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Clean streams for Prayagraj: restoring the Lotus canal
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus canal needs $350 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India930 views
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 99 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 174 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $350 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $85
• Signage and educational materials: $40
• Native saplings and stakes: $225
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Karthik
Updates from Karthik
We're at 87% thanks to 8 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Update from Prayagraj: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 50% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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“Stay strong! - Lecce”
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- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
“Hope things get better. I'm in Thiruvananthapuram, thinking of you.”
- Habib Karim Paul 🇮🇳 · $100
- Đạt Dương Hoang 🇺🇸 · $15
- Dieter Schmidt 🇩🇪 · $5
- Dipu Rony Banerjee 🇧🇩 · $6
“Get well soon. My brother told me about this one. - Comilla”
- Saba Zewditu Berhe 🇪🇹 · $25
- Jack S. Johnson 🇺🇸 · $100
- Priyanka C. Subramanian 🇮🇳 · $43
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So sorry you're going through this, Karthik. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.
Thanks for sharing this, Karthik. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Blessings
Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'll check back for the next update.
Sending good thoughts, Karthik. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope things get better soon, Karthik. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Brescia.
Sending strength, Karthik. More neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Lviv.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Kano.
Best of luck, Karthik. Shared this with my family. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Saket
stay strong, Karthik. I hope things turn around soon.
Good luck. Shared this with my family. Love from Ogbomosho
Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Prayagraj
Wishing you the best, Karthik. Shared it with a few friends. God bless