Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra has been declared the cleanest district in India due to 16 years of community-led cleanliness initiatives. The district started sanitation efforts early through government campaigns in 2000-2001 that used traditional performers and religious meetings to promote sanitation. By 2014, Sindhudurg was close to being declared open defecation free. Peer pressure and listing families that built toilets encouraged participation. Schools teach children about sanitation to influence parents. Even small towns like Vengurla have high participation in recycling and sorting waste. Sindhudurg aims to be plastic free and process liquid waste, showing community commitment to cleanliness.

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HT, Mumbai
As project manager with the Quality Council of India (QCI), Agarwal, 33, was working with
sanitation experts and the government to put together the 2016 Swachh Survekshan, India’s first
survey of sanitation standards. About 50 surveyors – students in their 20s – visited 75 districts
across hills and plains. At each stop, they dropped in at 36 villages, making 32 house calls to
check on toilet access and use, littering and stagnant water around the homes. Data and photos
were relayed digitally to Agarwal’s team of 40 in Delhi. The survey was 80% done by the time 13
reviewers reached Sindhudurg, a coastal district at the southern tip of Maharashtra. “We’d seen
a lot of Indian villages by then. They didn’t paint a rosy picture of rural India,” Agarwal says.
Sindhudurg, however, showed a marked difference, he says. “The place looked clean and well
maintained, toilets were where they should be, and the people were surprisingly cooperative and
well-informed.” The QCI’s findings led the Indian government to declare Sindhudurg the
cleanest district in the country early this month. Five other districts in the state have placed
within the top 10. The win comes with no medal, no prize money, but in Sindhudurg, there’s
palpable cheer. What there isn’t much of is surprise – Sindhudurg’s glory is no overnight
success. It comes from 16 years of cleanliness initiatives and overwhelming public participation.
CLEAN START
Sindhudurg is different, says district collector Uday Choudhary, although he refuses to take
credit for that difference. Choudhary has been collector here for less than a year, and was posted
in Thane and Vidarbha before this. In Vidarbha, he says, locals would scoff at talk of a link
between sanitation and disease. “Here, people want to know why one kind of latrine system is
better than another. They don’t need to be told why they need one in the first place.” The
sophisticated attitude is because sanitation efforts started early and developed steadily.
Choudhary traces its genesis to the state government’s Sant Gadge Baba Village Sanitation
Campaign launched in 2000-01, a time when one in five people had no access to a toilet. It

2. popularised sanitation schemes using traditional balladeers, which boosted the central
government’s Total Sanitation Campaign a year later. Bike rallies sold the idea that sanitation
was cool. Meetings were held near temples to reach the religious. Toilet talk was no longer taboo.
By 2014, when the Swachh Bharat mission was launched, urging villagers to add toilets to their
homes, Sindhudurg was already on its last lap – just 118 gram panchayats short of declaring the
district Open Defecation Free (ODF). They reached their target this April, “just before surveyors
visited,” says Choudhary.
ROAD BLOCKS
Shekhar Singh, the CEO of Sindhudurg’s zilla parishad for four years, says the district’s
standards for cleanliness have long been higher than the national average. It helps that it gets
heavy rain (3,200mm a year). “Compare this to a district like Beed, where there isn’t enough
water to drink, and you understand why people are willing to build toilets here,” Singh says. The
area also has a higher literacy rate of 85.5% than the national average of 74%. “Literacy and a
high rate of migration to big cities like Mumbai and Pune mean that people are exposed to a
different way of life,” says Jyoti Toraskar, a school teacher in Sindhudurg’s Malwan taluka. Anil
Badal, the Zilla Parishad’s deputy collector adds that the cleanliness efforts aimed to remove the
notion that cleaning up is a low-profile job. “People were told that sanitation was their
responsibility; its casualties their own people.”
But going clean doesn’t come easy. “Progress itself was a problem,” says Shrijivan Bhugaokar,
sarpanch of Kumbharmath village. People used to burn what didn’t decompose. As the use of
packaged foods rose, there were more wafer packets and gutkha sachets in the fire, causing
health hazards. “Many lived off the trash collection route, so disposal was hard.”
FRESH IDEAS
So Singh held meetings with local recyclers. “No one had asked for our input before,” says
Hanumant Ingale, who runs a recycling service in Kankavli. “We told him we needed more
collection spots, a place to sort garbage, and systems to let distant neighbourhoods pool their
trash.” Toilets were connected to biogas plants. Collateral-free loans (often with EMIs as low as
₹110 per month) to build latrines, were instituted. Construction work was subsidised. For small
homes, sewage tanks were modified to fit underground. Many homes received bright green
dustbins so collection vans could find them easily.
Nothing worked as well as peer pressure. Gram panchayats would display lists of residents
who’d completed building their toilets. Latrines were seen as an aspiration for those with
children in the cities, a convenience for the aged, a reptile-free space in the monsoons and a
dignified option for women. Stickers were used to mark homes that had no toilet, weren’t using
theirs or had complied.
LESSONS IN CLEANLINESS
If Sindhudurg started early, its residents start early too. Schools and anganwadis are a key driver
in sanitation measures across the region. “Kids are very good at marketing. They help convince
the parents, and good sanitary practices get ingrained as habits,” says Nilesh Samant, sarpanch
of Kushewada village. Most schools use their noticeboards to congratulate a child whose family
has built a toilet, encouraging competition. One Kudal school even has kids write a letter to their
parents, explaining why cleanliness is the pride of Sindhudurg, with instructions on segregation
and using footwear and soap in the toilet.

