For good cause

                               People will come together ... 

As I mentioned in my last post, We successfully celebrated lake day in AECS Layout. Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm. Appreciate each and everyone who took part in this event. We were able to reach out as many as 300 to 500 people now the group has really strengthened. Hopefully, this would really make a much-needed difference in our Chinnapanahalli lake management in long run.

          Nature which takes care of us also needs to be taken care by us. It's really wonderful that people have understood the importance of this.I know many people want to do good for the society but they may not find the right path, the right person to be with. Luckily we have many such people around us who are taking care of this beautiful lake. We just need to be part of them and support what they do. Yesterday when we spoke to the people they all really appreciate what we are doing and they really want to do something good for this lake too.

           In the social media, around my neighborhood and even from the Lake users we have got a very good response,  awesome suggestions for our lake development activities. Of course, there are some issues to be addressed at earliest, to take care of those issues we had needed some people, after yesterday's event we have got so many volunteers who are willing to take care of these issues. Now I believe we should come up with solutions in real soon.

         There are many new people who want to really contribute to the lake in their own way. They don't want this beautiful lake ruined or underdeveloped. Because they would like to give a beautiful environment to the future generation. This vision really makes many people come together and solve the existing problems.

Lake day...

                                  Lake Day Celebrations ... 

Dear Friends

This Saturday, we are celebrating the "Lake day" at Chinnapanahalli Lake near AECS layout, Marathalli area. The purpose of this event is to create some awareness about the Chinnapanahalli lake, its catchment areas, the importance of maintaining it, how best we can manage and contribute our energy to this noble cause.  

           In recent days we have been hearing only about the deaths of lovely lakes in Bangalore because of lack of public participation, encroachment mafias and negligence of our government authorities. Contrary to this, We have a very beautiful and well-maintained "Chinnapanahalli Lake" in our neighborhood and it has been maintained by "Chinnapanahalli Lake Development Trust" with the support of BBMP, local People, and corporate world. Thanks to this trust and especially Mr. Prabhashankar Rai, Who personally takes care of this lake as his own child. 

              As a person who is living in that area feel very fortunate to have such well-maintained lake in my neighborhood. From my heart, I wanted to thank each and everyone who was responsible for this neat maintenance and wanted to be part of this lake also. Every day while  I was just walking along the paths of the lake, enjoying the nice breeze, shade of the beautiful trees, the glimpse of flowers, was also feeling what was my contribution to this lake. Don't we have any obligation to do something to this nature which is giving everything to us? Fortunately, I recently got to meet  Mr. PSRai who is one among Chinnapanahalli trust members and manages all activities related to maintenance, then everything got changed. During that lovely conversation, Mr. Rai explained all the hardship they had to go through to bring this lake to this level. Now he needs others to support this cause and so that they can maintain the beauty of this lake for the future. Like he always does, he inspired me as well to involve in these activities.

             For these voluntary activities, many people were initially resisted to come togeather, But Mr. Rai did not stop there, his persistence really made people come together and now all are very much eager to contribute their energy and time to develop this lake. In order to achieve this goal, We have organized a "Lake day celebration" on 11 March 2017 at 7 am to 10 am. Let's join our hands to contribute to out own nature in our own ways. Do come and enjoy the nature. 

Regards

Niranjan