Vaidic Srijan

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Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the earth. However, they are also ecologically sensitive and adaptive systems. Wetlands exhibit enormous diversity according to the genesis, geographical location, water regime and chemistry, and soil and sediment characteristics. Wetlands sustain all life forms and perform useful functions in the maintenance of ecological balance and the interface between land and water systems.

Patna (Bihar), being highly populous and one of the fastest-growing cities in India has been transforming  persistently in  the  last  couple  of  decades  due  to  urbanization.  Interestingly, wetlands have been observed to have shrunk significantly. The area of water bodies comprising ponds, lakes, and canals have almost halved from 1.26 km2 to 0.611 km2 between 1989 to 2014. In recent years, the Government of India and Bihar have taken note of the degradation of wetlands in various parts of the country. In this regard, about 15 wetlands in India, including Kabartal Lake in Begusarai have been recognized as wetlands of international importance by Ramsar Convention in recent years. Additionally, the Bihar State Wetland Authority has been established in 2019.

The  steps  taken  by  the  Government in  recent  years  show  their  seriousness  towards  the importance of wetlands and their conservation. In the recent virtual seminar on ‘Vulnerabilities of wetlands and its impact on climate change’, the Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of Bihar, emphasized the future need for developing an action plan for wetlands conservation and restoration in Bihar’s context. In September 2019, the Government of India announced a comprehensive scheme of the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCA), which is aimed to conserve and restore 130 identified wetlands and lakes at the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conservation and restoration of wetlands is important not only to ensure the availability of water but also to check the scale of degrading surrounding lands.

The wetlands restoration work in Delhi has set the standards for providing sustainable and suitable habitation for birds and also helped in protecting Delhi from flooding and improving the groundwater quality. Similarly, in the case of Hyderabad, Kudi Kunta Lake, covering 8 acres, was about to die when it was rejuvenated by the Vedic method of restoration. Likewise, in the year 2020, Jheelwala Park in New Delhi was also rejuvenated with a similar approach. Although it is a very new concept of wetlands restoration there are significant progress and successful case studies in India. To discuss and understand this concept further, the Centre for Environment, Energy, and Climate Change, at the Asian Development Research Institute (CEECC, ADRI) is organizing a ‘Special Lecture’ session virtually.

The objectives of this lecture are as follows:

Understanding the alternative methods of wetlands restoration with special reference to wetlands in Bihar.

Introducing a low-budget and sustainable approach to wetlands conservation for Bihar.

Participants included

Key  officials  from  Wetland Authority  and  Department  of  Environment, Forest  and Climate Change, Government of Bihar, researchers, and grassroots practitioners to understand the alternative method of wetlands restoration with special reference to wetlands in Bihar.

The 5th India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) was kicked off on 10th December 2020 virtually. The event was inaugurated by Shri Ratan Lal Kataria, the then Minister of State for Jal Shakti. The objective of IWIS 2020 was a Comprehensive Analysis and Holistic Management of Rivers and Water Bodies.

IWIS 2020 has being organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga) to discuss water-related issues and steps taken to save the planet’s most precious resource.

The theme of IWIS 2020 was Arth Ganga: River Conservation Synchronised Development.

The conference had a comprehensive analysis and review of river rejuvenation and Local River. It also had deliberation about Arth Ganga, i.e. how river conservation synchronised development can take place.

Halting deforestation is a global challenge largely due to unsustainable agricultural practices that degrade natural ecosystems.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the world’s forests lost about 20% of their coverage. Ninety percent of deforestation is the result of agriculture, with 60% due to the extension of agro-industrial intensive farming (soya, palm oil, corn…), and the remaining 30% caused by small-scale and subsistence farmers. Close to 20% of all carbon emissions result from deforestation and forest degradation.

Climate change will increasingly affect agricultural conditions and there is an urgent need to make farming practices evolve to adapt to climate change. In 2007, experts at the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) stated that agro-ecology was the most reliable way to guarantee food security in our future.

Here’s a discussion with some corporate professionals in agroforestry, afforestation & reforestation, based out of Bangalore, India on – how they are doing it “organically” and how can they benefit out of the “New Ecological way of farming” through “Resurrecting the Native Ecology in Soil, Water and Air”? and how can the farmland go diseases, pests and weather resilient?

Amla Ruia also known as ‘water mother’ has transformed over 100 villages of Rajasthan by using traditional water harvesting techniques and building check dams. Notably, due to great effort and initiatives led by her changed the face of over 100 villages and brought the prosperity in farming, economy and lifestyle of villagers.

