KHETI VIRASAT MISSION
H.O.: JAITU, District: Faridkot
Formation of Chandigarh Chapter of KVM
Initial Meeting: Sunday, 27th January, 2008
11:00 AM Sharp at Hotel KLG,
SCO: 120-123 / 43-B, Chandigarh
Dear Friends of KVM
Greetings
This region of the country is passing through a severe challenge of ecological devastation, environmental and economic destruction and environmental health crisis. Our water is contaminated, soil has become lifeless and deadly poisons of pesticides entered into our food chain, human and animal bodies causing unimaginable genetic disorders, thus creating havoc for our coming generations. Reports of DNA damage due to contamination is a clear writing on the wall – the death bell is ringing and the land of our ancestors has been put on the slow death.
It is time to give a societal response to the ecological crisis surrounding us.
Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM), with its distinct philosophy of spiritual environmental consciousness and self dedication is responding to the challenge by building a participatory civil society ecological movement in Punjab. By the grace of divine and active support of friends and well-wishers, KVM has succeeded in establishing a small heaven of ecologically sensitive farmers practicing natural farming. KVM has also set up several Vatavaran Panchayats and district committees in most of Punjab's districts to take up the work at the local level. KVM has also received the support of several physicians in its Environmental Health Action Group, making this Ecological Agricultural Movement the first of its kind in India.
For quite some time now, the need for a Chandigarh Chapter of KVM has been keenly felt in order to provide a forum for its sympathizers in Chandigarh and the surrounding areas. The vision for the Chandigarh Chapter of KVM is to serve as a focal point of multidimensional activities – it will act as a centre of thinking, a kind of study circle, an action group and an initial initiative to establish an Environmental Institution in the region.
A meeting has been fixed to discuss the strategy and plan on next steps in this regard on Sunday 27th January. You are cordially invited to join this initial meeting.
Program:
Sunday, 27th January, 2008
11:00 AM sharp at Hotel KLG,
SCO: 120-123 / 43-B, Chandigarh
With warm regards
Umendra Dutt
Executive Director
Kheti Virasat Mission
98726 82161