President Vijay Jatia inaugurated the installation of a 1000 litre UV Water Purification System at the Anjuman-I-Islam Kurla High School on the 25th July 2018. The Kurla School is part of the Anjuman-I-Islam Foundation that runs 80 such schools in Mumbai and educates over 1,00,000 students. The water purification system will directly benefit over 8,500...
Inauguration of Jal Jeevan – safe drinking water facilities in 3 municipal schools. The Water Resources Committee inaugurated Jal Jeevan safe drinking water facilities in 3 municipal schools (where our Bhavishya Yaan are also conducted) in association with Indus International as under: 1. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal School, Worli (over 1000 students) 2. N M Joshi Marg Municipal...
Jal Jeevan is an initiative that provides safe drinking water to slums in and around Mumbai. By installing a 10,000 litre purification plant, or a Jal Jeevan Centre, the committee has been able to ensure hygienic drinking water to various areas. Once the plant is installed, training and advocacy is provided by experts on various topics...
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...
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...
RCB’s Jal Jeevan Project was awarded a Global Grant this year by The Rotary Foundation for setting up clean and safe drinking water, on a sustainable basis, at slums in Mumbai. In keeping with this premise, on October 16th, RCB inaugurated its second Jal Jeevan Center at Rathodi village in the Malwani slums of Malad, with...
On September 18th and 19, four Rotarians - Ravi Fotedar, PP Sandip Agarwalla, Mahesh Khubchandani and Rohan Dalal - of our Club's Water Resources Committee accompanied by Dr. Ajit Gokhale (an expert in agriculture, water management and environment), toured villages in the Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts to survey projects undertaken by the Rotary Club of Nagpur. Rotary Club of Bombay has partnered with...
The brilliant efforts of the ongoing undertaking to provide safe drinking water at Govandi (near Chembur) by RCB's Water Resources Committee have brought in the much needed difference in the lives of residents living in and around Rafi Nagar slum. Committee Chair, PP Sandip Agarwalla visited the 'Jal Jeevan Centre' (under the Aquaguard JalJeevan Project,...