DETAILS OF BEST PRACTICES

 

“SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAY”

(FITNESS FOR ALL)

 

Objectives of the practice:

 

· To improve the health status and level of fitness of the inmates of the college and the

neighborhood community through an effective Physical fitness programme.

· To offer a variety of exercises to encourage general fitness in all walks of life.

· To recommend the necessary nutrients to meet the needs of Physical and

Cognitive growth and development.

· To educate on the techniques of maintaining good health.

· To promote physical, psychological and social wellbeing.

 

The Context:

 

We all know that healthy mind lies in a healthy body. In today’s world “Health Consciousness” is essential. Man can live better & peaceful life only by doing physical exercises. Today, new and new diseases are emerging and have made big harm to man’s body, be it children or the elderly. Man’s life has become dependent on medicines. How sad it is that man has time to do the service of technical gadgets like smart Phones, electronic vehicles and use of electric equipment & appliances but he does not have time to take care of his valuable body. In such circumstances physical fitness, yoga and recreative activities are much significant for healthy growth and development. A health conscious man can live better mental, social, emotional and spiritual life. The college takes utmost care to create awareness among the faculty, the students and the community about their wellness.

 

The Practice:

 

The sports and infrastructural facilities of the college are provided as a platform for the physical and well-being of the inmates of the campus and the neighborhood. The College Administration is benevolent to open the facilities to anyone in need, be it public, the staff of the institution or the students. The Physical Education Department has devised some free health and wellness oriented plans for the employees, students and the community in the neighborhood of the college. Community people who utilize the campus facilities range from children to elderly who visit the campus. In order to reduce the stress of the staff members in the college, the college administration inspires the teaching and non-teaching faculty to play games in the college campus using its sports infrastructure available either in the early hours or in the evening. Most preferred games by the teaching and nonteaching faculty are the Carom-Board, Chess, Badminton, Cricket, Volley- Ball, Table-Tennis and Athletics etc. Competitions are conducted for the faculty at the end of each Semester and they are honored by prizes. A good number of teachers utilize the sports facilities to relax their body and mind. Practices are indeed done with a sense of commitment to maintain a good health and also to have some fun around. Students and Teachers practice together. This makes the teachers feel young and energetic and also to create a good rapport. This practice creates a feeling of togetherness and motivates the students psychologically too. The Sports Facilities are also open to the public and same is used by them in large number. It mostly used in the early hours of the day. Our Physical Education Professors are always available to provide tips/advises for various activities. The Kabaddi Ground and Boxing Ring and the Play Ground (multipurpose) are open to tournaments conducted by external agencies, associations etc. The ground is open to the public without any restriction for morning and evening walk. It is also used by children to play games of their choice and the teens to practice football and 

2. Title of the Practice:

 

Save Water, Save Life.”

 

Objectives of the practice:

· To meet the increasing demand of water.

· To reduce the run-off which chokes the drain?

· To raise the underground water table.

· To reduce groundwater pollution etc.

· To save the water that falls down on earth in the form of rain.

· To eradicate "water shortage" during the summer season.

· Construction & Maintenance Plan alongwith rainwater harvesting plan, it will avoid the

huge loss caused due to erosion which is caused by runoffs.

· To avoid the adverse effect caused by the flood during the "rainy season" because of

improper storage of rainwater.

· To ensure continuous water supply for our students and laboratories.

· To fulfill the need of water supply to faculty residing in the Campus.

 

 

The Context:

Water scarcity is serious problem throughout the world for both urban & rural community.

Urbanization, industrial development & increase in agricultural field & production have resulted in overexploitation of groundwater & surface water resources and resultant deterioration in water quality. The conventional water sources namely well, river and reservoirs, etc. are inadequate to fulfill water demand due to unbalanced rainfall. While the rainwater harvesting system investigate a new water source. As man became more and more dependent on technology, he moved away from nature and, perhaps, ignored the value of natural resources. In his march towards power, he forgot to save the precious water which is another name for life. The supply of fresh water, in this planet, cannot be increased. So an alternative method must be sought for. One such method is harvesting rainwater. The aim to use rainwater and thus taking close to the concept of nature conservation. The Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting (RRWH) system is working as an alternative source of water at campus of MNS Government College Bhiwani. We are maintaining rainwater harvesting system from rooftop catchment area of 3 Teaching Blocks. The outcome of the practice shows that the present RRWH system is having the storage capacity 400000 liters of water in tanks. The system satisfies the numerous water requirements of the institution in many ways.

The Practice:

We have installed a RRWH system at Rooftop Area of our Three Teaching Blocks. Four major

components of the system are:–

1. Roof of about 80000 sq. meters area.

2. Down pipe connecting the roof and filter

3. Rainy filter that screens all dust particles.

4. Underground four storage tanks of 100000 Liter capacities each.

 

The rainwater that is collected in the underground storage tanks is pumped back to a separate overhead tank placed on the roof. Toilet flush tanks in all toilets have exclusive connection to this storage tank, apart from the taps located in the laboratories and wash-basins in the teaching blocks. In addition, the storage tanks have connections to supply the rainwater for nurturing our trees and plants which are precious assets of our nature and Institution. Though our institution has municipal water supply connection with sufficient water supply, yet our intention remains to avoid using such high- quality treated water meant for drinking purposes for non-consumptive applications requiring lower quality of water such as flushing toilets, cleaning utensils, watering the plants etc. A pipe (suction pipe for the pump-set) is inserted to the bottom of the storage tank (few inches above the bottom of the tank) for pumping the water to the over-head tank located on the roof. However, pumping is done from a level few inches above the bottom of tank, but we observed some dust particles settling at the bottom of the storage tanks most of these particles flock together and do not move with water pumped to the over-head tank. We manually clean the dust particles and mud of storage tanks keeping in mind hygiene and cleanliness.

 

Evidence of success

The Practice has been implemented to cater the daily needs of water supply at various units of the institution. All that adverse has been changed after the setting up with the RRWH System in the institution. The demand/ complaints of students and faculty members related to water- issues have been minimised /overcomed. The Institution has a rich infrastructure of playgrounds, lawns, gardens, trees and plants. As the Rainwater frees essential elements in the soil for plants to thrive, with rainwater soaking the soil, the nutrients and minerals present inside are freed so that the roots can easily absorb them and enable the fast growth. Consequently, we are able to preserve our rich culture of green-campus through this alternative source of water-conservation i.e. RRWH system.

Problems encountered

Sometimes, it happens that there is little or no rainfall for a long period, it becomes difficult for us to manage water resources/reservoirs, and still we try to manage accordingly. Sometime we encounter the problems of “birds & trees droppings” on the rooftops which  equires cleanings and maintenance of the roofs at a regular interval of time causing recurring expenditures.

The Best Practice: “Save Water, Save Life.”


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