3. Sindhudurg’s rural areas shine in the survey, but its towns are not far behind. In picturesque
Vengurla, population 12,000, not only does everyone have access to toilets, they sort their trash
into as many as four separate bins — for kitchen waste, paper, plastic, and assorted recyclables.
Each of these is disposed of differently. The result? Landfills stop choking on unsorted rotting
garbage, and literally bear fruit. The 6.5-acre municipal site where piles of trash lay until a year
ago, is now an orchard, farm and garden. Mango, banana, coconut and cashew trees thrive;
marigold and rose have been planted. Their first crop of corn is ready for sale.
Five tonnes of plastic bags and wrappers have been processed into bitumen and used to lay 5km
of roads across town. “Mixed waste is a problem, but segregated waste is wealth,” says Ramdas
Kokare, Vengurla’s chief municipal officer . Next on Sindhudurg’s agenda is what Singh calls
‘ODF Plus’, a town with toilets and systems for menstrual and liquid waste processes that is also
plastic-free.
“Thankfully, this is what the people want as well,” he says.
PM Walks The Talk, Prefers to Go Green
Nidhi Sharma, TOI
SIMPLE SOLUTION LED lights replacing tubelights & new AC system -the two changes in
PM's personal chambers since May 2014. In his August 28 `Mann ki Baat' address, Modi
advocated making clay idols on Ganesh Chaturthi & Durga Puja
His ministers may have favoured wooden floorings and expensive dustbins to renovate their
offices, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has preferred to go green. Apart from replacement of
the air-conditioning system after it completed its lifespan, his personal chambers have seen only
one change since he assumed office -replacement of tubelights with energy-saving LED lights.
ET procured this information from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) after filing an
application under the Right to Information Act. Prime Minister Modi has been Prime Minister
Modi has been stressing on environment-friendly measures. In his August 28 `Mann ki Baat'
address, he advocated making clay idols on Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja. “If we protect the
aquatic life, we will serve Lord Ganesh. Eco-friendly Ganesh Utsav is social service since we will
be providing employment to many along with preserving the environment,“ he said.
In its reply to ET's query , CPWD said: “No renovation work has been carried out in the chamber
of the Prime Minister since May 2014 except replacing of the existing AC system as it had
completed its lifespan. With the aim of energy saving the existing tubelights of the personal
chamber of the Prime Minister were replaced with efficient LED lights.“CPWD said: “ All the
expenditure are maintained as per the directions of Controller of Accounts of the ministry of
finance. As per rules, the government expenditure are classified, major, minor, headwise and not

4. item wise building wise room wise, hence it is not possible to give details of building wise
expenditure.“The department had, however, shared detailed expenses for similar requests filed by
ET for other ministries.
This Bhandup complex is source of safe drinking water
to the city
Nauzer K Bharucha & Richa Pinto| TNN | Sep 14, 2016
MUMBAI: This 365-acre forestcomplex in Bhandup is flanked by the Borivli National Park and
Yeoor Hills. Entry here is restricted and the place is crawling with security guards. Inside,
around 450 people work round-the-clock in shifts. They are here to ensure that over 12 million
Mumbaikars receive a continuous supply of cleanwater from their taps each day.
Welcome to the Bhandup filtration plant, the biggest such facility in Asia operated by the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) 24/7 since it began operations in 1980. Last week,
the civic administration gave special access to a TOI team to the complex. The sophisticated
plant here eliminates both bacteria and virus in the water before it is released to the city for
consumption. The Bhandup plant treats bulk of the 3,753 million litres a day (MLD) supplied to
the city. Every day, three to four tonnes of chlorine is used to treat water. The remaining supply
is purified at the smaller Panjrapur plant in Thane district.
The British set up the first water pipe supply to Mumbai way back in 1860, catering to
approximately seven lakh people. Since then, the water network has expanded exponentially as
the population burgeoned. Today, the city has an intricate pipeline network adding up to a
gargantuan 4,000km. The furthest point from where the city's water is transported is from the
Upper Vaitarna dam in Nashik district, situated 180km away. "The water quality supplied to
Mumbai is very good and meets the World Health Organisation standards," said K B
Wadhavane, executive engineer, Bhandup Complex. The problem occurs when treated water is
transported from the filtration plant to various parts of the city. Sometimes contamination takes
place due to old, corroded pipelines which pass through gutters. Impurities also occur due to
leakages or low pressure in the pipelines.
Before the Bhandup complex came up, the BMC used to issue warnings to citizens to boil water,
especially during the monsoon, because of the high turbidity in water. But despite the plant,
people still use water-purifying machines at home because some of the distribution pipelines are
old.
Raw water from lakes arrives through trunk mains and into the inlet bay at the Bhandup
complex where chlorine dose is added. It is then moved to settlors, where the sludge is removed.
After that, the water goes to filters where suspended solids are removed. The final stage is post-
chlorination area.

