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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
ON
“Spreading awareness to protect River Yamuna from dying”

Submitted by:
Priya Sharma
Registration Number
12110762

In partial fulfillment for the requirements of the award of the degree of

“B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering”

“School of Computer Science and Engineering”

Lovely Professional University

Phagwara, Punjab.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my project guide
Mr. Aryan Agnihotri (Vairamani Foundation) as well as our University
which gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful Community
Development Project on the topic “Spreading awareness to protect River
Yamuna from dying” which also encouraged me in doing a lot of
research and I came to know about so many new things I am thankful to
them.
I would also like to thank my parents and my fellow friends who helped
me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time period.

Date: 9 July 2022

Name: Priya Sharma
Registration No.: 12110762
Roll No.: RK21ZNA30

About the NGO

Vairamani is a Non-Government Organization, that looks after the
welfare of people and helps them in the fields of healthcare, medical and
education providing help to those in need, and whatever way possible and
thus helping countless people who are deprived of basic amenities.
Vairamani believes in social welfare of animals too, and hence they take
steps to ensure welfare of stray animals and animals in need.
Vairamani believes in social wellbeing of humans and animals in all the
sectors including education health care and awareness we raise our voice
as well as act to help end to upload uphold social wellbeing.

Introduction
The Community Development Project that I have been working on since

June 1,2022 under the guidance of an NGO (Vairamani Foundation) on

this topic was basically all about spreading social awareness through

social media about the ways how we can protect the holy river Yamuna

and aware the people of NCT of Delhi on individual level from getting

polluted and unsafe for the survival of aquatic and marine animals. The

NGO provided me with the best platform to share my views through my

blog.
The main objective of NGO is to provide food to stray animals and

adopting a green and clean environment by planting trees and feeding the

stray animals and taking care of them and providing them medical

facilities. The NGO also has started the fundraiser program in which

people are requested to donate on humanitarian grounds. A few official

meetings were held during the volunteering periods.

Problem Identification and the Cause of the Problem

I am a local resident of Delhi NCR and 70% of the water supply at our
homes basically depends on the water of River Yamuna and canals
emerging from it. The condition of pollution in River Yamuna has
worsen over the last few years. Delhi being a land locked state depends
on water from the neighboring states to supply its needs. With the section
of Yamuna that flows through the city being clogged, contaminated,
polluted and drying up which is being impossible to fulfill the daily
demand for water for an estimated population of Delhi.

Cause of the Problem:

Delhi is the largest city located in the bank of river Yamuna, and solely
responsible for contributing 80% of the total waste of Yamuna. Basically,
the main causes of deteriorating quality of water supply in Delhi are the
untreated sewage, industrial effluents and other chemicals increasing the
phosphate content in the water leading to the formation of froth. Other
factors like lead idol immersion made up of lead, POP and chrome paints,
things like polythene bags, metal polishes, decorating items are also a
contributing factor.

Objective to be achieved
The main objectives to be achieved during the volunteering period of
Community Development Project are enlisted below:
 To spread awareness: The main objective of this project is to
spread the awareness among the people of the various issues being
faced by the community which is also a cause of hinderation in its
growth.

 To plant trees: The NGO solely aims to achieve a green and clean
environment by planting trees in our surroundings on individual
levels.

 To feed stray animals: Providing food and given task to feed the
stray animals in our locality and societies.

 Fundraiser: The NGO inclines themselves towards donations

made by people. We were given tasks to collect the funds by
sharing poster on social media platforms.
Various Steps taken to achieve the objectives
The various steps that were taken to achieve the above objectives were
mainly done by the group as well as on individual level by the
volunteers.
As the CDP started, our Project manager had arranged various
meetings through the platform Google Meet. As most of the volunteers
were from different cities and states, so this was one of the best ways
to stay connected and work on our projects.
On the 1st week of CDP, we all were given tasks to do some research and
identify the issues that the communities are going through at present
time. So, basically the thought of spreading awareness on cleaning and
protecting River Yamuna came into my mind when I was travelling from
Punjab to New Delhi, while returning from the station I encountered river
and realized the condition that has worsen over few years. After returning
back to home, I saw some news that the water supply will be disturbed in
few areas like Okhla, Wazirabad, North Delhi, Northwest Delhi,
West Delhi, and parts of South Delhi including Delhi Cantt.
The worsen condition of River Yamuna was due to the contaminated
water and the extreme global warming which led to the drying of the
lands near the river. The vegetation around that has been affected. The

aquatic animals were dying.

