THROW IT, FORGET IT
Life in Plastic!
Throw it forget it.
This is what all of you do. But have
you ever thought of me? A plastic that is
what I am. I was created in a petrochemical
factory and moulded into a fine cup. For some time, I languished in a godown then I
traveled to a company to be used as a ice-cream cup.
After I had my fill of ice-cream, I was labeled , priced and sent to another store. One day, a small girl bought me. She ate my ice-cream and threw me in a bin. (Thank God, she at least threw me in a bin.
I have to live with this misery, but I
will not hesitate to cause misery to other people, too.
I will live for a billion years and throughout my life I will create problems for
my creators and users. I refuse to leave the
earth in peace.
Many others throw my friends anywhere they feel like.) I stayed in the bin for a whole night. In the morning a municipality worker put me along
with other wastes into a bigger bin and dumped me in a big yard. The glasses, paper syringes, vegetable
peels…told me that the name of the place is Bhalukhop.
We were stinking, tattered, broken and miserable.
I have to live with this misery, but I will not hesitate to cause misery to other
people, too. I will live for a billion years
and throughout my life I will create problems for my creators and users. I refuse to leave the earth in peace. My friends
are equally angry. My glass bottle and
Styrofoam friends will live for as long as they want.
The aluminum cans will live for 200-500years.
And dispensable diapers for 500-600 years. Only
my lucky banana peel friend will die in a month’s time. A few days ago I heard a lady
complaining about the smell from Bhalukhop dumpyard.
I wish they understood that all this is their doing.
The creators should not complain, can they?
Modern
Aesop’s fable
Once upon a time there was a non-conforming swallow
who decided not to fly south for the winter. However,
when the weather turned very cold he reluctantly started to
fly southwards. In the short time ice
began to form on its wings and it fell to the earth in a barnyard frozen still. A cow passed by and crapped on the little swallow.
The swallow that it was the end. But the dung
warned it and defrosted its wings. Warm and happy, able to breath, it started to chirp. Just then a large tom-cat came by and hearing the
chirping, found out where it was coming from, clawed away the dung and swallow the
swallow.
Moral: Every one who shits on you is not
necessarily your enemy: every one who gets
you out of the shits is not necessarily your friend;
and if you are warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth shut.
(From The Hindustan Times)
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The Heaven of Bio-gas
How the use of gobar can help stop deforestation
The use of biogas is very important and beneficial. This is a step taken to prevent
deforestation. This gas can be produced from
cowdung, poultry droppings, human excreta. Mr Anand Mani Pradhan of 12th mile,
Sindebong, is a person who is playing an important role in encouraging the people not only
of Kalimpong but also of the surrounding areas to use biogas. He has a small farm consisting of seven cows who
produced the dung for the production of bio-gas.
Mr Anand Mani Pradhan is a person who is playing an important role in encouraging the
people of not only Kalimpong but also of the surrounding areas to use biogas
First of all, a mixture is made of a bucket of dung with one-fourth bucket of water. The
mixture is put in a small tank with an opening to a large air-tight chamber. The large tank has to be filled up with about
15-20 quintals of such mixture at first. Then
a bucket each day. After the gas is formed in
the airtight chamber, the dung flows from there to another pit. Finally the gas escapes through a pipe attached to
the airtight chamber. This gas can be
directly used in producing electricity and cooking gas. Lastly the remaining slug can be
immediately used as a fertilizer in the fields. It
is to be noted that fresh cowdung should never be used directly on the plants, as the dung
contains acids and gases.
Thus, if this method is used by every citizen, then the problem of deforestation can be
stopped to a great extent. The bio-gas is a
renewable source of energy; it is even
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 A dog’s
corner The number of stray dogs in Kalimpong is rising and this has led to
a lot of problems. One being the fear of
rabies because of which people have been poisoning the dogs not knowing that killing does
not help. The solution is to get them
vaccinated.
One of the organizations where stray dogs hated by most people have found love and care is
Animal Shelter in Bong Busty, which is run by the Darjeeling Goodwill Animal Shelter
Trust. The shelter gets stray dogs from
Kalimpong town and nearby villages, vaccinated them, operates them for birth control and
releases them back to where they belong. “
Our target is to vaccinate 50 dogs every month. In
two years, we have treated 800 dogs,” says Khargeshwar Sharma, manager of the Animal
Shelter, which also treats pet dogs.
A rabies injection costs Rs.310 and its effect lasts for a year for dogs. All the collared dogs in the town have been
vaccinated. If anyone finds an uncollared dog, please contact the shelter. |
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