• A first of its kind, digital water quality map for Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon was launched on this day. The map is a compilation of the extensive data collected by our army of children by regular water quality monitoring under CLEAN-Delhi since 1996. With a click of a mouse one can now find the quality of water (both Delhi Jal Board and Ground water quality) for a particular area.

• Open Parliament: Here the students addressed the panel of experts with their experiences and findings. The issues dealt during the open parliament were – drinking water quality and the trees under threat in the city.

One major activity of CLEAN-Delhi has been the seasonal monitoring of drinking water quality. During the open parliament session, the students made presentation covering the process of water quality monitoring, their findings and initiatives taken by them in spreading awareness among communities. They also mentioned some of the actions taken up by them such as distribution of Chlorine tablets and setting up of JAL-Tara Slow Sand Filteration system. The discussions raised issues like: when children find certain problems with regards to its quality and other technical problems, whom should they address and complain to and what are the remedial measures that the Government would take.

The panelists Dr.Dilip Biswas, Mr.Mehendiratta and officials from Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Ground Water board answered the children’s questions. DJB and DGWB officials assured full support and took personal responsibility of looking into the matter.

CLEAN-India students have been doing their bit of increasing the green cover by planting and nurturing trees and plants in their schools and homes. They have also been taken for tree walks and have undertaken tree surveys. In their presentation in the Open Parliament, students reported that their investigations revealed that many roadside trees in Delhi are either dying or battling for their survival due to the rampant tiling and unnecessary concretisation of pavements, central verges etc. The students also talked about the other avoidable threats the trees are frequently subjected to like the non removal of tree guards on time, nailing of hoardings and advertisements on trees, frequent digging near the tree roots by various agencies, burning leaves / waste under them, etc. The children also presented the initiatives taken by them - Detiling, removal of tree guards and nailed advertisements in some areas like Vasant Kunj, Saket, R.K.Puram etc.

The panellists Mr.Yogesh, Dy.Conservator of Forests, Mr.D.P.Singh, Director of Horticulture of MCD, Mr.Sharma and Mr.N. Ahmed, Directors of Horticulture of NDMC and Mrs.Khullar responded to the queries. Mrs.Khullar assured the children that the Tree Helpline team would assist in providing saplings, know-how on tree care, respond to queries and complaints. Mr. Yogesh informed the children that any crime against trees should be reported to tree officers who would, in turn, take necessary action.

• Presentation by CLEAN-India centres on the initiatives and activities taken up by the CLEAN-India centres at different cities under the programme
  

• Award presentation to encourage the efforts made by the children and for their achievements and for teachers for their initiatives in motivating their students. Gifts and prizes also consisted of eco-friendly items like recycled paper products, jute bags and solar calculators. Montfort Sr. Sec. School, Ashok Vihar was awarded the CLEAN-Delhi rolling trophy for the year and receives Videos on environment as prize.

• Nutritious lunch in environmentally friendly packs and traditional cold drinks were served to all.

• Post Lunch students were divided in groups and attended interactive enrichment workshops on diverse topics like Toys from Waste, Toxic Wastes in our Lives, Food Adulteration, Bio Diversity, Urban Tree Scenario, Traditional Rain Water Harvesting and Paper Craft. These were conducted by eminent experts in their respective fields.