Who is responsible for the developmental
planning of the locality so as to cater
to sustainable living ?? The balance seems to have gone askew in a very short
period of our so called developing
layout.
The overall development
of the locality can be attributed to the
equal balance maintained by natural
resource development Vs human-need-based development.
With the number of Apartment /commercial complexes, schools, temples , individual residences springing up uncontrolled, where do we stand
in balancing them with natural resources
like Trees, Water bodies & the much needed lung spaces? If the balance is not being maintained on the structural development
side … how are we coping in keeping up with sanitation, water supply, waste
management, public amenities ???? They are eventually bound to go haywire. And
we have been quite successful in creating that chaos already.
We are visualizing RRNagar as
a prospective model locality but we are also busy coming up with BDA/private
apartments in huge numbers, huge hospitals with hundreds of bed-holding capacity. Do we have the infrastructure to take these
into our fold?
We have ample water/money
guzzling, manicured parks for a nice morning/evening walk but are we blind to
the fact that our children don’t have access
to open areas to play freely??
Not everybody can keep
shelling out huge amounts for a sport conducted by the private space holders.
Can the town planning, BBMP,
local leaders take the local residents
& experts into confidence and come up with a restrictive but healthy,
environmentally sustainable locality??
The plans are big & huge
in numbers but they need to be implemented effectively to bear fruits. Some
simple change in thought & ways of doing them helps…..
Rain Water Harvesting in the parks was a great initiative. We can go a step
further to build underground tanks, say 1 lakh litre holding capacity (as
suggested by Mr. ShivaKumar, IISc), to
store the harvested rain water & can be used in the gardens in turn or
maybe a fire truck in case of emergency. Like he says, “the 75% of water on
earth cannot change but we can change our ways of handling it !! “
RWH has to be made compulsory
in all homes irrespective of the size.
Waste segregation at source to be taken up
on war footing. We seem to be a frustrated lot just because some of the
residents don’t comply & it ends up as stray garbage all over the place.
Lets plan for propagating rain lilies in empty spaces instead of paper/plastic !!!
Tree saplings to be planted
in front of every house..atleast one.
Commercial complexes seem to
be taking everybody for a ride but cutting off well-grown trees little by
little & finally raze them to the ground. Who is penalizing them? Can the
KFD permit tree-cutting for such a trivial reason as “ Elevation” & looks.
Obesity in Kids is obvious… all they need is a playground nearby !!!
Fees shelled out on sports complexes can become a burden on the parents
sometimes.
Concrete Walkpaths in the parks…. They seem to be doing more harm than good for the
health conscious/needy. A soft mud /gravel path doesn’t impact the joints so
much. So, how are we taking care of the elders’ concerns here??
Signing of with hope for some
positive thought/attitude changes !!!
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