Trees are lungs for any city & more important in cities like Mumbai which is a cement forest now. Lack of green area may cause many problem like environmental disorder & serious breathing problem. Lack of fresh air ay hit not only old people, young generation but small kids.
Delhi My Delhi-Story of Lal Kot is 3rd story in this series. Lal Kot which was renamed as Qila Rai Pithor by Prithviraj was last Hindu City in Delhi. Prithviraj was defeated by Mohd Gori. Prithviraj killed Gori in most daring act.
Yudhishtir was a wise & noble king. He made trade route safe & comfortable right from Gandhar to Indraprastha. He got trees planted along the route & made many dharmshaals(Inns) for their stay. (The same trade route was repaired by Ashoka & extended up to Bangal.) Thus Yudhistir became darling to these traders & Indrapartha earn so much tax from them that the general public had to pay nothing.
A long ago, say 5000-6000 years ago, Delhi had no civilized society. It was full of dense forest where lived outlaws driven out by mighty Hastinapur kingdom. It was full of dangerous animals & poisonous snakes lead by Takshak, the Naga Headman. Delhi side had a ridge, a branch of Alavali hills, known as Bhojla Pahadi which was safe abode for western traders going to Hastinapur, Magadh and other kingdoms during monsoon period. These traders used to enter India & reach Delhi Yamuna bank before monsoon starts in Northern India after crossing five might rivers in north. In monsoon, Yamuna used to have so much water that it was impossible to cross it, so they used to rest here during rainy season and cross Yanuma by boat when her water used to recede. But during their stay at Bhojla Pahadi, local outlaws used to attack them thus looting & killing them more often than not. There was no one to provide them safety. In this back drop, story of Indraprastha starts.
If Modi government shows it political will to arrest this Builder Mafia then & only then Modi may hope to march towards his goal of 2022. However there is little hope that any government will do anything against these Mafia because Builders Mafia Money is nothing but actually black money of Big-Big Government officers + Big & Small Politicians backed by Land Mafia group. We all know that “None cares for Campa Cola compound type cases”
And in case it is only the Sherlock in me which is imagining a clever plot, then I request the government to ensure that these children get admission in government schools without facing any hassles or humiliation. The families of these kids cannot afford private education and that is why they come to schools like ours, where they somehow save every drop out of their buckets to pay us Rs 300 – 400 each month. If the government does not want us to help them with fulfilling what is actually their duty, of imparting free education to every child, then they need to take a good look at themselves and clean up their system.
Some experts working in the field of education even go on to say that RTE is actually a planned conspiracy against low and middle income people. People like RC Jain, who have been associated with the education industry since years and who have been vociferously fighting against the policies of the Government go to the extent of saying that “Paramatma will never forgive Congress for the injustice it has committed towards children through bringing RTE.”