Newsletter - October 2023
Dear Friends,
As usual, Delhi the Nation’s capital is chocked with toxic air in the first week of November before Deepawali. The Air Quality Index (AQI) went up to 600 although the safe limit is only 100. This pollution is man-made and occurring year after year, although it can be easily avoidable by proper interventions such as not burning the paddy straw mainly in Punjab as well as in the nearby states of Haryana. The paddy straw can be easily converted into compost by mulching in the soil itself or converting the biomass into biogas for various usages. This is happening because of poor governance and not because of want of technology. We at Rameswaram have introduced Bio-methanation technology for converting kitchen as well as farm waste into a fuel as well as bio-fertiliser. The solution lies in decentralized waste management rather than finding a centralized solution or passing on the toxic gases to the neighbouring areas.
This month’s newsletter has the following highlights:- Dr.Sanjay Banerji in his blog writes on Financial Accounting with reference to Journal Entries
- 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, Chennai writes on the herbal plant – Foetidcassia (Chakramarda)
- In the Revival and Renovation of Teerthams vertical, we are covering the progress made in the work of the Simha Water body
- In Social capital - Teertha Poojas, Kalam Marathon, Teerthams cleaning, Igniting Students for a Green and Resilient Rameswaram by way of competitions, Webinars 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.
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Web: www.greenrameswaram.org
Financial Accounting 11 – Journal Entries II
Solid Waste Management
Source Segregation Demo Programmes
Six Source Segregation Demonstration programmes were organized on 4th, 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st and 27th of October 2023 in Ward 02-Kattupillayar Kovil Street, Maravar street, Ward 08 –Tambiyaan Kollai, Ward 13-Varthagan Street, Ward 16-Attamal Street and Ward 18 - Rajagopal Nagar during the month of October 2023.
Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam)
Foetidcassia (Tagarai)
Distribution and Habitat
Sennatora (L.) Roxb. Is a stout, erect, smooth semi woody annual herb one-two meter in height of the Caesalpiniaceae family. It is mostly found in South East Asia and the South West Pacific as an important weed.
Landscaping and Beautification
Seed balls broadcasting
On October 22, 2023, an impressive initiative was taken by the defence personnel to broadcast seed balls in about 6 – 8 sq.km area in the forest where Jata Teertham is located. 2 lakhs seed balls were distributed to 165 volunteers coming from the entire cross section such as students, military personnel, government officials, and Green Rameswaram volunteers.
“Revival and Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies” Simha Teertham
In this month, we made further progress in the Revival and Renovation of Simha Teertham which can be seen through this photo gallery.
Social Capital
Green Rameswaram Trust
Teertha Pooja
Our work of involving community in doing Teertha poojas is going on smoothly. SHG members, E-auto drivers and Yoga participants are trying to take the ownership of the programme. In this month, we could carry out Teertha poojas at 31 Traditional water bodies with 244 volunteers participating in the activity. The details are given below.
