[sustran] Fw: [sustran] FW: CE News - Busses and Trucks in Birgunj Using Kerosene instead of Diesel

kisan mehta kisansbc at vsnl.com
Thu Nov 15 10:53:25 JST 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: kisan mehta <kisansbc at vsnl.com>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>; <cen at mos.com.np>;
<chautari at mos.com.np>
Cc: <hjk at rincon.net> ; <priya_salvi at yahoo.com> ;
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7.00 AM
Subject: Re: [sustran] FW: CE News - Busses and Trucks in Birgunj Using
Kerosene instead of Diesel


> Dear Bhushan Tuladhar, Anil K. Raut, and Bimal Aryal
> of Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) and Martin Chautari (MC)
> aswell as Paul and Sustran Colleagues,
>
> Mr Paul Barter of the Sustran, of which we are members,
> circulated the article `Busses and Trucks in Birgunj Using
> Kerosene instead of Diesel' from Nepal Clean Energy
> News e-newsletter and that is how we came to know
> about the useful work being done by you all.
>
> I feel sorry that the government does not take any
action to stop the use of kerosene as fuel though this
affects the environment to a great extent.   It is
observed that the people in power and bureaucrats
continue to work at their sweet will and do not worry
about what happens to the community.  Nepal lying in
the lap of the Himalaya, eternal source of the basic
needs of the man in the Indian Sub-continent and
temperature sink for the world, and its people have
a duty to protect the environment.
>
> We are interested in all sources of energy- not
only fossil power- but all that the nature including Sun
and Wind provides to sustain life on this globe. We
observe from the contents that the same newsletter
contains an article on the progress of solar energy.
Our colleagues, listed below, are interested in
receiving the Newsletter regularly.
>
> Mr Kisan Mehta  kisansbc at vsnl.com
> Mr Harshad Kamdar hjk at rincon.net
> Ms Priya Salvi    priya_salvi at yahoo.com
>
> We all are interested in the sustainable transport
that is affordable in the poor (euphetically described
as developing) countries.
>
> Priya specialises at the same time in the management
of solid waste, The Save Bombay Committee has
developed Integrated Solid Waste Management
Programme aimed at 100% reutilisation of waste
and obtaining zero waste condition.  She promotes
this concept to obtain clean conditions in human
settlements.  This condition is all the more
indispensible in the mountaineous regions where
tourist influx poses insurmountable problems. We
had read that great effort is being done to clear the
Everest region of waste left behind. We can
imagine the magnitude of problem however thought
measures being applied were not in the best
interests of the world and the nations around.
>
> Mr Harshad Kamdar specialises in the application
of the Sun to reduce dependence on the earth's
finite resources.   In the mountaineous terrains,
grid supply is difficult to reach every where. Again
the use of the natural gift of undulating terrains for
generating  hydro-electric power for selling to
other nations to earn money is a shortsighted policy.
Poor countries like Nepal and India are tempted to
stoop[ to any level resort anything for money
which has become the only consideration in this
world of globalisation being imposed by the rich.
As Schumacher visualised in his classic book
`Small is Beautiful'. Solar power releases the poor
from the dependence on centralised power.
>
> Brick making has become the most serious
challenge to food security.  Brick makers use top
soil, an irreplacable resource. This has to be
opposed not only for kiln project. Best wishes.
>
> Kisan Mehta, Harshad Kamdar and Priya Salvi
> Save Bombay Committee
> 620 Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar East,
> Mumbai 400 014
> Tel: 00 91 22 414 9688
> Fax:00 91 22 415 5536
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Barter <geobpa at nus.edu.sg>
> To: <sustran-discuss at jca.apc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:04 AM
> Subject: [sustran] FW: CE News - Busses and Trucks in Birgunj Using
Kerosene
> instead of Diesel
>
>
> > Forwarded item from the Nepal Clean Energy News e-newsletter.
> >
>
>



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