Contaminated River Yamuna in Haryana Dry lands near Yamuna banks

After the research was done, I wrote my thoughts on my blog post which
were then posted on different social media handles by volunteers enrolled
in social media marketing group. Different groups were made to discuss
Blogs, posters, video edits and share them on social media to spread
awareness.
Eventually, the other objective of Community Development Project was
to plant more and more trees in our homes, balcony, garden, terrace or
outside our homes. I bought some saplings, some vegetables seeds and
some flower plants on my terrace and took care of those plants and water
them on daily basis. I looked after if there is any bug or insect affecting
the growth of plants. I took some pictures and shared them on my social
medias and wrote some thoughts to spread the awareness to plant trees. I
asked my mother to take photos of me while the process of planting trees
and everything. Here are a few images.
Bottle gourd (ghia, lauki) Bitter gourd(karela)

The most amazing thing about this whole process was the production of
vermicompost that was made using the vegetable peels, dried leaves
papers, rotten vegetables, fruits and used tea leaves. Here is the image.
Organic compost made by kitchen wastes.

One of the major objectives of the Foundation is to feed the stray animals
or any animal looking around for food. Usually, whenever there is some
leftover food at my home, I give it to cows. To achieve this objective, I,
with my few friends and siblings went outside to the rural area and
bought some biscuits, rusks, packets of milk and some rotis to feed the
stray dogs and honestly that was the best feeling to feed some hungry
animals. Even those animals seemed so happy that they started playing
with us. I also clicked some pictures while feeding them.
The Vairamani Foundation profoundly works on the funds that it receives
from the donation by the people from different places. The amount of
money that they receive they use them for various humanitarian purposes
including buying food for stray animals. I shared a fundraiser poster on
my social media accounts to collect donations for this purpose. I also
donated some money from my side.
Moreover, Vairamani Foundation does not aim to work on any specific

project, it aims to work on development of all sectors viz environmental,

social, educational, health related that too from wherever you are because
small changes make a big difference.

Effectiveness of the Project

Vision and capacity have become virtual buzzwords in the nonprofit
field. Even a small change done on individual level can lead to some big
changes in the community. No matter where you are, it just takes some
time and dedication to support the community. This community
development project was the best way to contribute to the society. Here
are a few key points mentioned: -
1.Open Communication: Throughout this Community Development
Project we had an amazing communication among the volunteers and the
people that we met randomly during the research.

2. Social awareness: The main motto of this community development

project was to spread the awareness which I did through writing my blogs
and sharing them on my social media handles as well as those were
shared on Vairamani’s accounts.

3. Fund Collection: During this whole project, a good amount of

donation was collected by the volunteers for good purposes.

4. Nurtured the environment: Planting trees and taking care of them also
uplifts our mood and these days when fresh air is not available for
everyone these plants provide us fresh air as well as some beautiful
flowers and fruits.

Conclusion
“As the term implies, Community Development means the development
of Indian Community. The development is bought about by stimulative,
encouraging, aiding and assisting the people in improving their standards
of living. Use of any available resources already developed by any
predecessor or the community people. Community development is a
wholesome approach to community problems and cannot be inclined to
one line of argument. Due to the interdependency of community
development system, borrowing from other disciplines is inevitable
preempting the reason why community development cannot have just a
single approach. It should be open-ended to allow for freedom of
participatory as well as involving the doctrines of human society.
It also gave me the opportunity to interact with a lot of new people. I had
so much fun during the whole CDP. I got to learn so much from this
project. Our different social identities and the social groups we belong to
determine our inclusion within society and, by extension, our
vulnerability to any issues.

Through this community development project, I was able to spread

awareness to the society and the face that it is never completed because it
is an ongoing process and its history predates the written word, because
as long as there have been communities of human, those humans have
come together to try to make their communities better.

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