चुनावी दंगल में बिंदाल और रिस्पना नदी का भविष्य तलाशते युवा, प्रत्याशियों से ले रहे 'स्वच्छता' का शपथ पत्र

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बिंदाल और रिस्पना नदी को साफ करने के लिए युवाओं ने मुहिम शुरू की है. चुनाव के दौरान प्रत्याशियों से शपथ पत्र ले रहे  युवा.

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00:00In the middle of the elections, there is a group of youth who are constantly focused on this election.

00:23They want to know about the development of Dehradun city, the cleanliness of the rivers, and how to make the dream of a green Dehradun come true.

00:33All the mayors who are fighting for the post of Mayor of Dehradun, they have spoken to them.

00:40You have come here. You have brought some bottles. What is in the bottles and what message do you want to convey?

00:48We want people to know that the first two governments have not been able to clean this water.

00:55Will the new government be able to clean this water? This is our message.

01:00Today, I saw that you were getting a form filled. What is that form and what message do you want to convey?

01:06We have brought a promise letter. We want all the mayors who have come here to sign it.

01:11They will take care of all these things during their tenure.

01:15What is in this letter?

01:17The first point is that they will work on the restoration of Rispan and Bindal.

01:21The second point is that Dehradun is a very eco-sensitive zone.

01:25They will stop all the illegal construction and one-time use of plastic.

01:31The second point is that they will focus on the plantation.

01:35Last year, we saw that the temperature of Dehradun reached 43 degrees.

01:39The third point is that all the tourist spots should be banned from using plastic.

01:43So that the beauty of the place is maintained.

01:46The fourth point is that such policies should be implemented in Dehradun.

01:52The town hall mayor should hold a meeting once a month.

01:56So that the sustainability of these things is maintained.

02:01We want a sustainable Dehradun.

02:03We have also brought an initiative.

02:05We have brought our own clothes bags.

02:08We have also brought our water bottles in glass bottles.

02:11To show that we want a plastic-free Dehradun.

02:14You were taking some numbers.

02:16You will contact them later.

02:18What kind of contact will there be?

02:20What are you going to say to them?

02:21We are giving them an invitation in the morning.

02:23There is a tea invitation on Rispana.

02:25Like we are seeing Rispana.

02:27They should also come and see Rispana in the morning.

02:30Are you seeing any changes in Dehradun?

02:34Green Dehradun used to be there.

02:36Are you seeing any changes that you have to take this step?

02:39You are only seeing normal traffic.

02:41Accidents are increasing day by day.

02:43What do you see in the name of Green Doon?

02:46There is nothing in the name of Green Doon.

02:48Tell us about yourself.

02:50What do you do?

02:52How did you come to this movement?

02:54We are making a difference by being a difference.

02:57We are a student activist group.

03:00We are funded by pocket money.

03:02We don't take any funds from the government.

03:04We are funding our NGO with our pocket money.

03:07Our NGO has been running since 2011.

03:11We do small activities every Sunday.

03:14We do wall transformation.

03:16Now the government doesn't do all the walls.

03:19But earlier we used to do this.

03:21We run a cleanliness drive.

03:23We have been working on Rispana for a long time.

03:26In 2016, we did a research with NIT Roorkee.

03:31We found out that Rispana and Bindal are perennial rivers.

03:37They are 12 months old rivers.

03:40They don't just come in the monsoon season.

03:43The water flows from below.

03:45We found out that if we want to revive it,

03:50the first thing is to remove all the illegal encroachments.

03:53All the seawater from the encroachments goes into the river.

03:58This is an important point.

04:03The catchment area of the river should be 100 metres.

04:08We don't even get 10 metres because all the encroachments are there.

04:12Secondly, if we run a plantation drive around the encroachments,

04:23they will come back to life.

04:26You are trying to make the dream of Green Dhoom come true.

04:30How did you come up with this concept of making the dream of Green Dhoom come true?

04:34You said that you will talk to the participants and take a bottle of water.

04:38Should there be political participation in this?

04:42What did you think about this?

04:45When we got the idea of taking water,

04:49we wanted to take a photo of the water and show it to the mayor.

04:56We want him to take a pledge to improve the water.

05:02If he improves the water, he will solve a lot of problems.

05:07The temperature in Dehradun was so high.

05:09If we want to save our rivers, we will have to build a bridge.

05:13We will have to settle the nearby villages.

05:16We will have to grow a small jungle.

05:21A lot of problems in Dehradun can be solved with the help of a river.

05:25Our plan was to show them this water.

05:29We want them to realise that this water used to be drinkable.

05:33Today, this water is not drinkable.

05:35This is a very good idea.

05:37This is a very good step.

05:39The youth are moving forward.

05:41They are looking at their future.

05:43How can they breathe in clean water and air?

05:47How can they improve their future?

05:49They are moving forward.

05:51Such initiatives are rarely seen.

05:53But the way the youth have taken up the fight,

05:56it will force the political parties and the politicians to think

06:00about the importance of clean water and air.

06:05If they want to win the elections,

06:09they will have to think about these issues.

06:11Will the elections be won on such issues?

06:14Or will such issues be put in front of the public?

06:17People want to see the issue of clean water and air.

06:20What the youth have said about all these things,

06:23what the youth have put forward,

06:25is really commendable.

06:27We will definitely think about this issue.

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