Kolkata residents breathe in air which has 3-5 times higher pollution levels than the ambient level that is already several times higher than the permissible limit.
ccckolkata participated in the Air Pollution awareness rally initiated by an Association of like-minded NGOs under the banner of Kolkata Clean Air.
In Partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Government of India, ccckolkata distributed LED Ujjala tubelights to 20 schools and 10 colleges of Kolkata, to start them off on their journey towards energy efficiency.
Water Environment Sanitation Hygiene (WESH)
According to National Physical Laboratory Report 2013, garbage pressure in Kolkata, at 16.5 tonne per sq. kilometer, is the highest in the country.
According to WHO, “…. in developing countries, environmental hazards and pollution are a major contributor to childhood deaths, illnesses and disability from acute respiratory disease, diarrhoeal diseases, physical injuries, poisonings, insect-borne diseases, and perinatal infections.”
Close to 35% of Kolkata city , or 16 lakhs people, currently lives in Bustees and this is set to increase. Close to 12.3% of these are children 0-6 years of age.
WESH works with NGO / Trusts / Government schools which work with the urban poor and marginalized, on issues of :
Water – conservation of water by communities and individuals; clean drinking water;
Environment – municipal solid waste management through Segregation and the 3Rs, composting by communities; planting and nurturing of trees; organic vegetable and fruit farming by communities locally in homes and neighbourhoods; NO plastic days / weeks / years; urban natural resources and bio-diversity conservation;
Sanitation – proper use of community toilets – cleanliness, use of water;
Hygiene – communicable and non-communicable diseases connected to Water, Environment and Sanitation issue; personal hygiene; adequate hand washing techniques;
WESH @ektara
ccckolkata is working with an NGO school in one of the dirtiest areas of the city in KMC ward 59. About 700 children and community adults come into this school daily from neighbouring bustees, slums and degarded urban environments.
WESH@seth soorajmull jalan balika vidyalaya (ssjbv)
From 2018 ccckolkata will start WESH@ssjbv.
Segregation, 3 Rs and Composting Municipal Solid Waste in Schools / Colleges of the city of Kolkata
ccckolkata proposes to create awareness about the challenges faced by the city from its Municipal Solid Waste and the urgent need to manage it locally through active participation by the primary stakeholders individually and in groups. Zero Waste Schools, Plastic Free Schools, Composter in Schools to recover resources, redefining “what is waste?” – are actions urgently needed.
Reducing Kolkata City’s Carbon Footprint
Kolkata city receives more than 2100 hours of great sunshine and yet there are hardly any solar installations in the city. The development model being followed and rampant concretization and formation of urban heat island effect (the temperature ranges upto 6 degrees across the city) is increasingly the norm. ccckolkata is working to create awareness about renewable energy, specially solar energy amongst the youth in schools and colleges. LED as an energy efficient lighting option is also being demonstrated through energy audit in this community.
Similar programmes are also being carried out in the schools for the urban underpriviledged.
Bio-degradeable Municipal Solid Waste to Compost to Kolkata’s Greenery
A major portion of the Municipal Solid Waste is that or organic / bio-degradeable matter which can easily be recovered as a resource. This Programme aims to convert urban Municipal Solid Waste (bio-degradeable) into Compost and then use it as a bio-fertilizer in 700 plus big and small public urban spaces of Kolkata.
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