On 21st November, the Water Resources Committee established its 3rd Jal Jeevan Centre at Ambujwadi slum in Malwani to provide safe, clean drinking water to the residents of that community. A Global Grant project of the Rotary Club of Bombay in partnership with Rotary Club of Detroit, the Jal Jeevan Centre houses a Reverse Osmosis water...
India, the seventh largest nation with over a billion people, has one of the largest transport sectors. However, not without its own set of challenges. Mumbai, the financial capital of the country has seen immense development in its transport infrastructure over the last decade, but the ever increasing population in the city is rendering the...
One cannot emphasize enough the importance of transportation in a city. No wonder it is called it’s ‘lifeline’. Though our city Mumbai has seen colossal development in transport infrastructure in the last decade, the ever increasing population in Mumbai is rendering the present day infrastructure facilities inadequate. The growing vehicular population and consequent traffic congestion...
Rotary Club of Bombay in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and FLO (FICCI LADIES ORGANISATION) started this new project study to understand the possibilities of converting Talwada into a ‘Smart Village’. Under this initiative, consultant Mr. Prakash Iyyer and his team visited RCB’s Talwada Medical facilities, while making a complete...
The projects undertaken by the Women’s Empowerment Committee are as follows: 1. Donated Rs.1,00,000/- to the Rotary Club of Porvorim, Goa, to create Awareness and provide Aid for Women’s Cancer. 2. Supported the Districts Heart Surgeries. 3. Planned the possibilities of building toilets in the slums. 4. Conducted 3 successful Medical camps for the children of BY, Savera and...
RCB’s first free Homeopathy Clinic was set-up in association with the Bombay Cotton Merchants and Muccadums Association and Dr. Batra’s Foundation at Cotton Green. The Clinic was inaugurated on 14th November by District Governor Gopal Mandhania in the midst of President Shyam Makharia of Bombay Cotton Merchants and The Clinic was inaugurated on 14th November by...
After the success of the first Jal Jeevan Center at the Rafi Nagar Slums in Govandi, on 16th October the 2nd Centre was inaugurated at the Rathodi Malwani Slums in Malad, and this Global Grant project was inaugurated at the behest of DG Gopal Mandhania and President Dr. Mukesh Batra. Rtn. Suresh Goklaney was nominated to...
Despite the current psychological depression that we hear of post the demonetization, nothing seems to have changed for us at RCB, especially because of the clarity and ease with which PP Shailesh Haribhakti explained the context and the implications of demonetization, and advantages that the GST system is going to bring to our economy. That said,...
“What is our country today?” started PP Rtn Shailesh Haribhakti, a renowned chartered accountant, who lends his expertise to several professional and governmental regulatory bodies, and is currently the chairman of the National Pension Scheme Trust as well as a Member of the Advisory Committee of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority. “We are a...
The Urban Conservation Committee successfully executed the extension of the Conservation Laboratory at the Asiatic Society, and the restoration space is already being utilized. This project got widespread publicity in various daily newspapers, and generated a lot of awareness for Rotary Club and its activities. The committee also hosted an evening Rotary Meeting on 20th September, 2016...
At the beginning of the year, the Senior Citizens Committee had planned to construct Day Care Centers for Senior Citizens in Lonavala and Alibag each, wherein a premise of about 2,000 sq.ft would be made on a plot of land given to us by the Municipality / Panchayat. At Lonavla, Chairperson Rtn. Ashish Vaid has approached...
In addition to donating four Animal Ambulances, the Animal Welfare Committee also recently supported a fund-raising concert which was organized by the Stop- Gap Academy for the Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) on the 14th October. Hosted by Cyrus Broacha, the concert was attended by over 750 people and made a collection of 5 lakhs which...