Maladies of the mineral water

I am one of the disciplined persons having traditional habits and health conciousness. In the recent past i have little pain in the bones. I used the calcium rich food such as til,etc. But , the pain didn't subsidised. I had sunbath in anticipation of deficiencies in vitamin D. Nothing has changed. I recollected that some people got such problems due to use of mineral water. Then i stopped using the mineral water.I have been in compulsion to use the mineral water due to unavailability of tap water. When i consumed tap water for 3 days, my pains started diminished.

Here, I request to stop using the mineral water for the following reasons basing on my experience as follows :
1. It causes pains in the body,as all the minerals are thoroughly removed.
2. The ideal water has no taste . But, astonishingly most of the mineral water has sweet in taste due to mixing of chemicals, which causes damage to body.
3.Absence of minerals cause the deficiencies in the macro and micro nutrients.
4.If the body frame is weak, it is every possibility of weakening of whole body.
5. Kidney use to purify the minerals , etc. The work of kidney decreases,when one drinks the purified water.
6. More quantity of water is required to do purification plants and most of the water are ground water draining the valuable resourses.It also required to draw from very depth causing impurities in water.
7. Huge pollution is involved in the transportation.
8. The water purification causes high energy demanding.

Zero Garbage house of my Grany days

In this article, i would like to share the Reduce, Reuse,Recycle and other methods of Solid waste Management practices existing in the village of maternal Grand parents. This situation existed in most of the villages accross the telangana area in most of the houses.

Hence, it is not the story of my Grand parents. Here,i will also discuss the differences with present days.I recall that earlier i published article on zero wastage of water in my Grany days. 

My grand parents had agricultureand cattle. They had a lot of open space in their home. They use to sell and give the milk and milk products and vegetables at free of cost.They use to bring vessels to take out the milk. People use to bring the bags or take the vegetables in the towel  (which kept on their shoulder).In case of women they take away it in the Sarre ( kongu in telugu ). Hence, there used to be no garbage for carrying out the materials.But,presently we use alot of plastic bags to take away the materials, causing garbage generation.

In my Grany days, the materials to be purchased was very low.My grany told me proudly that we are required to purchase tea powder,sugar and salt.We are producing the rest of the items.In some cases they purchase oil,grains,etc.Oil use to be briing in a steel vessel with a handle to it. grains used to be packed in paper bag (locally called lifafa) or packed in paper in a special way (locally called pudige),so as to not to spill or spoil.

As soon as reaching the home,the materials use to be shifted to the steel boxes.They use to keep the paper, hail oil bottles,few quantity of plastic and liquor bottles in a bag suspended to the nail on the wall.

The Garbage generation in those days were very low.But,even now nothing can stop the people to keep the paper and plastic in the bag. People used to sell the reusable material in exchange for something. Now, they are also selling the  valuable materials in dry waste such as newspaper, Bottles, cartons,etc..In case of other material,it is not profitable to collecting person/purchaser.They also lack the knowledge to sell less valuable items. 

In olden day,any preserved food or ghee ,etc.was allowed to be touched only after taking bath and with dried spoons of big size.I didn't understand the rationale behind it.I argued it as irrational. Now,i explain. Man in the insanitary form may cause contamination of preserved food.food is source of health and ill health. Also,wet spoons and hands allows the formation of fungi,which creates the waste.Thus,maintaining of piousness is a one of the  waste reductionprocessess.

The old dresses used to be shared by the next sibbling in the family.The very old dresses used to be donated to the poor people.Thus,the reuse of the material is ensured.Some low quality dresses were used for holding the hot vessels. 

There was a big pit digged on the north east direction to place all the agricultural waste and dung,fodder waste etc.the dry waste was not mixed in this waste.The pit was dug in such a way that all the rain water was reaching the pit.this allowed the composting of waste naturally.The compost beds were arranged following the time frame. It used to be evacuated once in six months and used as manure. Thus,recycling of waste is ensured.

Thus,the zero Garbage houses and villages were flourishing in India just 30 years ago.

