Saturday, 18 February 2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!: 21st December Sacred Heart High School Eco Club is always a step ahead of the crowd.From the get go, they haven't been the ba...MORBE DAM VISIT
Introduction
Our visit was scheduled for 3rd February 2012 to the Morbe Dam. This was a field trip that was planned not only for the Eco-club students but for all the students in classes VIII and IX. We reached the Morbe Dam at about 9:30 am.
AN INTRODUCTION TO MORBE DAM
The official name of the dam is Morbe Dam. It is situated on the Dhavari river. The project is located near village Morbe in Khalapur taluka of Raigad District. It became functional in 2006. It is owned by the State Government Of Maharashtra. It is a gravity dam and its height is 59.1metres (approx. 194 ft). it has a length of 3420 metres (approx. 11,220 ft) and a volume of 18,075 km3 (approx. 4,336 cu mi). it has a gross storage capacity of 19,089 km3 (4,579.69 cu mi). Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran started the construction of Morbe dam in 1999 so that water can be supplied to Nhava Sheva region and NMMC area. Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran is a leading organisation under the Maharashtra government that supplies water to rural and urban parts of the state. In 2002 Government of Maharashtra (GOM) permitted NMMC to take over the Morbe dam. The Morbe dam affects 11 villages in the surrounding areas and 776 families. According to the 1981 census calculations, about 2,897 persons have been affected by the project.
village Morbe in Khalapur taluka
DSCUSSIONS WITH LOCALS
After seeing the Morbe Dam we got the opportunity to interact with the locals. According to them, this dam was built about 10 years ago and they were residing here during its costruction. However, they had to shift out from their residences to Morbewadi. They say that the water supplied to them is of a much better quality as compared to the water they used to get before the dam was constructed. They also have electricity supply which is a recent development. The nearest market and hospital is located at 10 – 15 minutes walking distance. Autorickshaws are the only means of transport for these simple people and they too take a to-and-fro charge which becomes very expensive. Their main occupation before the construction of the dam was agriculture .During the consruction ,their lands were aquired by the govt and they paid very less amount of about 10,000 – 15,000 rupees.Now they haven’t any cultiviable land or a permanant job to meet thier livelyhood.The Morbewadi village also has a school which provides free education to its pupils.
The river water is used by the villagers for washing clothes and utensils. TT
LOCAL NEEDS
The villagers, however, said that their life post the construction of the dam has changed for the worse. There are no farms for agriculture and so, there is no employment facility. Sometimes, they have to work on construction sites for daily wages. It becomes very difficult for them to carry on with their day-to-day life. According to them the dam has affected their lives on a very large scale and the economy in this region suffers.The trees around the area were planted by some school children during their exposure visit,and the villagers taken care of them.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like my principal, Sr. Sharmila Fernandes, our manager, Rev. Fr. Joaquim D’costa and teacher Mrs. Nirmala Nair, for organizing such a wonderful field trip.
We would like to thank Gulab, Khushboo, Susheela, Hira, Jeeman Madhav, and Kuruslee who are residents of Morbewadi and were very co-operative in answering our queries.
And last, but not the least, I would like to thank Greenline for always encouraging us to give our best shot to all the tasks we undertake.
CONCLUSION
The field visit to Morbe Dam was indeed very inspiring, informative and enjoyable. Most of us enjoyed the discussions with the villagers the most. We also marvelled at the scenic beauty of the Morbe Dam. We hope to have many more such field visits in the near future.
Rithika Kumar
Eco-Club Member
Sacred Heart High School
Vashi
Sunday, 12 February 2012
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!: 21st December Sacred Heart High School Eco Club is always a step ahead of the crowd.From the get go, they haven't been the ba... INTRODUCTION
Our visit was scheduled for 3rd February 2012 to the Morbe Dam. This was a field trip that was planned not only for the Eco-club students but for all the students in classes VIII and IX. We reached the Morbe Dam at about 9:30 am.
AN INTRODUCTION TO MORBE DAM
The official name of the dam is Morbe Dam. It is situated on the Dhavari river. The project is located near village Morbe in Khalapur taluka of Raigad District. It became functional in 2006. It is owned by the State Government Of Maharashtra. It is a gravity dam and its height is 59.1metres (approx. 194 ft). it has a length of 3420 metres (approx. 11,220 ft) and a volume of 18,075 km3 (approx. 4,336 cu mi). it has a gross storage capacity of 19,089 km3 (4,579.69 cu mi). Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran started the construction of Morbe dam in 1999 so that water can be supplied to Nhava Sheva region and NMMC area. Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran is a leading organisation under the Maharashtra government that supplies water to rural and urban parts of the state. In 2002 Government of Maharashtra (GOM) permitted NMMC to take over the Morbe dam. The Morbe dam affects 11 villages in the surrounding areas and 776 families. According to the 1981 census calculations, about 2,897 persons have been affected by the project.
