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Quarterly Newsletter, Apr-June 2009, Issue 5For Private Circulation only

From the desk of

Chairman, ACORD

Dear Readers,

The first quarter of the second

year of the “Clean Yamuna

Manch” (as part of the Public

Participation & Awareness

component for Yamuna Action

Plan-II), has given ACORD an

opportunity to review some

activities on the basis of

feedback and evaluation of

Year 1.

As you know, YAP-I focused

on non-sewage aspects of the

project to clean the Yamuna,

while YAP-II focuses both on

sewage and non-sewage

components – and a key

strength is that it combines the

human and technological

aspects. Delhi Jal Board will

provide updates on the

engineering and technical

aspects of sewage treatment as

DJB's workplans progress.

Our on-going work through

the weekly radio programme

“Kinare Kinare” and street

plays continue to get good

response from listeners and

viewers. This quarter has

been a time of 8 focus group

discussions with a range of

stakeholders who can make a

huge difference within their

own communi t ies . In

addition, a 22-minute film

“Yamuna Rahe Swachh” has

been completed as part of

documentation of Year 1

activit ies under “Clean

Yamuna Manch”.

Our interaction through Focus

Group Discussions with

various stakeholder groups

during this quarter has given

us the confidence that citizens

of Delhi are becoming more

aware about Yamuna pollution

issues and are keen to take

action in various ways. They

would like support from

various agencies to work

together for best results.

Based on the above we plan to

launch a major campaign

during the festival season

2009, which starts with a

'Musical show – Human thChain' on 12 September

2009.

As music is a very important

a g e n t t o c o m m u n i c a t e

messages in an entertaining

way, this musical show will

focus on the theme 'Clean

Yamuna River'. This event is

being organised to raise public

awareness and participation

regarding pollution of river

Yamuna in Delhi.

We should also record a major

issue of concern expressed by

several Resident Welfare

Associations at the FGD

interactions: there are several

p laces in Delhi where

sewerage drains have been

combined with storm water

drains, and hence pollution

load has increased with

overflows, stench and other

health hazards. This needs

urgent coordination between

MCD, DJB at the local level

and through this forum we

make an appeal for assessment

and rectification work to be

started as soon as possible,

with the joint efforts of the

agencies and the residents.

Please do send us your

feedback and suggestions to

help keep Yamuna “on top of

the mind” of people of Delhi,

and do contribute to making a

difference.

We sincerely thank the

Commissioner, MCD

Sri K.S. Mehra for his

encouragement and support

at all times, so that we can

deliver qualitative outputs in

the project.

Prof MDG Koreth

Yamuna Action Plan - IIPublic Participation & Awareness Component

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Focus Group Discussions:

In April:

Hwith 14 NGO functionaries

working with rag-pickers

and sanitation issues etc

Hwith 15 school teachers

from Kendriya Vidyalyas,

Municipal Corporation

Primary Schools and

others.

In May:

Hwith 9 college students

Hwith 12 functionaries from

7 NGOs.

In June:

Hwith 8 office bearers of

R e s i d e n t W e l f a r e

Associations

Hwith 8 members of RWA

federations, having an

o u t r e a c h t o 5 0 , 0 0 0

households.

In each of these FGDs, the key

questions for discussion were:

Hwhat do you think are the

causes of pollution of

Yamuna in Delhi?

Hwhat do you think is the

impact of Yamuna pollution

on people's health?

HWhat role can you play to

contribute to clean-up of

Yamuna?

Hwhat ' do -ab le ' i deas

can you suggest for

public awareness and

participation?

In addi t ion , ACORD

worked out the minimal

knowledge/action inputs as

follows for each group:

HIntroduction to YAP-II and

“Clean Yamuna Manch”

activities

HPo in t and non-po in t

sources of pollution

HBOD and fecal coli, leading

to disease

Many suggestions were given

by the participants on how

they would raise awareness

within their families, friends

and communities. Several

also made requests for the

street play to be performed at

their locations. Ideas were

g e n e r a t e d o n w a s t e

management and use of items

like paper cutting, jute bags

and also to avoid use of

polythene bags. While

teachers said they would

promote teaching of vermi-

composting techniques, one

RWA participant said she

would promote Yamuna issues

during her locality's “satsang”

and introduce the Yamuna

song to her group.

However, i t wou ld be

appropriate to share with our

readers some feedback from

the RWAs who felt they could

play a key role but were not

satisfied with public services

in their localities. In several

places in Delhi there is an issue

of sewage being drained into

storm water drains. Several

participants felt this issue

should be resolved by

government agencies such as

MCD and Delhi Jal Board who

should work in coordination.

I n o u r r o l e t o b u i l d

partnerships amongst various

stakeholders, we have raised

this issue here and will also

compile your responses for

MCD and DJB if you have a

similar issue.