5. Here is an interesting opportunity to bring
awareness on environmental issues for
young and the old alike.
100 Quiz Questions on
Environment (ECO QUIZ)
(Prepared from the GEM PowerPoint
Presentations. The set of questions with
answers are also available in the
www.infantjesusjogeshwari.in website
ECO QUIZ FROM PPTs 1 to 10
FULL SET
1] When cleaning and rinsing your teeth__________ a] keep the tap slow b] close the tap c] keep tap running.
2] A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day and in standby mode for 21 hours uses about____ percentage ofits energy in
standby mode. a] 20 b] 40 c] 60
3] Pressure cookers and steamers can save around _____ percentenergy. a] 50 b] 60 c] 70
4] When you mix wetand dry waste, you lose _____ ‘M’s, besides causing pollution. a] 4 b] 5 c] 2
5] Due to lack of ________, India is still way behind in using this natural source ofenergy.
a] subsidies b] awareness c] resources
6] _____use the solar lightto make food. a] birds b] fishes c] plants
7] There are ___ methods to harness solar energy.
a] 2 b] 4 c] 6
8] In July ____, India unveiled a $19-billion plan to produce 20 GW of solar power by 2020.
A] 1900 b] 2009 c] 2012
9] _____ gets a lot ofattention these days for its clean energy push, and for good reason. a] Italy b] China c] India
10] Petroleum Resource will existtill ____, Gas Resource till 2050 then What? a] 2040 b] 2030 c] 2020
11] If you consume just3 tsp ofsugar daily, imagine how much sugar you would have consumed by the time you are 50 years
of age; itwill be about______ kg !,
a] 150 b] 200 c] 275
12] A healthy lunch composed ofproteins,dairy products, grains, fruits and vegetables can increase a child's ____ and
positively affecther academic performance. a] Attention span b] health c] intelligence
13] Excessive saltis notgood for our body. However, sodium in moderate amount, along with potassium, maintains the
_______ in our body.
a] blood level b] water balance c] fat balance
14] Sitting down to regular meals ________ is a great way to opportunity to instill proper eating habits in your children at an
early age.
a] with friends b] as a family c] at a restaurant
15] Excessive TV watching leads to _____ and mindless munching. a] Sleepiness b] boredom c] inactivity
16] Every year about_____ billion pounds ofplastic is produced in the world and not even 5% ofit is recycled.
a] 300 b] 200 c] 100
17] In UP of India, in the stomach ofa dead cow, as much as ___ kg ofplastic was found because plastic does not
decompose/digest, and requires high energy ultra-violetlightto break down. a] 35 b] 25 c] 15
18] About____ animals such as dolphins, turtles, whales, penguins are killed every year due to plastic bags.
a] 2 lacs b] 1 lac c] 5 lac
19] About25 children in the United States suffocate each year due to plastic bags, mostunder the age of____.
a] five b] two c] one
20] Some chemicals used to manufacture plastic are known to cause _____ in humans.

6. a] Cancer b] kidney deceases c] skin deceases.
21] Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by ________%. a] 20-25 b] 15-20 c] 10-15
22] When just ____% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds ofcarbon dioxide are keptoutofthe
atmosphere. a] 1 2] 10 3] 20
23] It takes ___ calories offossil fuel to produce 1 calorie ofpork. a] 78 b] 35 c] 22
24] Final statement of CBCI meeting 2012 says, “We are stewards of God’s Creation, and we must use our resources for the
good ofall, keeping in mind also our duty to ________”.
a] mother earth b] future generations c] all humanity
25] “If there is a Nobel prize for dirtand filth, India will win it hands down” who had said this?
a] PM Modi b] Rahul Gandhi c] Jairam Ramesh
26] Not only have quantities increased, butalso the constitution of the wastes - Quantities of plastic matter are ___ times higher
than in the 1960s.
a] 70 b] 50 c] 30
27] ____ is the most favoured option in handling the garbage. a] recycling b] prevention c] disposal
28] ____ in the following listis wet waste i.e. biodegradable.
a] wooden piece b] rubber c] battery cells
29] EM solution over the wet waste is used ____
a] to preventmosquitoes b] to avoid smell c] for speedier decomposition
30] Conversion ofwet garbage into manure results in nature’s wealth being ___. a] restored b] shared c] exploited
31] Soft drinks are today's trend or much better, you can call them _____ especially among the youth.
a] addiction b] fashion c] hobby
32] Alcohol content ofa soft drink must be less than ____ percentofthe total volume ifthe drink is to be considered non-
alcoholic. a] .05 b] 1 c] 2
33] Drinking a single 330 ml can a day of sugary drinks translates to more than 1 pound (0.45 kg) of weightgain every ____.
a] day b] year c] month
34] Brushing teeth right after drinking soft drinks _____. a] is good b] should be avoided c] is harmless
35] Scientists from ____found that people who drank a litre of fizzy drinks were five times more likely to develop fatty liver
disease. a] Canada b] Singapore c] Israel
36] Indian Renewable Energy DevelopmentAgency (IREDA) estimates indicate that India has so far realized only about _____
percentofits waste-to-energy potential. a] 2 b] 5 c] 10
37] As per the diagram given in the slide, outoftotal waste generated ____ percentwaste consists ofwet waste
a] 25 b] 54 c] 65
38] The gas content comprises mainly methane ____ and carbon dioxide (30-45%). a] 55-70 b] 30-45 c] 15-25
39] In ____, seven million household and community biogas systems have been successfully installed.
a] France b] Japan c] China
40] The total estimated costofthe compactbiogas system for a typical household is aboutINR _____.
a] 10,000 b] 15,000 c] 20,000
41] Rainwater harvesting is the process ofaugmenting the natural filtration ofrainwater in to the underground formation by
some _____ methods. a] Scientific b] traditional c] artificial
42] Broadly there are ____ ways ofharvesting rainwater a] two b] three c] five
43] _____ is a simple, easiestand cheapestform filter, suitable for residential units.
a] Charcoal filter b] PVC pipe filter c] sponge filter
44] In the method of ‘Recharge harvesting of wells’, the cleaning and desalting ofdug well should be done regularly to ____ a]
clean the water b] enhance the recharge rate c] deepen the well
45] Recharge ofTrenches can be ofsize 0.50 to 1.0 m wide and ______ m deep.
a] 1 to 1.5 b] 2 to 2.5 c] 3 to 3.5
46] For Hinduism, nature and the environmentare not outside us, notalien or hostile to us. They are an inseparable partof our
existence, and they constitute our very _____. a] souls b] bodies c] minds
47] “If you want to cultivate peace, protectcreation” - which recentPope said this?
a] Pope John Paul b] Pope Francis c] Pope Benedict
48] ProphetMuhammad urged kindness toward all living things. He recounted a case ofa women who was insensitive and
cruel to her ______. a] dog b] cat c] cow
49] According to Buddha’s teaching, excessive greed to possess everything for themselves, or for their own group, has make
men becoming ______. a] blind b] deaf c] mad
50] According to which religion - Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.
a] Judaism b] Sikhism c] Jainism