Interestingly, Amla dedicated her life to the farmers from the year 1999~2000 after seeing the poor life of farmers in Rajasthan which was going through a severe drought. Amla started her work by constructing check dams near the villages. Check dams, also known as khadin, are structures that involve comparatively small masonry constructions and extensive earthen bunds.

This episode is a detailed conversation with the Water Mother and her team, on "Resureection of Native Ecology" through Vaidic Science.

The urban regions act as population nuclei providing goods and services not only for its inhabitants, but also for people worldwide. Urban ecosystems can no longer be considered as a separate entity to the environment as they have direct and indirect impacts on the immediate and wider environments. Many of the environmental problems faced today (like global warming, water and air pollution and inadequate access to safe drinking water) can be traced back to cities and infrastructure choices. Therefore, cities are a central hub of the human and nature relationships and are huge centers of demand for ecosystem services as well as generation sites for large environmental impacts. Impact of ‘Ozone’ on living species on earth can be good or bad, depending on where it is found. Researchers have found that, ozone in the ‘Stratosphere’ are good as it occurs naturally in the upper layer of the atmosphere and form a protective layer, act as shield to protect earth surface from high-frequency UV rays. While, ozone found in the ‘Troposphere’ is harmful as it contributes to the overall air pollution on earth, a combination of gas formed due to chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Hence, the overwhelming scientific consensus is that global climate change owing to ozone depletion is a real and immediate threat that requires action.

Madhukar Swayambhu is a TEDx speaker, awarded by Jal Shakti Mantralaya as Water Hero, Recognized as Global Top 3 Author on Water by Smart Water Magazine (Spain), having many published articles in various Water & Environment magazines and giving so many lectures in national & international level institutes including IIPA, NIFTEM, FSM, NEERI etc., rejuvenating billions of litres of water spread over hundreds of acres of Waterbodies and millions of litres of sewage on a daily basis.

His innovation & invention is based upon Vaidic Science, and their corporate entity is called “Vaidic Srijan LLP”. In today’s lecture, we’ll get to know from Mr. Swayambhu about the “Vaidic Approach towards Resurrection of Native Ecology”.

Their wetlands restoration work in Delhi (the ongoing Smriti Van Lake, Vasant Kunj, Prasadnagar Lake, KarolBagh and Jheelwala Park, Rohini) has set the standards for providing sustainable and suitable habitation for birds and also helped in protecting Delhi from flooding and improving the groundwater quality. Similarly, in the case of Hyderabad’s Kudi Kunta Lake, covering 8 acres, was about to die when it was rejuvenated by their Vaidic method of restoration. Likewise, in the year 2020, Mandakini River in Chitrakoot was also rejuvenated with a similar approach which made prime time news on ABP channel, they even created the News Headline recently in Dainik Jaagran on 7th July, 2021 by rejuvenating a sewage drain in Punjab. Although it is a very new concept of wetlands restoration there are significant progress and successful case studies in India.

This podcast is an audio version of a presentation during a symposium on Water, held in Delhi, India.

The video of the event has been uploaded on YouTube and has had over 3K views, over 200 likes and almost 25 appreciative comments.

Thus, we've decided to upload the same on our podcast channel too, for the benefit of our listeners here.

This year began with this ICSI Webinar for us.

This was held on 1st January, 2021 @ 1730 hours.

The Subject was understanding the Water Stress and it's solution.

Enjoy the episode, this would be a revelation for the novice and an eye opener for the conventional conservationists.  

This episode of the podcast bring the excerpts from our discussions and deliberations for in-situ treatment of the city sewage & industrial effluent for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Municipal Corporations, City Planning, Smart Cities, and AMRUT Cities.

Explains What Cownomics Technology for Resurrection of the Native Ecology of the Wetlands is? And how it treats the wasteWater in-situ? By increasing the appetite of aqua-ecology through consumption and digestion of the contamination leaving ZERO Sludge behind.

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Fridays For Future is a global people's movement for climate justice. At F4F India, all members are inclusive and egalitarian, non-partisan and autonomous. It’s a decentralized movement by the Youth, for the Sustainable Future, of the native environment on the blue planet that we call home – the Earth. All are welcome in F4F and all are needed in F4F.

This a candid talk with Kolhapur Chapter of F4F with Cownomics, that includes their mentor and founder, Mr. Sunil Bhatawadekar, their young leader Onkar & Sohel along with Mr. Madhukar Swayambhu from Cownomics.

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