People’s Green Award – Simple Voting

by May 24, 2012 Environment

PNLIT is delighted to tell you that it has been shortlisted for the People’s Green Award instituted as part of the TCS World 10K. Public voting and Jury assessment will together decide the final three winners.  

PNLIT is a local people’s initiative to tackle the problem of dying lakes and water shortage through public participation. We were instrumental in getting the Puttenahalli Lake restored and are the first citizens’ group in Bangalore to officially maintain a lake. 

We work within a very tight budget from donations made mostly by individual well wishers. 
The People’s Green Award will help us get some financial support and also encourage others to take up lake restoration in their neighbourhood. Together we can save more lakes, thus prevent garbage/sewage dumping and avert the impending water crisis and water pollution in our city.  

We appeal to you to please vote for us. VOTING IS SIMPLE. No form to be filled, no Captcha to be deciphered! JUST 3 STEPS
> Click on this link http://www.procamrunning.in/tcsworld10k/green_star.php#MyAnchor
> Choose PNLIT
> Enter your name and email id. Click on Submit to register your vote. 
Voting closes towards the end of June but do not wait. VOTE NOW!

Please help us win by forwarding this mail to all your relatives, friends and colleagues.  For more information about PNLIT, please visit our website.  

Many thanks.

⊕

Sections:

About Usha Rajagopalan

The author is a trustee of PNLIT.
Read more by Usha Rajagopalan

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Similar Story

As cities heat up, traditional South Indian homes give a blueprint to cool down

by August 22, 2026 Environment
This Madras Day, experts suggest elements and tips for cooling from Chennai’s traditional homes that have survived the test of time.

Imagine this: the electricity zaps off at noon during summer, and the air conditioning switches off. The sweat begins trickling down your back, and the hot air envelops your room. In these situations, Abirami DM and her family sit near the courtyard of their traditional home in Chintadripet, as the breeze filters in. This two-storey home, which has witnessed six generations of Abirami’s family, is built with materials like red oxide flooring and mud walls. “I grew up here, so I couldn’t find the difference in terms of heat until my maternal side of the family moved from a traditional…

Continue reading

Similar Story

Building on a floodplain: Why residents and experts are warning against Chennai’s Sports City

by August 4, 2026 Environment
The ₹261-crore project, being built on a wetland basin could worsen monsoon flooding for hundreds of Chennai residents.

For Dhanasekaran, a resident of Ezhilmuga Nagar, an area adjacent to the proposed Global Sports City project site, the vast stretch of land in Semmencheri is more than an empty plot waiting to be developed. Every monsoon, he watches it transform into a sheet of water, carrying runoff from surrounding neighbourhoods towards the Pallikaranai Marshland. "We are the poorvakudi (original inhabitants) of this place. Even though we were relocated here years ago, this has become our home," says Dhanasekaran, standing beside the 112-acre site where the project is set to come up. "Officials may not know how much water will…

Continue reading