WORLD Water Day Celebrated

Ludhiana, March 22, 2013: A rally on the eve of World Water Day was organised  by Bhan Singh Club at park in Block B, B.R.S. Nagar here today to create awareness and propagate the message `Save Water Save Future ,Save Water ,Save Life’.

Presidents and members of Maharaja  Aggarsain  Sewa  Sangh, Senior Citizens Welfare Association, Goodwill Association, Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, Bharat Vikas Parishad Charitable Trust participated in the rally.

All the speakers highlighted the value, importance, significance and need to save water. M.S. Dhaliwal suggested a 3R formula to save water (Reduce, Reuse and  Recycle). 

M.S.  Makkar requested the gathering to advise their maid and servants to use water very judiciously.

S.P. Karkara I.A.S. (Retd) said that they should introspect themselves how much water they waste daily and suggested that Save Water complain should be started from their own houses. A.P.S. Mann told that according to FAO the amount of water required to produce  1Kg of wheat they need 1,500 liter of water similarly for one kg of Tomato 290kg,1 glass of Milk 200 liters whereas 1kg of eggs 4,780 liter and 1kg of meat 10,400 liters of water so they should inculcate vegetarian food habits to save water.

Suraj Jyoti  said that he will try to propagate this message through the Dharmik Parchar Committee of Lakshmi  Narayan  Mandir.

Car washers of the area who also participated in the programme complained that people switch on their electric motors in the morning and go to sleep and water tanks over flow and the put the blame on us.

R.P. Gupta  who was instrumental in organising the rally requested the participants to convey  Save Water Save Life  message to their neighbours, mohalla resident  friends and relatives.

Ramesh Kaura,  Avtar Singh Takkar, G. S. Sarna, Subhash Gupta, Shashi Gupta ,Kamlesh Gupta ,Raj Pal Gupta ,T. S. Pahwa,  Ashwani Garg, Kartar Singh Sethi,  N. K. Bansal, Inderjit Singh Arora , Manmohan Singh and  D. S. Gulati and  many more participated in the rally.