7. ECO QUIZ FROM PPTs 11 to 20
FULL SET
1] Mostcivilizations ofthe world recognize the importance of____ as a gift of God. a] life b] light c] earth
2] "I see 15 to 20 patients with spasms ofasthma on Diwali day, as against ___ on other days," says Dr M Manimaran. a] 4-5
b] 7-8 c] 10-12
3] Some years ago in Punjab when a house gotfire where firecrackers were being made illegally,____ other houses in the
vicinity caught fire and collapsed due to its impact. a] five b] seven c] ten
4] ____ Activists campaigning againstthe bursting ofnoisy crackers say that each year postDiwali thousands of pigeons are
found dead on the roads. a] M.P. b] U.P. c] A.P.
5] For example – Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu state, about _____ thousands children are employed in the fireworks industry. a] 20
to 30 b] 35 to 40 c] 45 to 50
6] Although the volcanic activity may last only ______, yet the large volumes ofgases and ash can influence climatic patterns
for years. a] a few months b] a few days c] a few weeks
7] The oceans cover about____ percentofthe Earth and absorb abouttwice as much of the sun's radiation as the
atmosphere or the land surface. a] 71 b] 75 c] 78
8] If people keep adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere atthe current rate, the average temperature around the world
could increase by about4 to 12°F by the year ____. a] 2100 b] 2050 c] 2200
9] A 2003 heat wave in Europe caused about____ deaths. a] 30,000 b] 50,000 c] 70,000
10] Every year, ____million acres offorests are cut down. a] 13 b] 23 c] 33
11] Various organisms, such as earthworms and bacteria, are responsible for recycling organic materials and maintaining the
_____ of soils. a] productivity b] durability c] freshness
12] _____ serve as sponges to reduce the impacts offloods and to cleanse streams.
a] Forests b] Rivers c] Wetlands
13] Plants and _____ are often used as symbols, for example in flags, paintings, sculptures, photographs, stamps, songs and
legends. a] trees b] creepers c] animals
14] Currently available GM foods stem mostly from ____. a] fishes b] plants c] birds
15] Nearly _____ percentofthe world's food crop is lostevery year to insects, fungal diseases and spoilage.
a] 40 b] 50 c] 60
16] Till 1999, ____ biosphere reserves had been setup. a] eight b] ten c] twelve
17] ____ pollution is one ofthe largest sources ofpollution that damages ecology.
a] Automobile b] Industrial c] Water
18] If _____ can be modified to contain more vitamin A, the amount of people going blind will decrease.
a] coconut b] wheat c] rice
19] GM foods make up one fourth of the food supply in the ______, and is in more foods than you may
think. a] Germany b] United States c] India
20] Henry Birkbeck, one ofNorfolk's biggestlandowners, farming ____ acres says GM crops are notthe solution to feed the
world. a] 7,000 b] 8,500 c] 10,000
21] Broadly speaking,the category ofwaste water includes waste water produced at____, business and storm run off
a] homes b] rooftops c] floods
22] Our rivers and ocean waters teem with life that depends on shoreline,beaches and marshes. Migratory water
birds use the areas for resting and ____. a] playing b] flying c] feeding
23] _________treatment removes dissolved and suspended biological matter. a] primary b] secondary c] tertiary
24] For the past ____ years, the Clean Water Act has regulated primary and secondary water treatment processes to protect
the environmentand the public’s health. a] 30 b] 40 c] 50
25] In addition, returning clean water to rivers and streams helps maintain natural areas, encouraging ____.
a] fishing b] farming c] toursim
26] The process ofOrgan Donation involves surgery,______ the donor and recipient, and medications to ensure the
transplanted organ is not rejected. a] matching b] interviewing c] treating
27] Examples oforgans currently notfeasible for transplantations are: a] brain b] heart c] lungs
28] ____donation, the bestknown form of tissue donation. a] skin b] heartvalves c] eye
29] Recently, a new scheme has been started in _____ to have a sticker on the driving license to indicate “organ donor.” a]
Maharashtra b] Karnataka c] Gujarat
30] For general medical research, a ____ is not permitted to donate organs. a] Jew b] Buddhist c] Hindu
31] "Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystem and _____.
a] people b] animals c] water