The NGO participants pointed

out that in several localities in

Delhi there is no system of

household waste collection

and often waste is left on the

roadside which proves to be a

health hazard.

The college students said they

would ra i se awareness

through debates and other

college events. They also said

they would link up with their

eco-club activities and do

events around Yamuna theme.

Exposure trips were seen as an

eye-opener and i t was

suggested that these should be

organised for all age groups –

seeing is believing, and a real

situation motivates people to

get involved.

“Clean Yamuna Manch” is

be ing imp lemen ted by

ACORD, as part of “Public

Participation & Awareness”

component of Yamuna Action

Plan – Phase II being executed

by the MCD.

The superordinate goal of

ACORD's mandate for “Clean

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Yamuna Manch” is to create

and sustain “top of the mind”

awareness and major “mind-

share” for the Yamuna, its

sources of pollution and clean-

up in the mind-set of the

people.

This quarterly Newsletter is

part of that effort and brings to

you news, views, issues and

action updates.

Street Play – Ek Boond

Paani Ki

5 shows were organised during

this quarter as follows:

In April, at Yamuna Vihar and

Bhagirathi Vihar

In May, at Khanpur and Rohini

In June, at Dilshad Garden – to

c o i n c i d e w i t h Wo r l d

Environment Day on 5 June.

About 800 viewers saw and

appreciated the content and

presentation of the shows.

We hope you do tune in to

AIR FM (102.6Mhz)

Every Friday, at 6.30 pm

...and win prizes, too!

Features: with songs!

-Yamuna ke Teer: based on the

work being undertaken by

MCD and Delhi government

departments under YAP II

“Kinare Kinare”

-Sanskriti: to learn about

Yamuna's historical and

cultural facts, by Dr Kapila

Vatsyayan

-Ab Aapki Baari: interviews

with citizens living on the

banks of river Yamuna

Some of those interviewed this

quarter were:

- Dr. Sarvesh Kumar

- Mr. PM Thakar

- Mr. Salman Qureshi

- Mr. Rajkumar Prajapath

- Mr. Sushil Rai

- Mr. BK Sukla

- Mr. RN Srivastava

- Mr. AK Singh, MCD

- Mr. Karuna Sagar

- Mr. Kailash

- Ms. Deepa Goel

- Dr. Dharm Singh, SDMT

- Mr. RS Tyagi, DJB

- Mr. Ramesh Trivedi

- Mr. RC Trivedi

- Ms. Namita Sharma

- Ms. Gazala Siddiqui

- Mr. Girjesh Kumar,

PATHEYA

- Ms. Poonam

- Ms. Aarti Bhatnagar

- Ms. Ritu Upreti

- Mr. Sudhir Kumar

- Ms. Madhvi Shri

- Mr. Rohit Kumar

- Ms. Priyanka Bhatia

Here's a sample of what some

of them said during this

quarter's episodes:

17 April 2009

Ab Aapki Bari

Salman Qureshi

(Volunteer)

eSa viuh unh dks [kqn Hkh

nwf"kr gksus ls jksdrk gw¡]

vkSj gekjs ftrus Hkh

fj’rsnkj@nksLr gSa mudks Hkh

eSa ;s crkrk gw¡] vkSj tkx:d

djrk gw¡] fd ikWyhFkhu

bLrseky u djsa vkSj oks Hkh

esjh ckr ekurs gSa vkSj ,slk

dj jgs gSaA

ge lc gh ;equk dks xanh

djrs gSaA tks Hkh iwtk lkexzh

;k v/k&tys ’ko ge ;equk

esa Mkyrs gSa mlls Hkh ;equk

çnwf"kr gks jgh gSA ;s lc

tkudkjh eq>s YAP-II ls

tqM+us ds ckn feyh gSA ---

More on Page 6&7.

Speically For You :

Yamuna Mascot :

Centrepage pull-out.

see page 6 for ideas on how

to use this pull-out

Image : PratimaText : President & CEO

ACORD

Yamuna Mascot – an adaptation of 'Kambugriva' from Panchtantra, who needs to speak today to improve Yamuna river's condition in Delhi. Launched by the Hon'ble Lt Governor of Delhi at the Yamuna Rally on 22-02-09 at Jamia Millia Islamia. Created in public interest by Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Asian Centre for Organisation Research & Development under “Clean Yamuna Manch” Public Participation & Awareness Component of Yamuna Action Plan II.

www.cleanyamunariver.org

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Yamuna Mascot

What you can do with this

pull out:

Hdisplay at home

Hget it mounted and display

at your school, college or

organisation: in common

areas and library

Hstick it on the rear window

of your car

Horganise a creative message

text competition

Horganise a quiz on what the

Mascot could ask the

citizens of Delhi

Hmake a 3-D figure for your

garden or verandah

Hinvite suggestions from

friends and others on how to

use the Mascot

Hsend your ideas to us!

