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Alliance for a better and cleaner Kanpur
A REPORT
The participants identified various problems which
needed to be addressed urgently and could be addressed through Alliance.
They felt that much attention has to be paid to the garbage menace,
hazards of unplanned vehicle parking and growing pollution in the
river Ganga.
 “The
mega projects planned by the government would fall flat without
the public participation” said Dr A C Shukla, a visiting scholar
of Unversity of Illinois. President, Rotary Club of Kanpur Greater,
Smt. Suchitra Singh suggested that the use of recycled paper bags
should be promoted instead of polythene bags. Mrs Anita Bhatnagar
Jain, Labour Commissioner supported the idea of Suchitra Singh and
added that thrust should be put on the use of fabric and paper bags.
A charter was formulated by the end of
the meeting with the following suggestions:
- The Alliance meeting would be held every month at some public
place, instead of holding it in a closed room.
- The new members would be added in order to empower and strengthen
the working of the forum.
- Efforts would be made by the Alliance to get all authorized
parking places in the town identified and marked and parking
rates for different vehicles displayed prominently at each parking
place.
- A proper monitoring mechanism would be devised to monitor
the works done through this forum.
- Eco Friends’ proposal to clean a 10 km (Shuklaganj to
Sidhanath ghat) stretch of river Ganga in Kanpur by deploying
two manual boats and two Ganga-Praharis (Ganga Keepers) on each
boat through out the year would be supported by the Rotary Club
of Kanpur Greater and other members of the Alliance.
- These Ganga Praharis would remove all kinds of solid trash
(polybags, worship materials, floral offerings etc.) including
animal and human corpses from the 10 Km stretch of Ganga and
ensure its safe disposal on a regular basis.
- These Ganga Praharis would be equipped with all kinds of tools
needed to remove the solid trash from the river including some
identity.
- The forum also decided to launch a massive campaign to educate
and aware the masses towards the cause of a Better and Cleaner
Kanpur.
- The officials from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
Project Planning and Co-ordination Unit (PPCU)-GAPSP and Kanpur
Nagam Nigam assured their full support towards the noble cause.
The first meeting of the Alliance for a Better
and Cleaner Kanpur ended with the vote of thanks by Mrs. Suchitra
Singh, President of Rotary Club of Kanpur Greater.
Following members were present in the meeting:
- Mrs Anita Bhatnagar Jain, IAS, Labour Commissioner,
Uttar Pradesh
- Mrs Suchitra Singh, President, Rotary Club
of Kanpur Greater
- Mr Rakesh K. Jaiswal, Executive Secretary,
Eco Friends
- Dr A C Shukla, Visiting Scholar, University
of Illinois.
- Ch. Harish Chandra, Retd. Prof. of English,
Christ Church Degree College
- Mr Mohd Owais, Project Officer, Eco Friends
- Dr R K Singh, Scientist, Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB)
- Mr F U Rahman, Team Leader, Project Planning
and Coordination Unit, GAPSP
- Ms Gauri Shriya, Chairperson, Rotary Club
of Kanpur Greater
- Dr M D Girdhani, Health Officer, Kanpur
Nagar Nigam.(KNN)
- Dr Tapan Routh, Ex. Scientist, NEERI
- Mr Sharad Tandon, Rotary Club of Kanpur
Greater
- Mr B K Bharatiya, President, Rotary Club
of Kanpur
- Mr Ajay Lohia, Secretary, Rotary Club of
Kanpur Greater , (Lohia Group of companies)
- Mr Lalit Khanna, J K White Cement.
- Dr Binayak Rath, Professor, IIT Kanpur
- Dr Padma S Vankar, Scientist, IIT Kanpur
- Ms Sanjeev Shriya, President, TIE –
U.P. (Director, LML Group of companies)
- Mr O P Agarwal, Ex. President, Rotary Club
of Kanpur
- Ms Shradha Lohia, Coordinator, Rotary Club
of Kanpur Greater, (Lohia Group of companies)
- Mr Avinash Gupta, Member, Rotary Club of
Kanpur
- Mr Ashok Seth, Member, Rotary Club of Kanpur
- Shinjiro Okuzawa, Project Formulation Advisor
(Environment), JICA
- Masakazu MAEDA, Solid Waste Management,
JICA
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