8. 32] As per the Organic farming principles ____ percentoffresh water is used for irrigation.
a] 50 b] 60 c] 70
33] Artificial fertilizers encourage plants to grow quickly butwith soft growth which is less able to withstand drought, pests and
_____.
a] floods b] disease c] heat
34] For vegetables crop rotation, a ____ year rotation is usually recommended as a minimum.
a] 2 to 3 b] 3 to 4 c] 4 to 5
35] Even after taking all precautions, ifpests are still a problem natural products can be used to manage pests, including
sprays made from chilies, ______, garlic or neem.
a] tomatoes b] potatoes c] onions
36] Garbage and other waste rots, giving offbad smell, and making our living environment_____.
a] dangerous b] sickly c] unpleasant
37] One of the 3 gases produced from the biogas is hydrogen sulfide. This is a poisonous gas thatsmells like rotten ____. a]
eggs b] vegetables c] food
38] A PVC tank of ____ litres or above (depending on the cooking gas you would expectto generate) is used as Digester Tank.
a] 50 b] 100 c] 500
39] When bio gas started producing gas, initially itwill notburn. Subsequentgas will consistofabout____ percentmethane,
and the rest carbon dioxide, which can be used in a single bio-gas burning stove.
a] 50 to 60 b] 70 to 80 c] 80 to 90
40] 0.3 Million ton ofbio waste per day is gainfully utilized to meet _____cooking fuel needs of48 million households!
a] 90% b] 70% c] 50%
41] So you can become a key player in making our world a ___ and healthy place.
a] beautiful b] strong c] safe
42] Buy durable goods - They will last longer, save money in the long run and save _____ space.
a] landfill b] road c] home
43] Flashy and fun packaging costs more, usually adds _______ to the product.
a] a lotof value b] little or no value c] no value at all
44] Remember that one man’s trash is another man’s ____.
a] future b] treasure c] blessing
45] Use recycled paper for _____, copier paper and newsletters.
a] letterhead b] legal documents c] exam
46] Mangroves are fast-growing trees taking several years to reach up to ___ meters when they are fully grown.
a] 35 b] 30 c] 25
47] It has been estimated that Sundarbans mangrove alone produce ___ tons of honey annually.
a] 201 b] 111 c] 100
48] Mangroves are also home to many birds and mammals – such as mangrove monkeys in _____.
a] South Asia b] South Africa c] South China
49] On the basis ofthe National Mangrove Committee's recommendation, ____ mangrove areas were identified for
conservation.
a] 30 b] 25 c] 15
50] To ____ the mangrove ecosystem, governmentofIndia has passed various legislations.
a] create b] protect c] increase
ANSWERS FOR THE ABOVE ECO QUIZES IS AVAILALE
IN THE INFANT JESUS CHURCH WEBSITE.
GO TO www.infantjesusjogeshwari.in, go to GEM
section, click ECO QUIZ.
This eco quiz may be conducted in various creative
ways. Following is a sample of online (WhatsApp) eco

9. quiz question set conducted for the students of Infant
Jesus school.
ECO ONLINE QUIZ 9
WIN CASH PRIZES Rs 100/- EACH FOR TOP 3 WINNERS IN THE LOT TAKEN, AND
CERTIFICATES FOR THE TEN TOP SCORERS OF EACH TERM. (First and second term separately)
(Marks scoredby you in all the ECO QUIZES will be added and the top 10 children who score highest in
all the ECO QUIZES of each school term will be awarded GEM certificates and prizes during the
ENVIRONMENT RALLY 2017, scheduled to be held on March 5, 2017).
Few simple rules:
1] Do not send your answers in this group (others will copy it)
2] Do not SMS your answers
3] Simply write your answers like: 1a 2c 3b etc.
4] You will miss all the marks if you break any of the above 3 rules.
5] From the answers received, 3 winners from amongst the all correct answers will be decided by taking a
lot, and they will get the cash prize of Rs 100/- each.
6] Please write your std and division and WhatsApp your answers within 3 days on my personal mobile
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Here is ONLINE ECO QUIZ 9 for you. Please visit our website www.infantjesusjogeshwari.in go to the
GEM PPT section and read the PPT 9 – RAIN WATER HARVESTING and answer the following
questions:
1] Rainwater harvesting is the process of augmenting the natural filtration of rainwater in to the
underground formation by some _____ methods. a] artificial b] traditional c] Scientific
2] Broadly there are ____ ways of harvesting rainwater a] two b] three c] five
3] _____ is a simple, easiest and cheapest form filter, suitable for residential units.
a] Charcoal filter b] PVC pipe filter c] sponge filter
4] In the method of ‘Recharge harvesting of wells’, the cleaning and desalting of dug well should be done
regularly to ____ a] clean the water b] enhance the recharge rate c] deepen the well
5] Recharge of Trenches can be of size 0.50 to 1.0 m wide and ______ m deep.
a] 3 to 3.5 b] 2 to 2.5 c] 1 to 1.5
Wishing you all the best.
Fr Felix

