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When Water Hyacinth Becomes A Visual Delight !
When Water Hyacinth Becomes A Visual Delight ! Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Jal Rakshak on June 4th, 2010 Dear Jal Rakhsaks, Advisors & Partners Yesterday, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, came to the Neela Hauz lake to...
The Neela Hauz Will Live Again!
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Environment Protection on March 29th, 2010 The Bridge over Neela Hauz is now nearly complete. I thought it was time to step up the pressure on PWD to remove the soil dumped in the lake. So I called up the...
Invitation to Dedication Ceremony of the JAL SANCHAY ABHIYAAN
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Events on March 10th, 2010 Dear Jal Rakshaks It gives me tremendous pleasure to invite you all for the Dedication Ceremony of the JAL SANCHAY ABHIYAAN – a movement to recharge approx 40 million liters approx. to...
STOP WATER OVERFLOWS AND ADOPT RAINWATER HARVESTING
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Jal Rakshak on December 18th, 2009 JAL RAKSHAK’s STOP WATER OVERFLOWS AND ADOPT RAINWATER HARVESTING CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE 1) To create and build capacities of JAL RAKSHAKs in all 30 pockets (sectors) of Vasant Kunj...
Thank you for giving us back our faith in ‘the system’
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Environment Protection on December 11th, 2009 Thank you Dr Hussein for giving us back our faith in ‘the system’…. The students of St Mary’s School are a persistent bunch!! They called up a few days back to say that they...
Dear Mr. Lt. Governor, Will You Keep Your Promise???
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Environment Protection on October 9th, 2009 Yesterday, a group of IX standard students of St Mary’s School came to the Neela Hauz.. They had read about it in the newspaper and had taken this lake up as a Project for...
National Urban Water Award 2009
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Awards & Recognition on August 16th, 2009
Dwarka Underpass – An Avoidable Water Logging Fiasco
Dwarka Underpass has been in the news for the sheer visual shock of seeing 6m (20ft) high column of water on a road after a more than average rainfall in a single day.
Actually, the water was standing not just in the underpass but also on the road leading into the underpass from both sides. Approximately, 1.5 km stretch of road including the underpass had water logging. The water logging was so bad
The Winds of Change in the Ministry of Water Resources!
The Winds of Change are whistling through the corridors of the Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR) – happily threatening to turn this staid, typical ministry into a vortex of new ideas, unconventional solutions and win-win partnerships. All it took was a mild...
How to Become Water Wise
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Water Wisdom on June 15th, 2009 A couple of day’s back I received a very interesting little note from Mr. Kishore Nath, who lives in Canada and appears to be very water conscious. He stated and then asked, “We can educate...
JAL RAKSHAK FORUM
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Events, Jal Rakshak on June 2nd, 2009 To celebrate World Environment Day, Forum For Organized Resource Conservation and Enhancement (FORCE) – an NGO dedicated to the cause of Water Conservation- is organizing a One day...
A FORCE’ful Message
Jyoti Sharma, President FORCE posted this in Water Management on April 3rd, 2009 Water is a life sustaining resource but one that is limited in Quantity. Its distribution is inequitable and so is its usage. However there is a tremendous scope in economizing on its...