PND BIMAL MEHTA REPORTS ON RCB’S VISIT TO GALE ON MARCH 5TH, 2023 Rtn. Vinti Gajree, Rtn. Miral Shah, Rtn. Ptn. Seena Sanghi and I visited Gale Village to review projects undertaken during the year. Rahul Tiwrekar, founder of Diganta Swaraj, and his team were also present. Our first stop was the Anganwadi where we met...
PP Ramesh Narayan accompanied our part donor Nelum Gidwani to Ambu village near Talegaon yesterday. The portable home lights were presented to some beneficiaries by Nelum Gidwani. Streetlights have been ordered. Trenching for the irrigation system was done, the solar installation was up, the pump at the water source was being installed. The village is in...
Rotary Club of Bombay installs water filtration units at Wada and Jawhar Installation #1: Wada Rural Hospital, Palghar No. of beds: 60 and OPD facility This is a Government Hospital and takes care of the needs of over 50,000 residents of Wada and Vikramgad. Beneficiaries: Over 700 daily. RCB has installed one AG Green Pure Chill 120 PSS UV unit with...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Pratap Padode Chair: Rtn. Abhishek Saraf Co-Chair: Rtn. Siddharth Bhimrajka Members: DGN Sandip Agarwalla, PP Vijay Jatia, Rtn. Peter Born, Rtn. Suresh Goklaney, Rtn. Abhin Alimchandani, Rtn. Homi Katgara, Rtn. Anand Parikh, Rtn. Vineet Suchanti, Rtn. Abhinav Aggarwal, Rtn. Akhil Sanghi, Rtn. Abhishek Sharman, Rtn. Gautam Doshi, Rtn. Siddhant Jatia, Rtn. Vikas Jain, Rtn. Vivek Gupta,...
CONTINUING ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING WATER VILLAGES IN MAHARASHTRA, THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY RECENTLY INITIATED A PROJECT TO ADD A FURTHER 27 VILLAGES IN ITS AMBIT UNDER A GLOBAL GRANT. Before RCB executed this project, the villagers boiled well or ground water or added chemical powders in attempts to...
APPROXIMATELY 4.5 HOURS FROM MUMBAI LIES WARGHADPADA, A HAMLET SITUATED IN MOKHADA TALUKA. WAGHARPADA EXPERIENCED LOAD SHEDDING FOR 10-12 HOURS REGULARLY AND ON SOME DAYS DURING MONSOONS, THE HAMLET MANAGED WITHOUT AELECTRICITY FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES IT FACED WERE POOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND CONNECTIVITY COUPLED WITH LOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY. Last October,...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Peter Born Chairperson: Rtn. Abhinav Aggarwal Vice-Chairperson: Rtn. Abhishek Saraf Committee members: IPP Rtn. Vijay Jatia, PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla, Rtn. Homi Katgara, Rtn. Suresh Goklaney, Rtn. Vineet Suchanti, Rtn. Bimal Mehta, Rtn. Akhil Sanghi, Rtn. Mohit Jain, Rtn. Siddharth Bhimrajka, Rtn. Gautam Doshi, Rtn. Abhishek Sharman, Rtn. Gaurav Nevatia, Rtn. Anand Parikh, Rtn. Vikas Jain,...
PROMOTING WATER STEWARDSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT, AND JUDICIOUS WATERUSE IN DROUGHT PRONE REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA A Progress Report (April 2019-March 2020) The goal is to increase the capacity of rural communities to address water related issues in a climate change context by promoting its sustainable, equitable and efficient use. The project is implemented in 10 villages in Jalna district...
By PP Sandip Agarwalla Bleary-eyed we boarded the early morning flight, yesterday, March 6th, 2020 to Aurangabad from Mumbai at the unearthly hour of 4.45 am ! Immediately after landing our group of five persons from the Rotary Club of Bombay – myself, my wife, Malini, Rtn. Abhishek Saraf and his wife, Radhika and Rtn. Abhishek...
On January 31st, 2020, at Adivasi Ashram School, Manor, RCB had its WINS project meeting, a Water Resources Committee programme conducted by PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla (Group Head of WINS & TEACH). WINS (Wash in schools) is a programme where the Rotary Club of Bombay in collaboration with other Rotary clubs are working for hand wash...
The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Water Resources Committee member Rtn. Abhin Alimchandani visited Loyola Ashram School in Dahanu and Lal Bahadur Shastri High school in Manor, and inaugurated the two Jal Jeevan Safe Drinking Water facilities installed there by the Committee under a Global Grant. Abhin enjoyed the visit and appreciated the excellent work being done...
THE Jal Jeevan project is very close to all our hearts at the Water Resources Committee of the Rotary Club of Bombay. On August 29th, 2019, IPP Rtn. Vijay Jatia, PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla, Rtn. Siddharth Bhimrajka and Rtn. Anand Parikh visited Jalna to inaugurate three Jal Jeevan Safe Drinking Water facilities in villages in Jalna...