Advantages of hill plantation

There are many advantages of the hill plantation as follows :
1.  Hills cools down the clouds to bring the rain.In presence of the trees on the hill,it will act efficiently and bring more rains more times.
2. It stops the land sliding by arresting the soil erosion.
3. It gives the water for extended time as the trees capture the water in different parts and release slowly.
4. The hill plants are source of rivers and tanks. This increases the ground water and there by flora and fauna. Also, agriculture increases. The evaporation of the water is controlled by the hill area plantation.
5. Biodiversity in that area increases,as they provide food and water to animals . However, plants population also increases.
6. The livelihoods of the people goes up directly by reaping fruits ,nuts and herbs.also, by establishing industries.
7. The presence of ayurvedic plants on hills also heals the people directly and indirectly. This alleviate all  the health indicators.
8. The presence of plants on hills reduces the extremities in the temperatures of the surrounding areas.
9. It also creates the micro climates.
10. When the rocks directly exposed to the rain will cause the substances such as flourides reaching to the water bodies. The presence of plants and trees avoid it.
11. Trees and plants presence on hills increase the presence of grass,which are useful as graging ground for animals.
12. In long run , it will cater the needs of wood.
13. The hill areas will be converted into tourist places.
14. Sustainability of the plants is high in this areas.
15. As the hill plantation brings down the temperatures and increase the presence of water in water bodies further decreases the temperatures. Thus, save a lot of energy and remove ambiguity about water.
16. Other advantages of sucking carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, climate change mitigation, economic values, aesthetic values,shade  , controlling radiation are remain same for hill plantation .

Are we grooming our next generations?

The basic aim of living being is to develop its lineage in terms of quantitative and qualitative.  No doubt, the quantity of human beings are surpassed the 700 crore already . The question now is whether we are striving for the qualitative development of our next generations?

The following are statements not supporting the qualitative development of human kind:
1. The air quality has diminished in the recent past and 33% people in the urban areas are suffering from respiratory problems.
2. The potable water is not available to 250 crore people on this planet.Many water bodies are polluted and degenerated.
3. The food contains traces of pesticides and other dangerous substances.very often it is adulterated.
4. Vector borne diseases and cancers increased like anything.
5. The affects of the climate change is rampant.
6. Almost 100 crore people eat one meal a day. Almost 50% people in poor countries have anemic.

Solutions :
1.Make the human and tree ratio 2 trees per each human.As many people don't like or have time to plant saplings, some people should accept the responsibility.
2.Live simply with less resources to save them for next generations.
3. Save the resources to next generations with  reduce, reuse,recycle and recover.
4. Use the Renewable energies only.
5. Encourage the environment loving people and practices.
6. Produce 50% of food for you and your family in your back yard of on your building.

Why we shouldn't use fan?

I  have written an article on why we should not use the air conditioning. Now I would like to share why we shouldn't use the fan. For that matter,, never use the fan with knowing the advantage of not using.

Fan pulls the air and releases to its user with full speed. In that process,  it also pumps the dust particles. Normally, the small particles are obstructed by the hair present in the Nose. But, when the fan pumps the dust particles, it easily enters the respiratory system. This process is the reason for the increased respiratory diseases, observed Dr. Rajender Reddy, Additional Director, Ayush, Government of Telangana.
( He is the motivator to write this article ).

In the present days, where contagious respiratory problems such as swineflu is prevalent, the use of fan is is dangerous. In the areas where dust particles are more,the use of the fan is not advisable.
Hence,  wherever and whenever it is possible avoid the use of fan.If you want to keep the working place and your home cool,take up shade giving tree plantation on the west side of the structure. It not only decreases your room temperature, but also increase your lifespan by giving fresh oxygen. Your fan does it in reverse. it can't give cool air in summer and decreases your life span.

Advantages of marketing fecilities to farmers

Advantages of marketing fecilities to farmers

Farmer is the only man in economy who buy all products in retail, sells everything in wholesale and pays freight both ways.
                --- John F.KF.Kennedy.