Sample responses contd.

“Yamuna Ke Teer”

R.N. Srivastava

(Base-line survey)

Ykksxksa dh Baseline survey ds nkSjku ;s lksp Fkh fd tks Hkh xUnxh@dpjk ;equk esa cgkrs gSa og lc cg tkrk gSA ;s Survey lkjh fnYyh esa gqvk FkkA yksxksa us iwNk fd ;s dpjk ge fQj dgk¡ Mkysa \ bl ij geus yksxksa dks lq>ko fn;k fd iwtk lkexzh ge feêh esa xkM+

ldrs gSa vkSj vU; dpjk lh/ks Colony ds dwM+snku esa MkysaA Base-line survey ds ckn yksxksa esa dkQh tkx:drk ,oa cnyko vk;k gSA


Sudhir Kumar

;equk dh fLFkfr cgqr gh [kjkc gSA ikWyhFkhu bR;kfn yksx ;equk esa cgk nsrs gSaA yksx ;equk ds fdukjs vkdj NksVs&NksVs cPpksa dks iSls nsrs gSa vkSj viuk dwM+k xkfM+;ksa esa ykrs gSa vkSj mls mu cPpksa ds }kjk ;equk esa Myok nsrs gSaA

ge yksxksa ls vihy djrs gSa fd gekjs deZpkjh tks xyh ;k ekSgYyksa esa dwM+k ysus ds fy, vkrs gS] yksx mUgsa dwM+k nsa] b/kj&m/kj u MkysaA

nd22 May, 2009


Rohit (RWA, Shastri Nagar)

Yamuna unh ftldks ge ek¡ dk Lo:i ekurs gSa mls ge yksxksa us bruk xank dj fn;k gS fd og ,d ukys dk :i ys pqdh gSA mlesa vc Luku djuk rks cgqr nwj dh ckr gS] ge mlds vkl&ikl cSB Hkh

ugha ldrsA

Ykksxksa dh ekU;rk gS fd ;equk unh esa ge tks Hkh iwtk lkexzh Mkysaxs mls ge ifo=k ty esa çokfgr dj jgs gSaA

gekjh RWA's us dbZ txgksa ij ,sls Boxes yxkus dk ç;kl fd;k gS tgk¡ yksx viuh iwtk dh lkexzh Mky ldsa ftls ckn esa composting fd;k tk ldsA Street Play

Shows ls Hkh gekjs Area esa yksxksa esa tkx:drk vkbZ gS vkSj vc mUgksaus ejs gq, tkuojksa dks Hkh ;equk esa u M+kydj tehu esa nck nsuk ’kq: dj fn;k gSA

“Ab Apki Bari”

jkecpu%& **uo ;qod tu dY;k.k lHkk**] eaxksyiqjh

ge awareness dj jgs gSa fd yksx b/kj&m/kj dwM+k djdV u Mkysa vkSj ;equk dks xank u djsa D;ksafd fnYyh esa ;equk ikuh dk ,d eq[; L=kksr gSA

ge ;qokvksa ds tfj;s pamphlets cV¡okrs gSa vkSj

Hospitals vkfn esa ;equk ds çfr tkx:drk vfHk;ku pyk jgs gSaA

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th5 June, 2009


(R. S. Tyagi. SE. DJB.)

STP's are “Sewage Treatment

plants” and they treat the raw

sewage and then that water

goes to Yamuna. STP's dh {kerk 512 Mgd vkSj Production 620 Mgd gSA tks Hkh gap gSa mlds fy, 3 STP's

cuk, tk jgs gSa] One is at ndKondli – 45 Mgd, 2 is at

Yamuna Vihar- 25 Mgd, and

the third is at Okhla – 30 Mgd.

rhuksa STP's dk dke rsth ls py jgk gS vkSj Okhla okyk çkstsDV FkksM+k advance stage esa gS vkSj buds pkyw gksus ds ckn ;equk dh quality dkQh vPNh gks tk,xhA

“Ab Apki Bari ”

Gazala Siddiqi., Teacher

(Jamia Sr. Sec. School)

Narender Kumar, Teacher

(Participants of FGD's)

We got aware towards Yamuna

and its pollution and we need

to do something. We are

playing the role of a guide to

students and we need to tell

students about the sources of

pollution of Yamuna. We can

take students for exposure

trips and take this issue in

assemblies and through

projects. We are telling

s tudents to s top us ing

polythene bags and keep our

Yamuna clean.

