But looking at the various construction sites around Whispering Wind, it only appears that we are neither taking nor giving but virtually dumping mother earth.
It all begins when digging starts at a construction site and then with or without consent of the adjacent open plot owner, they start laying the rada-roda on the open plot as in the example of this plot besides Whispering Wind Phase II. The building under construction in the background is Crystal Garden.
The rada-roda could be from various sites like Crystal Garden, WW II or this unknown site opposite Crystal Garden. The buildings in the background are all MontVert Finesse.
The photo above is dated mid-summer (8-April-09) and its a pity that the water table below this plot will be a lost gift from mother earth.
The most unfortunate thing about these diggings is that green fields flourishing on top of rich black alluvial soil are lost forever.
The plot of WW Phase II looks barren when construuction had just begun im March 2009.
But underneath the cross section reveals the almost 3 ft thick layer of black soil.
And a testimony to this fact that were rich farming lands is the photo below dated Aug-2005 taken from Whispering Wind B-bldg and shows the site of WW Phase II.
The plot looks barren because rada-roda from WW was perhaps dumped on top of the green fields.
And a testimony to this fact that were rich farming lands is the photo below dated Aug-2005 taken from Whispering Wind B-bldg and shows the site of WW Phase II.
The plot looks barren because rada-roda from WW was perhaps dumped on top of the green fields.
The dense trees lined up along the right edge are no longer seen now.Elsewhere, the cross-section on Pashan-Baner Link road near Symantec's parking entrance shows various layers of black soil and rada-roda.
Closer to WW, the cross-section of Valenncia besides WW also reveals about a foot thick layer of black soil.
Another latest instance is the plot for Padma-Vilas opposite OJAS and besides Kubera Bahar as below:
No one can now imagine or bothers to ponder over who lived in the fields, what they did, etc.
In June 2009 I discovered that all but the stem remained. The utterly lax security of Whispering Wind promptly informed that this must be mischief of some naughty stranger or passerby.
Another latest instance is the plot for Padma-Vilas opposite OJAS and besides Kubera Bahar as below:
No one can now imagine or bothers to ponder over who lived in the fields, what they did, etc.
Q: So why is an earthworm called the friend of a farmer ?
A: Because the farmer works alone in the fields all day and the worm gossips with him, thats why...
Good joke, but they have both gone. I can't bring the farmers back but certainly could pull a few worms off the Mula river bed near under rajaram bridge in June 2008.
They are happily living in the 3'x3' pit that I made for them exclusively and fed with all the bio-waste generated in my home.
They have now grown into a joint-family of few hundred worms and creating rich manure.
A testimony to this was a sapling which grew out of the mango seeds that I also dumped as part of the bio-waste last year into their home.
I planted the 2-leaf mango sapling behind the Ganesh temple in Whispering Wind in July 2008 and by May 2009 it had steadly developed almost a dozen leaves and grew over a feet tall.
I planted the 2-leaf mango sapling behind the Ganesh temple in Whispering Wind in July 2008 and by May 2009 it had steadly developed almost a dozen leaves and grew over a feet tall.
In June 2009 I discovered that all but the stem remained. The utterly lax security of Whispering Wind promptly informed that this must be mischief of some naughty stranger or passerby.
Loss of a sapling is only the tip of iceberg with many more thefts reported in the past one year.
This year again 3 new mango saplings have grown - a gift from my worms.
In essence, here is what we have done to mother earth:
(a) Destroyed a natural eco-system that was self-sustaining and self-governing.
This year again 3 new mango saplings have grown - a gift from my worms.
I will plant these again - one in the same place and the rest elsewhere, probably outside the premises of Whispering Wind where they are not at the mercy of naughty passer byes or the ridiculous security.
In essence, here is what we have done to mother earth:
(a) Destroyed a natural eco-system that was self-sustaining and self-governing.
(b) Built a man-made system i.e. buildings and more buildings, which niether are able to sustain itself not govern or manage itself like security, builders, housekeeping, etc.
The gist of the story - Its time to start giving back to mother earth is now !!!
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