Committee Reports – Environment
Second Club Assembly – 11th October 2017.
1. Name of Committee : Environment
2. Director-in-charge : Rtn. Madhusudan Daga.
3. Chairperson : Rtn. Rajesh Shah. Co-Chair: Rtn. Zeenia Master.
4. Name of Committee Members : Rtn. Shorn Jagtiani.
5. Number of Committee meetings held : 2
6. Objective:
1) Promote use of Solar Energy and also substitute Electrical.
Energy so as to save on energy costs and reduce the use of fossil fuels.
2) Create new toilet blocks as well as renovate depleted toilet blocks for better sanitation.
3) Environment education and awareness programme to be conducted at various Municipal Schools.
7. Number of Beneficiaries:
a) Cuffe Parade Resident Association / Marina Bay View Park
b) Gokul Township Senior Citizen Mandal, Virar West
c) Adarsh Vidhyalaya Bolinj School – Virar West
d) Motilal Nehru Nagar, Markdeshwar Nagarand Marianma Nagarat Worli.
e) Cluster of villages in and around Talwade.
8. (a) Sanctioned Budget: Rs.25 Lacs (b) Spent till date : NIL
9. On Going Project:
Just recently we have received the sanction from the ROCB
Board for Rs.13 lakh to be spend towards our proposal
– Solar Electrification and Branding of Marina Bay View Garden at Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.
10. Projects Completed till date : None
11. a) Projects Planned for the rest of the year:
i) In partnership and in consultation with Chirag Foundation we intend to provide Solar Power to cluster of houses and villages in and around Talwade.
ii) New Toilet Blocks and Upgradation and Renovation of depleted Toilet Blocks at Low cost Housing Colonies, Senior Citizen Centres and Schools in poor locality in Virar West and Worli areas of Mumbai.
b) Action Plan to carry out the planned project:
i) Firm Purchase Orders for materials and equipments are being placed for the Solar Electrification and Branding of Marina Bay View Garden, for which the budget sanction of Rs.13 Lakh is received. We expect to implement and complete this project before end of this calendar year.
ii) Regarding the other planned projects we are in various stages of review and negotiation with our partners and contractors .We will be submitting firm proposals soon with the budgeted spend required to the Board for their approval. The same shall be implemented and completed early next year before the end of Rotary Year 2017/2018.
12. In any way the Board can help to expedite the planned projects?
No, not at the moment. However we will approach the Board at a later date if required.
