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10000 MW Renewable Energy Generation Campaign

Here is a nice grassroots cooperative movement to pool resources and generate renewable energy.

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Fire safety norms for city high-rises

Here is a useful article from Citizen Matters, Bangalore.

With April 15th being the last date to file fire safety compliance details of high-rises, Citizen Matters tells you the fire safety rules you need to follow.

India's diminishing groundwater

Just wanted to share some article on the water crisis to come:

http://is.gd/9i4Ti

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Why should you takeover the maintenance of your block?

A dilemma many blocks have is whether to take over the maintenance of their block or to let KHB manage it.  It may be a moot point since eventually all blocks will have to look after themselves.

In my view, the faster you take charge the better. Here are just a few glimpses of what can be done if you are in charge.

Maintain a nice garden:

Now comes the really hard part

Yes, setting up a community site does take a bit of effort. But that's the easy part. The really difficult thing is how to get the community to start actively participate. If you think this site is a good idea and will benefit everyone, there are a few actions you can take to make this this a success (from easy to hard):

Why the migration from Ning to Drupal?

Were you wondering whatever happened to the newly minted NGV community at Ning? Since past week or more, I have been researching on how to create a better site than the Ning one. Since we don't have many members yet, I thought it would be better to get the site in proper shape before we invited more members.