10. Mumbai IAS officers show how to manage waste
Members of the housing society said they has taken steps to sensitise people
about the importance of waste management.
While the city struggles to manage the enormous amounts of waste it generates, a housing societyin
Nariman Point has taken a step in the right direction. The Yashodhan Society, a residential complex of
IAS officers, has started segregating its dry and wet waste from September 1. The society was in the news
recently after five mosquito-breeding sites were found on its premises Tuesday. The IAS officers said it
was their initiative to call the BMC to inspect the apartments and prevent mosquito breeding. “Before
calling the BMC, we held a meeting on the issue to create awareness,” said a societymember.
“We have held meetings with domestic helps and residents about waste segregation. Since September 1,
we have started segregating dry and wet waste. However, when I checked with the BMC, I found that the
segregated waste was being in carried in the same vehicle. I will follow this up with the civic body,” said
Shamlal Goyal, principal secretary and OSD (appeals) of revenue department. Officials from the solid
waste management department said the number of vehicles to collect dry waste is being increased. “If just
one or two societies ina lane are segregating waste, it is not feasible to send a separate vehicle for wet
waste. Wherever there are considerable number of societies in an area or a lane, we are providing separate
vehicles,” said the official.
Goyal shifted to the societya few months ago. The six-storeyed building has 42 flats. “Apart from waste
segregation, the society has also installed an e-waste collectionbin. As per the revised municipal solid
waste rules, e-waste needs to be segregated by everyone. It is mandatory from October 1. But we installed
it around a month ago. If e-waste goes to dumping grounds, it creates poisons gases which damage the
environment,” he said.
A government official said at present, e-waste is being recycled by four-five companies authorised by the
Maharashtra Control Pollution Board. “There is absolutely no awareness about e-waste segregation. The
BMC must make it mandatory from October 1 as per the rules. Electronic material should not go to
dumping grounds at all,” the official said.
Want a plum posting? Plant a sapling: Maharashtra
forest department tells employees
By Sanjeev Shivadekar | Posted 20-Sep-2016
There’s nothing like the fear of losing out to instil a sense of accountability. In the wake of heavy
criticism over the state’s depleting green cover, the forest department has now come up with an
ingenious idea to buck the trend: compel its own staff to plant more saplings. To ensure that its
28,000 employees do not shirk this responsibility, it has introduced a KRA (key result area)
system to appraise their performance. Two of the KRAs deal exclusively with increasing the
forest cover. Even the one IAS officer and over 100 IFS officers on the department’s rolls will not

11. be spared. Appraisals determine the incentives — pay hikes, promotions and postings — that
employees get.
Earlier, there was no fixed parameter for performance assessment. Staffers’ future prospects
were entirely in their bosses’ hands, said a mid-rank official from the department. “Everything
depended on how good the equations of an employee were with his/her seniors.” The target-
specific assessment is expected to level the playing field. A senior official with the department
said employees will have to raise 13 crore seedlings by 2018, besides meeting 11 other criteria
(see table). The move, explained forest department secretary Vikas Kharge, is to increase the
green cover, ensure effective wildlife management and tackle the effects of climate change.
The state’s forest cover is around 50,650 sq km (based on interpretation of satellite data from
October-December 2006) — around 17 per cent of the total geographical area. “We want to
increase it to 33 per cent [by 2018]. To achieve this goal, the department has linked the KRAs of
its staff to the targets set by the government,” said Kharge. Of the 50,650 sq km, around 8,740
sq km is covered with dense forests, 20,800 sq km with moderate forests and 21,000 sq km with
open forests.
Thumbs-up from activists
Environmental activists laud the plan, but are wary of its implementation. Wildlife
conservationist and photojournalist Kedar Bhide cautioned that its success would largely depend
on how well the KRA system will be implemented. “Who will monitor or implement it?
Regardless, from the point of preservation, it’s a good move,” he said.
Environmentalist Stalin D from NGO Vanashakti said the plan would also boost the morale of
grassroots-level staff. “There is hardly any motivation for such forest department staff who are
dedicated to preserving the wildlife and increasing the forest cover.” He is worried that the KRA
system might be misused to harass the junior staff. “Besides, there needs to be a proper system
that verifies KRAs submitted by officials and approved by his/her seniors,” he suggested.
Checks in place
The system, said Kharge, will be foolproof. “The forest department will use geo-tagging
technology to track any change in the green cover.” He said employees’ performance assessment
will be a three-tier system to ensure effective and authentic submissions and clearances of KRAs.
“First, they will be reporting [by the staff]. Then, they will be a review of the KRAs. The final step
will be confirmation (by the highest authority).” In Kharge’s case, for instance, the IAS officer’s
report will be prepared by the chief secretary, reviewed by the forest minister and finally
approved by the chief minister, only if he finds his work satisfactory. The KRA forms will be have
to be filled by employees in April and submitted to the superiors for review and approval the
next month.