village Morbe in Khalapur taluka
DSCUSSIONS WITH LOCALS
After seeing the Morbe Dam we got the opportunity to interact with the locals. According to them, this dam was built about 10 years ago and they were residing here during its costruction. However, they had to shift out from their residences to Morbewadi. They say that the water supplied to them is of a much better quality as compared to the water they used to get before the dam was constructed. They also have electricity supply which is a recent development. The nearest market and hospital is located at 10 – 15 minutes walking distance. Autorickshaws are the only means of transport for these simple people and they too take a to-and-fro charge which becomes very expensive. Their main occupation before the construction of the dam was agriculture .During the consruction ,their lands were aquired by the govt and they paid very less amount of about 10,000 – 15,000 rupees.Now they haven’t any cultiviable land or a permanant job to meet thier livelyhood.The Morbewadi village also has a school which provides free education to its pupils.
The river water is used by the villagers for washing clothes and utensils. TT
LOCAL NEEDS
The villagers, however, said that their life post the construction of the dam has changed for the worse. There are no farms for agriculture and so, there is no employment facility. Sometimes, they have to work on construction sites for daily wages. It becomes very difficult for them to carry on with their day-to-day life. According to them the dam has affected their lives on a very large scale and the economy in this region suffers.The trees around the area were planted by some school children during their exposure visit,and the villagers taken care of them.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like my principal, Sr. Sharmila Fernandes, our manager, Rev. Fr. Joaquim D’costa and teacher Mrs. Nirmala Nair, for organizing such a wonderful field trip.
We would like to thank Gulab, Khushboo, Susheela, Hira, Jeeman Madhav, and Kuruslee who are residents of Morbewadi and were very co-operative in answering our queries.
And last, but not the least, I would like to thank Greenline for always encouraging us to give our best shot to all the tasks we undertake.
CONCLUSION
The field visit to Morbe Dam was indeed very inspiring, informative and enjoyable. Most of us enjoyed the discussions with the villagers the most. We also marvelled at the scenic beauty of the Morbe Dam. We hope to have many more such field visits in the near future.
Rithika Kumar
Eco-Club Member
Sacred Heart High School
Vashi
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!
GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World: Sacred Heart ,Vashi Soak In The Green!: 21st December Sacred Heart High School Eco Club is always a step ahead of the crowd.From the get go, they haven't been the ba...Sacred Heart High School, Vashi
Task 6: Reach out to other Schools
Sacred Heart School Eco-Club members Poorva, Rucha, Mahesh and Akhilesh along with their teacher visited one of the new ICSE Schools - Anchorwala Education Society at Vashi to spread environmental awareness among these children. It’s Principal Mrs. Bhanumathi Ramachandran and all the students from 1st to 5th standards were very curious to know about our ‘Water Saving Challenge’.
The session began with an introduction to Greenline and its green school campaign. Poorva proudly presented the activities that led to Sacred Heart School achieving the Greenest School award last year.
Mahesh & Akhilesh presented the power point presentation showing various activities undertaken at Sacred Heart School and this was well appreciated by the students at Anchorwala.
Rucha’s session was on ‘Water Matters’. It was an interactive session. Even though our audience was small children, Rucha did sow the seeds of social values of conservation in their mind.
‘My school saves water challenge’ was presented by Poorva. The school Principal echoed our message in loud and clear voice to her children and exhorted them to bring forth their own unique ideas for water conservation. Their teacher too agreed that they will encourage children to bring up ideas for water conservation.
Our students were very happy about this experience and thankful to Greenline for giving this unique assignment.
Next it was our turn to present this to 8th and 9th standard students of Sainath High School in Vashi. Our students did a good job of presenting the Water Challenge to an enthusiastic group of students. These students will soon be starting similar exercise in their school.
Teacher Nirmala made the session more interactive and effective. After seeing the movie on Water they decided that they will do every possible step to save water. The school environmental science teachers Anand Talati, Deepak Gangane and Satinder Choudhary were very much impressed by the presentation and showed keen interest to emulate such exercises in their school. Principal Ms Lata Pillai stated that the program encouraged their students and teachers. They also want to be part of this activity and commented that this is an excellent initiative which motivates the students to do something to save mother earth.
They showed keen interest to contact Greenline and we have provided them the website of Greenline and the contact details.
We thank Greenline for t this unique experience of our students to be ambassadors for spreading the message of conservation.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
WET LAND DAY 2FEBRUARY IMPORTANCE OF WET LANND
Wetlands play an essential part in the regulation of river flow, they filter pollutants and fertilizers, they are spawning zones for some species of fish (pike in particular). They also provide a habitat for plants, insects, batrachians and birds
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