Background: Farmer has been at lossing end since ages.The profit of the middle men is much more than the farmer.We always hear about the suicides of the farmers.But, we never hear about the suicides of the middle men.They indiscriminately increase or decrease the prices paid to farmers and selling prices to the consumer.  
Food is the third most important requirement of the human being after air and water.But, its producer don't get the correct returns.Return of the Investment is a distant dream.As rightly pointed out by kennedy, farmers sells in bulk at low prices, except a few intelligent.
Here, i would like to share the case studies, i encountered in my profession and my life.

Case study -1:

During the summer season of 2013, B.Srinivas, Municipal Commissioner, Khammam (myself)had called for the meeting of the wholesale mango sellers.He requested them to stop the artificial ripening. But, they answered that the artificial ripening starts at the stage of imporing in the lorry.They also told that ripening chambers are not available. I understood that they are not in a mood to co-operate for natural ripening and decreasing the prices of mangoes.
Horticulture department has came up with a proposal to let out the Pavilion Ground for the mango farmers to arrange the mango mela.They brought the letter from the District Collector for the same. Immediately, i arranged the ground at the free of cost.The marketing fecilities were arranged for the wellbeing of the farmers.Even after the end of the mango mela, i arranged the marketing fecilities to the mango farmers. Subsequently, during the 2014 summer also the same fecility was extended.

Advantages :

1.The fruits were made available to the people of khammam city at low cost.
2.Farmers also profited by selling their mangoes at retail prices.
3.Consumers and farmers got the assured and earmarked place for mangoes selling and purchase.
4.Quality of mangoes were assured by avoiding the artificial ripening.
5.Different types of mangoes were available to the consumer.
6.The prices of mangoes were stable throughout the season.
7.Selling prices came down , when consumer bought more than 5 Kg mangoes.
8.The word of Khammam municipal corporation prevailed in fixing the prices of mangoes.

Case Study -2:

Hyderabad is the International City in making. It is accomedating the rich and poor in the similar manner.A person with less than 5000 Rupees can live in this city.
Presently, i am living in the Gandhinagar area.It is surrounded by many poor localities.In the leisure time, i use to go to market to buy fruits, vegetables and flowers.On every Sunday, there used to be a weekly fair near the Gandhinagar post office. I observed that the prices of vegetables are lower to 50% on the weekly fair day.

The reason may be simple that the vendors get a platform to sell in huge quantity. Poor get the opportunity to buy in more quantity at once and preserve those goods..New vendors for the purpose of weekly fair may be there and who don't like to upkeep the perishable material and lowers the price, as the night is passing.
Also, i had seen disposing the lemon worth 30 to 40 rupees worth at 10 rupees at 9.30 p.m., while he was returning home.

Also, new vegetables may arrive from near by areas for the purpose of weekly fair and it might lower the prices.
It is pertinent to mention that 1/4Kg is sold at 10 rupees and 1/2 Kg is sold at 15 Rupees.It allows the consumers to purchase more quantity. This enables the sellor to avoid perishing of vegetables, etc.
Whatever the reason, the prices of vegetables, fruits and flowers are available at about 50% lowered price than normal days in weekly fair near Gandhinagar post office.

Case study-3:

I am native of Khanapur village. The The Angadi (fair) runs for two days in a week. That is on sunday and wednusday.The vegetables comes from the neighbouring fertile villages.The prices of vegetables are quite low on these days.
I have my friends in the neighboring villages. They used to brief me that the cutting/plucking time of the vegetables, fruits and flowers are adjusted to the fair days of sunday and Wednesday.
Advantages :
1.It assures the marketing fecilities at assured place and time both for farmers and consumers.It enables the farmers to adjust the harvest days.
2.The prices of vegetables, etc.are less compared to other areas.
3.It avoides the middle men to the extent possible and farmers use to sell at retail prices and get more money.
4.It also avoids the hacking on roadsides and avoids traffic jams.
5.All the Goods are available at one place.It avoids wastage of fuel.
6.The wastage of vegetables would come down , as assured days are available both to consumers and farmers.
7.It is opportunity to the farmers to buy their requirements at one place.
8.Fresh vegetables ,fruits and flowers are available to consumers.
9.More kinds of vegetables, fruits and flowers are available on those fair days.