Nuggets of knowledge and

information given by Dr

Kapila Vatsayayan have

been appreciated by our

listeners. We give a sample

here from the episodes

broadcast in April:

rdOn 3 April 09

Tkc bySDVªkSfud ehfM;k dk

bruk pyu ugha Fkk rc Hktu

gksrs Fks] Hktu eaMfy;k¡ gksrh

FkhaA ;s ekè;e cgqr gh çHkkoh

gS fo’ks"kdj vxj ;equk ds

lanHkZ esa gksA Hktu dks ckj ckj

xkus ls vkSj dFkkvksa dks dgus

ls muds cksy gekjs vUnj

tkrs gSaA thou Hkh rks ,d

xkM+h gS vkSj gesa ml xkM+h esa

lkQ vkSj LoPN gksdj jguk

pkfg,A

On 17th April 09

laLd‘fr ’kCn dk mRFkku gqvk

gS d‘f"k ls & ;kfu èkjrh tks

mitkÅ gks vkSj laLd‘fr dks

vaxzsth Hkk"kk esa 'culture' dgk

tkrk gSA bldks ;w¡ le>k tk

ldrk gS fd laLd‘fr og gS tks

fLFkj gks ij stagnant u gksA

thOn 24 April 09

pkgs euq"; vdsyk gks ;k

lekt esa gks] og fof’k"V :Ik

;k èkkj.kk ls curk gSA gj

lH;rk dh ,d laLd‘fr gksrh

gS vkSj laLd‘fr esa ifjorZu Hkh

gksrk gS ij ml ifjorZu esa

,d rknrE; Hkh jgrk gSA

fdlh Hkh laLd‘fr esa ;fn ,d

rjg dk yxko o cgko uk gks

rks ml esa ;k rks tfVyrk vk

tkrh gS ;k oks [kafMr gks tkrh

gS ftls vaxzsth esa

fragmentation dgrs gSaA

Some culture related

questions that Dr. Kapila

Vatsayayan has asked in

the 'Sanskriti' Section of

the Radio Progamme

"Kinare Kinare" (in April

May & June) are as

follows:

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Q1. gekjh laLd‘fr esa Hktu o dhrZu dh D;k ekU;rk gS \

Q2. D;k Hktu dhrZu dh çFkk gekjh laLd‘fr esa Hkh çpfyr gS \

Q3. laLd‘fr dk D;k vFkZ o egRo gS \

Q4. laLd‘fr D;k oDr ds lkFk&lkFk cnyrh jgrh gS \

Q5. fdlh Hkh ns’k ds fodkl esa laLd‘fr dk D;k ;ksxnku gksrk gS \

Q6. ;equk ds eSyk gksus dk irk yxkus esa foKku ls dSls lgk;rk feyrh gS \

Q7. laosnuk çd‘fr ds çfr fdl rjg YkkHknk;d gSa \

Q8. ljLorh unh ds yqIr gksus dk D;k dkj.k gqvk \

Q9. D;k xaxk ;equk nksuks cgus gSa \

Q10. ufn;ksa ds fdukjs ,sfrgkfld dkO; D;ksa fy[ks x;s gSa \

Q11. ufn;ksa ds laxe dk D;k egRo gksrk gS \

Q12. ufn;ksa dks cpkuk D;ksa t:jh gS \

Q13. iqjkus le; esa fdlku [ksrh esa fdl [kkn dk ç;ksx djrs Fks \

Activities of “Clean Yamuna

Manch in the next quarter :

rd th th3 4 & 5 July 2009 –

participation in Mango

Festival at Delhi Haat

Pitampura.

Two one-day awareness th th

Workshops on 28 & 29

August at Shri Sathya Sai

International Centre.

On going feedback and

followup programme to get

the awareness generation

(on Clean River Yamuna) at

grass root level through

activities done by ACORD

under 'Clean Yamuna

Manch'

Musical Show-cum-Human Chain

thon 12 September 09 (9am

12 noon) at Indraprastha

Park, (near Sarai Kale

Khan), New Delhi.

Chief Guest His Excellency

Lt. Governor of Delhi Shri.

Tejender Khanna.

Musical Programme by

Raga Rocks and Songs

composed on river Yamuna

by well-known Singer and

our Brand Ambassador

Shankar Sahney.

Do please get in touch with

us if you would like to

suggest the names of anyone

who you feel should get this

Newsletter... we will wait for

y o u r f e e d b a c k a n d

suggestions!

The “Clean Yamuna Manch”

Newsletter is designed and

published by ACORD.

Please send your feedback

and comments to:

ACORD (Asian Centre for

Organisation Research &

Development)

R-281, Greater Kailash Part-I

New Delhi 110048

Phone : 011-26411991

26411992

26411990

Fax : 011-26411994

This newsletter can be

downloaded from our website

For photos of events –

please visit the website.

Editorial Team:

Prof MDG Koreth

Dr. Kiron Wadhera

Ms. Kamal Singh

[email protected]

www.cleanyamunariver.org

Please note our new address:

Phone : 011-

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