance of Renovated Traditional Water Bodies” Kapi Teertham
In this month, we carried out the maintenance of the Traditional Water body – Kapi Teertham.
Social Capital
Green Rameswaram Trust
Anna pooja
On 22 March 2023 Anna pooja was conducted at Green Rameswaram office. It was organised by Rural Development Project of Vivekananda Kendra. Shri. Ayyappan, Secretary, RDP coordinated the programme.
