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Kudos to the authorities in Mysuru for the institutional reforms needed to manage waste processing and general cleanliness. Idhella Namma Bengalurige beke beku! 🙏
I visited this "Mookaneri" Lake in last week of jan.2021 I just loved this place fishing with friends,chilling in morning and evening,that 4-5 days😅 Love❤from Mumbai
Put a ban on construction in our forests. Indias forest cover is decreasing that is the reason for this. Everyone wants to buy real estate and destroy natural land , ponds, streams,aquifiers and so on. Green cover is the solution and plating new forests won't help we need to conserve the old forests . Especially my home state uttarakhand in the name of development has been destroyed in the last 25 years since it became seperate state. So many dams, hotels,roads and buildings in hilly areas and unplanned construction in plain areas. NAture is striking back. P.S The new scientific consensus is that hydropower is not a renewable source as there is only so many rivers we can dam. Still NHPC is destroying the riverine ecosystems and has destroyed the Ganga and it's distributaries and tributaries. They even blew the aquifier which led to land sinking. Such is the state of our "maharatnas" aka babu government enterprises.
This is my demand letter from Government of India . 1) Connect every forest like dandakaranya and nallamalla and saranda and terai through forest corridors . 2) Make new design for homes . A combination of mud house and a pucca house is best design. 3) There should be ceiling limit on holding of automobile per family. 4) Rainwater harvesting is must for every building and govt infrastructure. 5)The target of 33% forest is baseless and cannot give sustainable future for us . I believe 50% of landmass of India should be under natural forest with minimum to no human activities which is well connected to each other . Government can even impose Cess or ask for private donation in order to buy private lands in order to REFORESTATE lost jungles and corridors. 6) Forest Rights act should be amended and relocation of communities should be made easier. 7) solar power should be made more popular . 8) prepaid electricity meters will bring drastic change . 9) tax rebates to corporates who operate in green buildings 10)Revival of old perennial rivers like Sahibi will permanently solve problem of water in india . 11) Tourism activities in national parks should be on auction basis and only limited number of tourists should be allowed .
You only have choice to experiment like this when you have unlimited money. No one's gonna risk not using cement or making unreinforced slab. 1 earthquake and lowest intensity and this building will not even last a second. This house will no last longer.
I am keen to relocate to Pondicherry and Auroville. Please tell me how to contact you and how to start my farm, home and life in Auroville or its environs
Building a roof with so much wood, actually beats the concept of eco friendly, because many more trees have to be cut down to house these morons😅 it's like the same case of air lifting avocado's from thousand of miles away to feed a vegan, who thinks he is doing a favour on the environment by not eating locally grown meat.
End of the day, economics get people into action. Climate change cannot be tackled by bs like carbon taxes, carbon credits, EVs, etc. Give people incentives to go green. Make it a win-win rather than win-lose.
great work on jackfruit and its role in addressing food security and diabetics. being from kerala, I have seen so much of jackfruit just wasted without being utilized.
Thank you for the beautiful presentation of such a horrific scenario. What we need is Policies and their proper implementation and on personal level, bring out the necessary changes in our life and implement those changes as much as we can..
Cut more trees in the name of devlopment....then use coal based electricity to cool your rooms and houses,use more AC then necessary,then make video on RU-vid to educate others.Nice🤯👍.Your education educates me very well.Waise raat ko chat par soya Jaa sakta hai apne room ka ac,cooler band karke.I am Not telling you to obey me,it's just an alternative.Isi bahane natural satelight ka nazara v dikh jayega.
In 1987 we had severe Summer in many parts of Central and North India. I had heat stroke though I was young and working as Group A officer in central India.
How many crores of project nd how many yrs nd costing obviously yu cudnt mention.. U r promoting your business It seems. Not helping the common man. No wonder this country suffers
