Event Invite for week-long event on water and capital city, New Delhi.
Did you know that Delhi consumes more water per capita than any other city in India? And our thirst is still unquenchable. Join us from November 19th till 26th for 'Jal Hi JeevanHai' at the Jai Bharat Centre, Photo Exhibition, Art/Multimedia, Film Screening, Talks and Discussion Forum on the subject of Water and our national capital.
Program Details:
Photo Exhibit - Nov 19th - 26th, 2-8 pm
The exhibit is on proposed Renuka Dam being built in Himachal Pradesh as a future reservoir for Delhi.The photographic Narrative documents life at the extreme ends of the proposed dam: one which lives in sync with nature and is thankful for its water and other, which is careless and wasteful
Movie Screening: Thursday 24th November, 5:30-8pm
join us for a Screening of "The Ground Water Up Project" and "A Dam Old Story" followed by a discussion with young college students and social activists. In "Ground Water Up", the director explores the complex causes of Delhi's water issues, and possible solutions, while, "A dam old Story" takes a look at the stakes for propsedRenuka dam, and asks whether Delhi needs this dam or Himachal's water, at all. What can Delhi learn from the Renuka Valley?
Solutions Workshop: Friday 24th November, 5:30 -8pm
Experts will present and discuss potential solutions to Delhi water problems - Rainwater Harvesting and Revival of natural water bodies.
Speakers: VandanMenon - practicing Architect, Ms Menon has implemented RWH system for Nizamuddin East colony. Total volume of rainwater harvested:
48,531 cubic metres (m3) or 4,85,13,149litres. (
Nitya Jacob: Journalist and Water activist, Nitya is spear heading a citizen's campaign to secure NeelaHauz for revival and how this community movement is striving to bring back this ancient natural water body to its original glory. (
Panel Discussion: "Delhi water crisis: Faulty Solutions, Disastrous Outcomes", Saturday 26th November, 5:30-8 pm
As title suggests, experts will deliberate upon mismanagement of water resource in Delhi, costly and often, disastroussolutions suggested and the politics in between.
Speakers:
AnupamMishra works on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting techniques, so that every community is self-sustainable and efficiently safekeeping an increasingly scarce and precious resource.AnupamMishra will be speaking about RWH and other traditional systems of water conservation, which are as applicable now as they were hundreds of years ago.
R Sreedhar heads The Environics Trust, which co-founded more than a decade ago. He is atrained geologist from IIT Roorkee and at the forefront of tackling projects that destroy the environment including Mining, Hydropower, Nuclear Power projects, etc.
Sreedhar will be speaking on community displacement and rehabilitation aspects of big projects such as dams, etc. He will also share his more than two decade long experience of fighting for justice for displaced communities.
HImanshuThakkar, Water Activist
Educated as an engineer from Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), is currently coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People and editor of magazine “Dams, Rivers & People”. He has been formerly associated with the work of the World Commission on Dams, Centre for Science and Environment and Save Narmada Movement.
A noted expert on water issues both Urban and national, Himanshu will highlight politics of water in India and particularly national capital, New Delhi.
SoumyaDutta is an Environmental Activist / Scientist with Jan VigyanJatha and several peoples' movements. He is based out of New Delhi.
Soumyadutta will moderate the panel on 26th.
Venue -
Jai Bharat Center,
1, Hauzkhas Village
New Delhi.
Landmark: close to Naivaidyam south indian food joint.
contact: Kartik +91 9871014879; Neeraj +91 9910350600; Tarini +91 9350163480, Kesar:+91 9211530510, Nidhi:+ 9818241224