I fully endorse Prof Raja's view on the matter and will also be very happy to join in in this effort to bring about positive changes.
Best------
Gautam Sengupta
Professor
Center for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies, and
Center for Neural & Cognitive Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad 500046 India
Gautam Sengupta
Professor
Center for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies, and
Center for Neural & Cognitive Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad 500046 India
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Prof. A. V. Raja <avraja@uohyd.ac.in> wrote:
I am Happy to see that finally CIVIL SOCIETY has taken matters in their hands. There are many more matters that need to be addressed. Let us keep up the pressure. I will be willing to join in in this effort. This is the ONLY way that we can prevail.Regards,Raja--On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Prof. R. Siva Prasad <sivaprasad53@uohyd.ac.in> wrote:Awakened campus residents (students, teaching and non-teaching members) can ensure that our campus can be a wonderful place to live with prudent usage of scarce resources (water and electricity), and better sanitary conditions. I am glad that these issues are raised by some of you. I don't think you should call yourself as 'disgruntled', instead you are an 'alert and concerned' student. My Kudos to you all.With warm regards,With warm regards,Dr. R. Siva PrasadProfessor,
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Mobile: 91-9848497665On 11 November 2015 at 16:27, ramachandra raju bh <bhsriram@uohyd.ac.in> wrote:Mr. Engineer,Adding to the issue raised...
Th
e following pictureis a scene from the F&G hostel mess, many nights we keep hearing roaring sounds of water overflowing for extended times.
I just went to check the place and found that this was the filthy water inundated scene right outside the mess windows.Two things to be noted here:
- Health and Sanitation
Water Loss: The water wastage from the tanks above seems to be so chronic that the whole area seems to have turned into a swamp.When it overflows, water here is just gushing out of (I think) a 2inch pipe with immense force. Forget three liters per a minute, this could, in all probability be three liters per second kind of a thing. Sorry I am not a technical person to evaluate the issue. But yes, the scene in the picture should tell you the gravity of the situation.Health and Sanitation: This swamp so created, right outside the mess windows, is a health hazard and a breeding grounds for the disease. One can strongly smell food decomposition here. If you notice in the pictures, it is sad to see that neither the people that run the kitchen nor the people responsible for the infrastructure seem to be bothered by the issue. They just close the doors and do business like an ostrich with its head int he sand.
I am anew student on campus, this place is a mystical labyrinth for any new student to reasonably understand what works where and how.is not just an engineer's failure, but an overall
This specific issue about I am raising,'Left hand doesn't know what the right is doing' kind f a thing.-Another disgruntled student
On 11-Nov-2015 8:42 am, "raja debashis" <raja.deb001@gmail.com> wrote:Great work Mr. Mohan, and well presented.
Raja Debashis.
Research Scholar
SMS, UoH.On 10-Nov-2015 2:54 pm, "Mohan K. Pillai" <mohan@uohyd.ac.in> wrote:----Dear Mr University Engineer,Have you heard of float valves? They cost Rs 100-200 and are available at most hardware stores. It takes a plumber less than 10 minutes to install one. They are used to prevent overflow in water tanks.Now why do I ask? Because of this phenomena that I have been observing over the last one month-
This is a daily scene from K hostel. Water overflows from tanks like this for 2-4 hours. Now how much water is that?1 litre per three seconds. (yes, we measured. Thrice, and took an average, rounded to the nearest half-second).Which is 20 litres per minute. 1200 litres per hour. Which is 4800 litres per day (assuming that this happens only for 4 hours a day, sometimes it is more).One month, and numerous complaints later, water continues to flow. In fact, it continues to flow not just here, but in I hostel (has been quotidian since at least a year now), and several other places on campus. (no, we did not write a letter, but does the university administration need us to get a letter signed by 500 people, submit it in quadruplicate with a Rs 20 SBI challan, and sit on a hunger strike before people get up from their bureaucratic bottoms and fix float valves?)Do you realise that this continues to happen when drought has been declared in five states already in our country? 40% of districts in India has received deficient rainfall this year. Our own Telangana has received 20% decreased rainfall. Crops are failing, farmers are committing suicide, and our university prefers to waste thousands of litres of water every day.Please, get a few float valves and fix these tanks. Let us stop wasting so much water apathetically.And while you are at it, please note than phenomena such as these-
caused by approaches such as these-
tend to beat the entire point of water purification, and leaves students in these hostels wondering about that weird algal taste in the water they drink. What are you waiting for? An outbreak of Legionnaires disease?(this photo is from the K hostel water purifier on the roof. Three months and numerous complaints later.)Yours sincerely,A disgruntled student.
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