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Clean water and shade for Pune: restoring the Lotus riverbank
Volunteers are restoring the Lotus riverbank in Pune; $400 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Lotus riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 38 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 196 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $185
• Tools and protective gear: $105
• Waste removal and skip hire: $75
• Signage and educational materials: $35
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Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.
Hope things get better soon, Neelam. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless
You're not alone, Neelam. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. All the best.