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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00:00How can we make our city a better place?

00:04We need to make sure that our youth are not left behind.

00:08We need to make sure that our youth are not left behind.

00:12We need to make sure that our youth are not left behind.

00:16There is a youth group among the Nikai Chunao that is constantly looking at this election.

00:23They are also looking at how the city of Dehradun can develop.

00:27How can we make the rivers cleaner and how can we make the green Dehradun dream come true.

00:31They are going to the candidates.

00:33All the mayors who are fighting for the mayoral election,

00:38we are the candidates, we have spoken to them.

00:40You have come here.

00:42You have brought some bottles.

00:43What is in these bottles?

00:45And what message do you want to give?

00:48Sir, we want to give the message to people that we have new upcoming candidates.

00:52The first two governments have not been able to clean this water.

00:55Will the new government be able to clean this water?

00:58This is our message.

01:00Today I saw that you were getting a form filled.

01:04What is that form and what do you want to ask?

01:06We have brought a pledge letter.

01:08We want all the mayors who have come here to sign it.

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

01:14What is in this letter?

01:16First of all, they will work on the Punarudhars of Rispan and Bindal.

01:20Secondly, Dehradun is a very eco-sensitive zone.

01:24And all the illegal construction that is being done here,

01:27all the plastic that is being used, they will put a stop to it.

01:30Secondly, we will focus on the plantation.

01:34Because last year we saw that the temperature of Dehradun reached 43 degrees.

01:38Secondly, all the tourist spots there should be banned on single time plastic

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

01:46Our other point is that such policies should be implemented in Dehradun.

01:51The town hall mayor should hold a meeting once a month

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

02:00We want a sustainable Dehradun.

02:02That's why we have brought an initiative today.

02:04We have brought our own clothes bags.

02:07And we have brought our water bottles in glass bottles

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

02:14Okay, fine.

02:15You were also taking some numbers.

02:17You will also contact them later.

02:19What kind of contact will you have?

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

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

02:23There is a tea invitation at Rispana in the morning.

02:25Like we are seeing Rispana,

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

02:29Okay.

02:30Okay, tell me that in Dehradun city,

02:32are you seeing any change?

02:34Green Dehradun used to be there earlier.

02:36But are you seeing any change that you have to take this step?

02:39You are only seeing normal traffic.

02:41And accidents are increasing day by day.

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

02:46There is nothing.

02:47There is nothing in the name of Green Dehradun.

02:49Tell us about yourself.

02:50What do you do?

02:52How did you come to this movement?

02:53What have you done so far?

02:55We are making a difference by being a difference.

02:57We are a student activist group

03:00which is funded by pocket money.

03:02That means we don't take any funds from the government.

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

03:08We come every Sunday.

03:10Our NGO has been running since 2011.

03:12We meet every Sunday and do small activities.

03:15In which we do wall transformation.

03:17Now the government doesn't do all the walls.

03:20But earlier we used to do this.

03:21Secondly, we run a cleanliness drive.

03:23And we have been working on the revival of Rispana for a long time.

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

03:32in which it was found that Rispana and Bindal

03:35is a perennial river.

03:38Yes, it is a perennial river.

03:40It doesn't come only in monsoons.

03:43The water flows from below.

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

03:50then the first thing is the illegal encroachment.

03:53Because all the water from that encroachment

03:56goes into the river.

03:58Which is a very important point

04:01as to why it is not being revived.

04:03So the catchment area of the river should be 100 meters.

04:08And if you see now, we don't even get 10 meters.

04:11Because all the encroachment has been done.

04:13And the second point is that

04:15if we run a plantation drive around the encroachment

04:23then it will be revived on its own.

04:26So we are also trying to fulfill the dream of Green Dhoom.

04:30To fulfill the dream of Green Dhoom,

04:33how did you come up with this concept

04:35that we will talk to the participants

04:37and take a bottle of water?

04:39Should there be political participation?

04:41Or should they also think about it?

04:43What did you think about it?

04:45When we got the idea that we will take water

04:48our first thought was that this is water.

04:50Along with this, we wanted to say

04:52that we showed this water to the participants

04:55and took a photo.

04:56We want that next time when they do their own work

04:59they take a pledge from themselves

05:01that we have to improve this water.

05:03If they improve this water,

05:05then a lot of problems of Dehradun get solved.

05:08The temperature in Dehradun was so high

05:10that if we go to save our rivers,

05:12then we will have to open a tree.

05:14We will have to settle the nearby settlements somewhere else.

05:17And by stopping the growing settlements,

05:19we will have to grow a small jungle there.

05:22So a lot of problems of Dehradun

05:24are solved in the way of a river.

05:26Our plan was to show this water

05:29and make them realize that this water

05:31was something that people used to drink while walking.

05:33And today, this water is not suitable for walking.

05:35This is a very good idea.

05:37And it is a very good step

05:39that youth are coming forward

05:41and are looking at their future.

05:43And how can they breathe in the clean air?

05:47How can they improve their future?

05:49They are coming forward for this.

05:51Obviously, such campaigns are seen less.

05:53But the way youth have come forward,

05:55it will force political parties

05:57and politicians to think

05:59that how important

06:01clean water and air is.

06:03And if you want to come to power,

06:05if you want to win the elections,

06:07then these are also agendas.

06:09These are also issues.

06:11That is, elections are won on such issues

06:13or such issues will also be put

06:15in front of the public.

06:17People also want to see the issue

06:19of clean water and air.

06:21What the youth have said about clean water

06:23and air is really commendable.

06:25And it is hoped that

06:27they will definitely think about it.

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