Case Study-4:

Khammam city is one of the fastly growing towns after Hyderabad. The prices of vegetables, fruits and flowers are high compared to other cities.
The reasons I observed are as follows :
1.One Vegetable market and one Rythu Bazar is available in the khammam city.One Rythu Bazar is to be opened soon..In my opinion, there should be 3 more markets in khammam city.
2.Fruit market is not available.
3.venders sell on the road side and become an easy prey for unethical people..There by sell at higher prices.
4.There are no marketing fecilities in three town area and musthafanagar area and also in newly developing areas.
5.There is no substantial vegetable farming upto 20 Km distance. There by face burden of transportation charges.
6.There is no system of weekly fairs ,there by not allowing bulk sales and purchasing of vegetables.
7.Markets are not integrated . people has to go around different places for different commodities of vegetables, fruits, chicken and mutton, etc..There by allowing price rise.

Conclusion:
Thus, it is very clear that the assured marketing fecilities would provide more income to the farmers and made the Quality goods available to citizen at low cost.

Clarification:

When SHG women is able to buy the groceries, especially rice at lower price in bulk atonce, why it is not happening in case of harvest requirements such as tools, plants, pesticides, etc . Can't we make them into homogeneous groups to do all these activities?

Advantages of Dry waste purchase programme

Background :  Dry waste collection programme is a prchase of paper , plastic,cartoons,glass, metal ,etc from households for 1 rupee a kg. It would be parchased once in a week on a designated day. People would upkeep dry waste in a bag
and hand it over to municipal staff or authorised persons.
Methodology :
1.IEC activities one week before programme is necessary,to increase the public participation.
2. One spring balance for weighing the waste is necessary.
3. One Banner to start the programme.

There are many advantages of  waste purchase programme in terms of health,economic, environment and service delivery as follows :

1. The primary object of wealth out of waste is assured  to households, Collecting people and Urban Local Bodies.

2. The resources would be saved and leads to environment Protection. Saving 70 kg of paper again generates 55 kg of paper. Out of one tree ,we can get 55 kg of paper.Thus , saving 70 kg of paper is saving a tree. For fresh manufacturing of glass,metals ,plastic bags also require a lot of energy  and  material.  The same can be saved.

3. Also, the  plastic, metals and glass can be saved through this initiative. Manufacturing of any material a fresh requires a lot of energy than Recycling it. India  ( our Country )is not self sufficient country in  production of perto products.  Thus, wastage of any resources leads to enrgy consumption. Further, it leads to pollution and  increase of petroleum prices due to excessive use  for manufacturing new materials.

4.  Dry waste purchase programme ensures the segregation of dry waste and wet waste. We can manufacture the compost  out of quality  wet waste. India is spending about 1, 60, 000 crore Rupees  on import of fertilisers.  But our country has the potential to manufacture the Bio- fertilisers out of  wet waste generated  in our country. It also leads to the healthy habit of Non pesticide management.

5. Service delivery can be improved with less number of working people. The people usually throw garbage in drains or open spaces. One worker has to desilt or lift and second person has to carry and third person should put it in vehicle. Thus,three additional persons are required ,if not purchased. The studies in the  purchased areas that the time taken for drain desiltation has substantially decreased.
6.   Employment can be generated for 300 houses per a person for collection .Also , similar number of people are required for segregation of dry waste into different categories.

7. Health of people and sanitation staff improves. The people in absence of purchase  throw it in drain or open space or burn it. Throwing in to drains would choke them and generates the foul smell and become breeding centres of mosquitoes. Burning of waste  would also creates the pollution. Purchasing the waste would avoid all the maladies and lead to healthy conditions. This would reduce the poverty by increasing the man days and reducing the expenditure on health. It also stops the pollution of water bodies and there by avoids the water borne diseases.

8.  Sanitation staff usually mix the dry waste and wet waste. It generates more foul smell. The same used to be consumed by the sanitation staff,leading to decrement in life expectancy. In the new system,life expectancy increases.

9. The complaints on drains choking and garbage lifting can be reduced. Officers can concentrate on the other development activities.


10. The decorum of the town improves.

11.  Public satisfaction improves.

12.  Pollution of air, soil,water bodies would be controlled .

13. It adheres to the environmental principles of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and recover. There by  protects the environment.