12. Mantralaya officials claimed that the idea of linking KRAs with targets was the brainchild of
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. In 2008, the then Congress-NCP-led DF government had
introduced a forest policy to enhance the state’s green cover. But, despite spending over R6,000
crore in eight to nine years on implementing the policy, the results fell short of the expectations
— in terms of creating a green fund, taking over private forest areas, notifying private forest and
protected/reserved areas, public awareness drives, and monitoring the growth of saplings.
City’s largest ‘rooftop solar plant inaugurated at
World Trade Centre Mumbai
A High capacity 250 kWp Rooftop Grid Tied Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plant installed at the World
Trade Centre Mumbai was inaugurated by WTC Mumbai, Chairman Mr. Kamal Morarka. On this
occasion, Mr. Morarka said “With the commissioning of the Solar Power Plant in the iconic tower, World
Trade Centre has become the first commercial establishment in Mumbai to set up a 250 kWp Rooftop
Grid Tied Solar PV Power Plant under the net metering scheme of BEST Undertaking”. Further, Mr.
Morarka said that the “ Solar Plant designed and built by Maxwell Solar & Wind Energy Pvt. Ltd,
Mumbai is spread over 25,000 sq.ft of roof area on the Arcade Building of the World Trade Centre and
the power from Solar PV power plant will cater primarily to the air conditioning plant of the Arcade
building and will generate over 3 lakh units annually”.
Mr. Morarka informed that 808 Solar Photovoltaic modules each of 310 Wp are used in the project. They
are mounted on specially designed aluminum module mounting structures. The Solar Modules used are of
poly crystalline technology and are manufactured by Waaree Energies Ltd, one of India’s leading module-
manufacturing company. The Grid Tied Solar Inverters which is the heart of the Solar PV Power Plant is
manufactured by the world’s leading Inverter Company –SMA Solar Technologies, AGof Germany.
Mr. Morarka added that “WTC Mumbai has shown the city, a way for harnessing clean, green energy
from the sun and is participating in government’s mission announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi to scale up the solar power to more than 10 percent of total energy mix by 2022”.
In conclusion Mr. Morarka said that the right approach to energy can drive progress across all three pillars
of sustainable development: economic dynamism, social progress and environmental sustainability. Solar
power is attractive because it is abundant and offers a solution to the negative effects of fossil fuel
emissions and global climate change with the breakthrough for renewable energy development in the city
and with the demand for energy rising exponentially, the entire state is undergoing a major transformation
in how it generates electricity. WTC Mumbai reinforces the economic and environmental advantage of
deploying large-scale solar project and sets itself on the path of achieving the goal for Green and Clean
India”, stressedMr. Morarka.
The Vice Chairmen of WTC Mumbai, Mr. Vijay G. Kalantri, Capt. Somesh Batra, Mr. Sharad Upasani
and the Executive Director of World Trade Centre, Mr. Y. R. Warerkar and others were also present at
this auspicious occasion.

13. 'Horn not ok please' campaign launched in Bengaluru
Indian Express
BENGALURU: THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)’s Young Indians on Sunday
launched the ‘Horn Not OK Please’ (HNOP) campaign at Kempegowda International Airport
(KIA). The aim of the campaign is to make the city honking-free by spreading awareness among
people against unnecessary honking, and work with the government to enforce the rules and
regulations. “We pledged our support to this campaign to make our airport a no-horn zone,” said
Hari Marar, president, Airport Operations, Bengaluru International Airport Ltd.
B Vijayakumar, ACP (traffic), Bengaluru North, who inaugurated the launch event, said,
“Bengaluru has seen a multifold increase in traffic over the past decade. This often leads to long
waits on the road. The frustration often leads to unnecessary horn use. We need to ensure that
horns are only used in emergencies. Traffic police will support this campaign and work with
Young Indians in identifying and enforcing ‘horn not ok zones’ in the city.” Students from the
Sankara College of Optometry, IFIM Institutions and Surana College presented mimes and
street plays to promote ‘Horn Not OK’. Placards with slogans to encourage better driving and
reduce horn use dotted the road leading to the airport.
According to a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board, Bengaluru was recorded as
the 7th noisiest city in the country.
Greens to hug trees to protest BBMP's tree-
chopping plan
Rohith BR| TNN | Updated: Sep 23, 2016
BENGALURU: Environmentalists and citizens will hit the Nrupatunga Road on Friday morning and
embrace the 18 trees marked for felling to facilitate TenderSURE works by the BBMP recently.
TOI on September 19 had published an article "Nrupatunga Road will be stripped of 18 trees for

