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Various places, where the street plays were enacted
include Churchgate, Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus,
Horniman Circle , Bandra, Andheri etc. A huge crowd
gathered at all the places, where the plays were
organized. The first play started at 10 am at Gateway
of India.
According to Harinakshi Desai, Environment Officer at
The Orchid, the whole exercise was a part of The
Orchid's community initiative programme. "We have
launched a water conservation and awareness programme
on the occasion of World Water Day and our campaign is
primarily focussed on making people aware of the
importance of conserving water," she said.
Explaining about the reason of using plays as a medium
to educate and aware people about water conservation
she pointed out, "street plays were chosen as the
medium because it not only reaches the common man, but
conveys the message and information in an entertaining
manner as well as in an easily understandable
language.".
Highlighting the recently published UN report she
said, " According to a report, potential water
availability for the Earth's population is decreasing
from 12.9 to 7.6 thousand cubic metres per year per
person." "Moreover the report also predicts that by
2025 most of the Earth's population will be living
under the conditions of low or catastrophically low
water supply" she added.
What we are trying is to educate people about small
matters, which may look insignificant, but are of
utmost importance, she said adding not many people are
aware of the fact that by turning off the tap while
shaving or brushing, one can save about 4 litres of
water in a minute's time or by plugging a leak that
fills a coffee cup in ten minutes can save a
staggering 11,340 litres in a year.
Meanwhile The Orchid has been undertaking water
conservation measures right since its inception. As a
result it consumes only 378.6 litres per day per room
against 1,018.5 litres it used to consume in 1997. A
5-star hotel, on the other hand, consumes 1000 to 1200
litres per day per room on an average..
  
The Orchid To Initiate Water Conservation and
Awareness Programme
on World Water Day
On the occasion of World Water Day, The Orchid, Asia's
first certified environment friendly 5-star hotel will
launch a water conservation and awareness programme
through a series of interactive plays. The plays,
titled THE BATTLE OF PANI is organized by
Naujawan-e-Hind and will be performed at ten key
centers across the city.
"At The Orchid we believe that Water is one of the
earth's most precious resources and vital to life. We
have tried to put this theory into practice by taking
special care to conserve this resource by employing
carefully planned techniques," said Harinakshi Desai,
environment officer at The Orchid.
"And now on the occasion of World Water Day, we want
to extend our commitment and promote water
conservation on a community level," she added.
The Battle of Pani will be staged in the following
order
10:00 am at Gateway of India
10:45 am at Hutatma Chowk
11:30 am at Churchgate (Nr Croissants)
12:15 pm at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) (Nr the
A H Wheeler Book Stall)
01:00 pm at Masjid Bunder (Kurla Street)
02:30 pm at Bandra (West) (outside the Station)
02:30 pm at Bandra (East) (Behrampada)
03:30 pm at Andheri (West) (outside the station)
03:30 pm at Andheri (East) (Nr Shandar restaurant)
04:30 pm at Juhu Beach
"We wish to educate people on small simple matters
that will lead to vast conservation. A small leak that
fills a coffee cup in 10 minutes wastes a staggering
11,340 litres of water a year. It is on things like
plugging leaks and turning off the tap while shaving
or brushing, that we want to concentrate our campaign
on," stated Harinakshi Desai.
According to her, the play will be entertaining,
educative and informative. She further added that The
Orchid is working on more such programmes as the Hotel
is involved in a number of initiative that involve the
community. In one such initiative, The Orchid had
initiated school children to collect over 750 kgs of
plastic bags (of less than 20 microns). She said that
more such community programmes will be pursued in the
future too .
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