Jal Jagruti Abhiyan - Newsletter #1 - Date 19-Sep-2015

[Vasudha Jhunjhunwala]

All that we need to know about Water crisis in Maharashtra, it's root cause, impact and solution. Link of the video- 

https://youtu.be/w82cHmVu1U8

For Online Version Click Here Jal Jagruti Abhiyan Save Water, Save Life Newsletter #1 Date: 19-Sep-2015 Website:  www.JalJagrutiAbhiyan.org Email:  in...@jaljagrutiabhiyan.org Contactl: 9822929844 Recap Be A Part of Revolution Feel Proud To Be Associated Volunteer Registration Form Click Here   River Rejuvenation 11 River Rejuvenated in Maharashtra Latur - 5 Rivers Jalgaon - 1 River Jalana - 1 River Nagpur - 1 River Satara - 1 River Osmanabaad - 2 Rivers Partnership With Corporate Cybage - Donated for Tavarja River Rejuvenation. Persistance - Proposal In Progress John Deere - First Meeting Completed Download Section JJA One Page Write Up JJA Presentation Why ? How ? What ? Benefits !!! They say the third World War will be fought for water. This is not an exaggeration. Clean, potable, drinking water is dropping at an alarming rate. The onward march of mankind has hardly any time or consideration to ensure the basic tenets (on which this planet survives) are being taken care of. 23% of the world’s rivers have dried up since the year 2000, and 13% of the planet’s arable land is now desert land since the year 2000. At this rate, if unchecked, we are looking at a desert planet by the year 2050. This impacts entire ecology of our planet. In a recent research published by Netherland Institute of Ecology, No. of trees have been reduced to half, reduction in water reduced life span of existing trees and reduced the survival % of newly planted trees adding further reduction in Rain Waterfall.    The Why – Why the need for the Jal Jagruti Abhiyan Specifically for India, unpredictability of monsoons, regular droughts and high water table depletion is making farming increasingly unprofitable. More and more farmers’ children are deserting their villages and swarming into urban areas to earn a better living, seeing no reason to stay back. The farmers themselves, who cannot move to the cities, are committing suicide. Those who do not take this step are nonetheless bitter and have a thoroughly negative bent of mind towards progress making it difficult to come out of their predicament. The How – How is the Jal Jagruti Abhiyan (JJA) team able to help Our vision is to revive and rejuvenate rivers and water streams and also to help farmers become self-sustainable and eradicate farmer’s suicide. Our modus operandi is that we involve the villagers and farmers in whatever we do. We share costs, responsibilities, and above all, vision. This brings ownership and eventually, pride. A major roadblock to the previous attempts to solve the water crisis in India has been identified as the lack of people participation. We address this right at the outset of any JJA project through education, transparency, and involvement The JJA team shape the planning of the village in such a way that there is sustainable, long-term water availability for people, animals, and crops Rejuvenating rivers and water streams, construction of various types of dams, recharging shafts, tree plantation, improving agriculture through the use of desilted soil, and increasing water percolation are some of the methods we use. Moreover, since we work in sync with villagers, they learn the techniques as well and can easily replicate them later Several rivers that had dried up for decades have been revived with very little economic investments Model villages have been created in districts so that farmers from neighboring villages can also see the effectiveness of these simple techniques The What – Benefits Villages that we work in have seen a dramatic drop in farmer suicides More than 10 river/water stream rejuvenation projects completed and 13 in progress. Each of these projects have been completed jointly with the help of villagers and Art of Living Foundation (www.artofliving.org) in association with International Association of Human Values (IAHV) (www.iahv.org) Since our goal is the wholesome development of villages, we also integrate modules of zero-budget organic farming, women empowerment, youth skills development, and health workshops into any JJA project. Improving water table re-charge by increasing water percolation with river/ water streams /tank de-silt. Below is a pictograph of TAVARJA RIVER Project executed at Latur (drought affected area in Marathwada region): Tavarja River - Before Tavarja River - After Tavarja River - After Rainfall Coming Up World River Day Celebratios Kasaba Ganapati Visarjan Procession Jal Jagruti Abhiyan Awareness Campaign Date: 27 Sep 2015 Time: 9 am Onwards Venu: Starting from City Post Chowk to Deccan Gyamkhana, Pune Contact : Shridhar Damodaran - 9850052752 Rajay Shahstare Prasad Navale Kumar Lamkane Hridaynaad with Rishi Nityapragya / Sachin Limaye Date: 07 Nov 2015 Time: 7 pm Onwards Venu: Yogi Sabhagruha, Near Dadar Station, Dadar (East), Mumbai -400014 Contact : +919820056005 +919930313916 +919819906903 Partnership With Corporate Meeting with Cisco CSR Head Date: 21-Sep-2015 Time: 2.00 pm Venue, Cisco Office, Hinjewadi       Let us be a part of this Service towards creating sustainable living. Come join us in creating a foundation for our future generations. Complete Volunteer Registration Form - Click Here