14. TenderSURE work" , exposing the civic body's plan to remove one of the last tree canopies in
the Garden City.
'Tree-felling illegal'
Eshwarappa M from Green Bangalore Campaign, one of the organizers of Mara Appiko Chaluvali
(Hug the trees campaign), said: "As per provisions of the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act, an
appeal was filed with mayor BN Manjunath Reddy and BBMP commissioner N Manjunath
Prasad against the permission granted to cut the trees on Nrupathunga Road as well as in
Jayanagar where another 18 trees have been auctioned. Despite this, the civic body auctioned
the trees, even before an appeal was heard by the Tree Authority. Thus the auction and any
possible tree cutting will be illegal," he added.
Vinay K Sreenivasa from Hasiru Usiru said it's ironical that in the name of the TenderSURE
project, which was promoted as a pedestrian-friendly initiative, the authorities are trying to
remove the most citizen-friendly object from the road. "The design of the project, which seeks to
put huge concrete ducts below footpaths, will result in the roots of the existing trees getting
damaged. It's impossible to plant new trees since there's no space for roots to grow," he added.
Kshitij Urs from the Forum for Urban Commons and Governance said at a time when pollution
and global warming are posing a grave threat, it's suicidal to cut more trees, especially in the
name of a pedestrian-friendly project.
India moves Paris agreement on climate change
closer to reality
IANS | United Nations September 27, 2016 Last Updated at 06:00 IST
India moved the historic Paris agreement on climate change closer to reality on Monday by
announcing thatNew Delhi would ratify it and submit the document to the United Nations on
Gandhi Jayanthi. The move was greeted as "great news" by Sierra Club, a major environmental
organisation. An official of the group said that it would build momentum for getting enough
ratifications for the accord to come into force early. India's External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj affirmed at the General Assembly New Delhi's commitment "to play a leading role in
combating climate change" and said it would submit the ratification document on a day rich in
symbolism, "the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi who epitomised a lifestyle with the smallest
carbon footprint".
For the Paris accord to come into force it needs to be ratified by 55 countries that account for 55
per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. When Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held a
ceremony last Wednesday for countries to submit their ratification documents, 60 countries
accounting for 47.5 per cent of the emissions had complied, leaving a 7.5 per cent gap for
greenhouse gas output. When India, the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases that puts out

15. four per cent of the world's total emissions ratifies the pact, that gap would have shrunk to 3.5
per cent, bringing the agreement closer to implementation. "India coming in early is great news,"
Steve Herz, the senior attorney for the Sierra Club's International Climate Programme, told
IANS. "It will build momentum for the ratification and to do it quicker."
When the climate change agreement was made in Paris in 2015, it was expected to take years
before it would cross the threshold for coming into effect, but it is almost there in a matter of
months, he said. It will in fact come into effect before the November UN climate change
conference in Marrakech, he said. In her speech, Swaraj brought up Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's concept of climate justice. She explained, "In the Paris Agreement, the principle of
'Common but Differentiated Responsibilities' and 'Respective Capabilities' has been
acknowledged and accepted. This makes clear that while our responsibility is common,
obligations are different. Developed nations must discharge their responsibility in the search for
the common good, with finance and technology transfer."
Having invoked Gandhi, she spoke of his way to save the environment. "We must curb reckless
consumption, and adopt lifestyles in harmony with nature. Yoga, the storehouse of India's
ancient wisdom, epitomises a sustainable lifestyle," she said.
"(For its part) India has launched an ambitious domestic effort to transform our energy mix to
achieve 40 per cent energy from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030," she said.
(Arul Louis can be reacheed at arul.l@ians.in)
--IANS
Philippines to suspend 12 more mines in
environmental crackdown
By Enrico Dela Cruz | MANILA
Philippines Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Regina Lopez answers a question during a
news conference at the department's headquarters in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines August 11,
2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
A dozen more Philippine mines, mostly nickel projects, are in danger of being suspended in an
ongoing environmental crackdown on the sector, an environment undersecretary said on
Wednesday. The Southeast Asian nation, the world's top supplier of nickel ore, has already
halted the operations of 10 mines, eight of them nickel producers, for environmental lapses
since it launched an audit in July, stoking increases in global prices. A total of 40 large-scale
metal mines in the country underwent an audit launched on July 8 by Environment and Natural
Resources Secretary Regina Lopez as she sought to stop what she claims is irresponsible
mining from harming the environment.

16. The audit committee recommended to halt the operations of 12 more mines because of
environmental and legal violations, Environment Undersecretary Leo Jasareno told reporters
after the committee meeting. "We will be ready with the final report on Monday," Jasareno
said, adding that Lopez will decide on the additional suspensions. Jasareno, who led the audit
team, declined to identify the candidates for suspension, but he said they are "mostly nickel"
producers. He cited "inadequate social development efforts" and "inadequate mining practice"
as the main reasons for recommending the suspension of the 12 mines.
Standing with Jasareno after attending the meeting, Lopez described mining practices in the
Philippines as "very, very lax". Before the audit committee meeting, she told reporters more than
10 mines would be suspended. "We're going to come strong on violations. And even if there's
compliance, I'm still going to push it a little bit further," she told reporters. "You look at all the
mines here and they all look horrible." Lopez, a staunch environmentalist, said she wants to
make local mining practices more strict than in Canada or Australia and to push miners to come
up with "area development programs".
"I want progressive rehabilitation (of mine sites) where even at the onset you'll do something so
that when you leave, the place will still survive," she said. Philippine miners have stepped up
their criticism of the process, questioning the inclusion of anti-mining activists in the review
teams. The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, which groups 21 of the country's 40 metal
miners, has said it had "trouble appreciating" the inclusion of groups such as Alyansa Tigil Mina,
which translates to Alliance To Stop Mining, in the mine audit teams.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
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