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Save Adi Ganga
Save Adi Ganga SAVE OUR HERITAGE RIVER : ADI GANGA People throughout the world are now becoming conscious of their heritages. And heritage includes a large number of varied things. It may be a special dialect, a dance, a musical tradition or even a hill, a forest, a river. A community's history can… Read more
FAQ on Adi Ganga
FAQ on Adi Ganga on Metro Rail Expansion on Adi Ganga What is so important about a dirty drain called Tolly's Nullah? Because it is not Tolly's Nullah at all. From Hugli river to Garia, it is Adi Ganga, the original course of the Ganga river. The present stretch after Garia was excavated by Major… Read more
ADI GANGA
ADI GANGA Save Adi Ganga A write up on Adi Ganga by Mohit Ray Adi Ganga Updates Updates about Vasundhara's concern about Adi Ganga Faq about Adi Ganga… Read more
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS in Bengali Restoration of a Waterbody: A community initiative Adi Ganga : The present scenario of a heritage river Water Water Treatment in English Annual Environmental Survey of Kolkata 2005 Annual Environmental Survey of Kolkata 2004 Annual Environmental Survey of… Read more
Wetland Day
Wetland Day Jheel on Jheel Road, Jadavpur Vasundhara Celebrates Wetland Day 1st Aasar, the first day of the Bengali month Assar, is the Wetland Day in West Bengal, India. It is still relatively unknown affair mostly observed by a few official programmes. But not to all. Jheel Sanrakshan Committee… Read more
Meeting to save Adi Ganga
The first public meeting to protest construction of Metro Rail over Adi Ganga, the Heritage River, was organised by Vasundhara at the auditorium of Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, 10 Lake Terrace, Calcutta 700 029.The meeting started at 3-10 pm. By that time the auditorium was full to capacity… Read more
Eco-logical Immersion
ECO-FRIENDLY IMMERSION Immersion of idols of the gods and goddesses is a part of religious ceremony of the Hindu religion. In Hindu philosophy, the idols are temporary structures where the souls of the gods and goddesses are brought in through the religious rites. After the ceremony is over, the… Read more
Meeting to save Adi Ganga
The first public meeting to protest construction of Metro Rail over Adi Ganga, the Heritage River, was organised by Vasundhara at the auditorium of Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, 10 Lake Terrace, Calcutta 700 029.The meeting started at 3-10 pm. By that time the auditorium was full to capacity… Read more
RESEARCH
RESEARCH & EDUCATION Research · Research project on automobile pollution with B.E.College (Deemed University), Shibpur, Howrah. Click here · Carried out detailed research and study on Water Quality and Use of Kolkata's Waterbodies and Impact of Idol Immersion in Waterbodies · Noise survey in… Read more
Green Boulevard
Green Boulevard Target Green Boulevard In November ’99 the local residents in and around Gariahat junction in South Calcutta and the passers by were astonished to find that some big trees have been felled down and the dead bodies were lying down on the roads. When environmental concern and need… Read more
INITIATIVES
INITIATIVES Medical Waste Green Boulevard Industrial Pollution Wetland day… Read more
High Court's Judgement and After.
CITIZENS MEET EXPRESSES FRUSTATION ON CALCUTTA HIGHCOURT’S JUDGEMENT ON EXTENSION OF METRO RAIL OVER ADI GANGA Calcutta High Court has recently passed an order, which allows Metro Rail to continue its construction on Adi Ganga without the requirement of any environmental clearance. To discuss the present… Read more
ANNUAL SURVEY
ANNUAL SURVEY Vasundhara Annual Environmental Survey Kolkata Vasundhara Annual Environmental survey of Kolkata is now five years old. We once again present Annual Environmental Survey of Kolkata to the interested readers of environment. All surveys had received a very good response and nearly all… Read more
Citizens voice for Adi Ganga
Adi Ganga once upon a time. AN APPEAL To Honourable Minister of Railways, Government of India Honourable Minister of Environment Government of West Bengal You must be aware that Tolly’s Nullah, the original course of the Ganga (Adi Ganga), is in a a sordid state. Thish eritage river is now… Read more
Community effort restores an Urban Waterbody
An extraordinary effort of ordinary people They happened to witness the shaping up of an apparently impossible effort into a success. The effort was of retaining the significance of the very name of a road by giving life to the only existing Jhil of Jhil Road. Jheel means large waterbodies. Once with… Read more
26 Urban waterbodies need spacial management
Vasundhara helps an urban community interface over its pond. CALCUTTA STILL HAS ABOUT 3000 PONDS THESE PONDS PROVIDES ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF WATER REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY BUT NO CITY PLANNING EXERCISE HAS EVER EVEN MENTIONED ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT WATER RESOURCES VASUNDHARA HAS FOR LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS… Read more
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