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architect sanjay udamale enters the kaala talao project area.....
bhaaji le lo..... taazi taazi bhaaji...bhindi 60 rs./kilo aur lauki 50 rs./kilo
kaaheka ache hua?!?! jab se kaala talao bana pokhran talao ka panni sookh gaya.... kitni bimaariya fael rahi hai illake mein... kooda kachara!! chee!!!... chal ab bhaaji de...
kaala talao ke udhaar ke vajah se mahengai !? kuch thik nahe lag raha hai? chalo old kalyan ki taraf chala jaaye... agga bai itna mehanga bhaaji??...jab se yeh kaala talao ka udhaar hua hai,tum sab logo ne apna bhaav bhi chada diya hai.
kya bai... abhi sab mehenga ho gaya hai... aur abhi yeh kala talao bana, toh app sab logon ka bhi toh achcha hi hua na....
hAAN BETA BAITHO ABHI BANAYE DETA HOON
THIS KID LOOKS LIKE A RESIDENT OF OLD KALYAN TOWN.. HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME INFORMATION ABoUT WADAS
EK CHAI DENA BHAIYA
RAMU KAKA... EK CUTTING CHAI MALAI MAARKE
HI KID...MEIN SANJAY UDAMALE HOON. I’M AN ARCHI TECT... KYA TUM ISSI ILAKE KE REHNE WAALE HO? YES SIR... I LIVE IN ONE OF THE WADAS IN OLD TOWN MAYBE THEN YOU KALYAN COULD TAKE ME ON A WALK AROUND THE TOWN AND TELL ME A FEW THINGS DEFINITELY, CHALIYE
THE WADAS WERE BUILT BY THE PESHWAS IN THE 19TH CENTURY... MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF THE NOBLEMEN IN THE PESHWA COURT...A FEW WADAS STILL EXIST IN THIS AREA ... MINE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES
RAMESH, TELL ME, HOW DID THE WADAS COME UP IN THIS AREA AND ARE THEY STILL EXISTENT?
THE WADAS ARE BUILT AROUND WELLS.... AND MY GRANDPARENTS SAY THAT THESE WADAS FLOURISHED AND WERE SELF SUSTAINABLE DUE TO THESE WELLS. BUT NOW...NOW, THE WELLS HAVE DRIED UP AND THEY HAVE BECOME GARBAGE DUMPING HUBS BECAUSE OF WHICH A LOT OF DISEASES HAVE BEEN SPREADING HERE....
....AFTER ROAMING AROUND IN THE WADAS AND THE OLD TOWN FOR SOME TIME.....
SO SIR.....THE PAST WAS BEAUTIFUL.. MUJHE ABHI BHI BADE YAAD AATE HAI WOH DIN..... I HAVE A CLASS NOW SO I’LL HAVE TO LEAVE.. IF YOU WANT ANY MORE DETAILS YOU CAN GO TO THE RAM MANDIR HERE.
.......SANJAY UDAMALE WENT TO THE GEOLOGIST ’S OFFICE THE VERY NEXT DAY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, I WAS EXPECTING YOU.
GOOD MORNING MR.PANDEY.
...AFTER EXCHANGING PLEASANTARIES........ KAL MEIN KALYAN GAYA THA....WAHAAN PAR PAANI KI BADI SAMASYA. KALA TALAO KE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT KE BAAD POKHRAN TALAO AUR BAKI KE WELLS KA PAANI SUKH GAYA.....ISKA KYA KAARAN HO SAKHTA HAI ? ?
KALYAN KE MASLE PAR JAB HUMARE OFFICE NE RESEARCH KI TOH MALOOM HUA KI KALYAN KE WATER TABLE MEIN DISTURBANCE HAI. PICHALE KUCH SAALO MEIN BOREWELLS KE EXCESSIVE DIGGING KI VAJAH SE GROUND WATER TABLE DEPLETE HO RAHA HAI. AUR ISSI KE SAATH JO WADA KE AROUND WELLS HAI UNKA BHI PAANI KAM.
LEKIN.....IN SAB SE ZYAADA WATER TABLE KO AFFECT KARNE WALA MAJOR ISSUE HAI “KALA TALAO BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT “. WOH IS LIYE KYUN KI KALA TALAO POKHRAN TALAO SE EK STRONG PESHWA NETWORK SE CONNECTED THA. JAB KALA TALAO KA BANKING HUA TOH CONCRETING KE VAJAH SE WOH CONNECTION TOOTH GAYA AUR GROUND WATER SEEPAGE BHI RUKH GAYA, IS LIYE KUCH SAMAY BAAD KAM BARSAAT KE VAJAH SE POKHRAN SUKH GAYA,
MR. RANE ACCOMPANIED MR. UDAMALE TO KALYAN.... INHI KAARONO KI VAJAH SE PAANI KI SAMASYA NE MAHENGAI BADHA DI HAI AUR EK SAMAY KE TYOHARO KE AAKARSHAN, WADA KE WELLS AUR POKHRAN TALAO SUKH KAR KACHRE KE DABBE BAN CHUKHE HAI
UFF AB SAMJHA..!! HUMEIN IN SAB KE BAARE MEIN KUCH KARNA CHAHIYE..
... ittefaq ki baat toh yeh hai ki mein bhi isi baare mein research kar raha tha
acha?.. toh batao kya kya pata kiya hai aapne.....
....the two men exchanged notes over 2 cups of tea..... bahut kuch..... chai peete peete baat karein?
.......AND SOON THE DAY CAME WHEN BOTH UDAMALE AND PATEL PUT UP A PRESENTATION IN FRONT THE ENTIRE OLD TOWN OF KALYAN.....
THE PLAN OF OLD TOWN WITH THE POKHRAN TALAO AT THE CENTRE
ESTABLISHING NEIGHBOURING RAIN-WATER HARVESTING ZONES
CREATING AN OPEN WATER CISTERN GRID AROUN POKHRAN TALAO
BALANCE IN THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEM DUE TO WADAS AND WELLS CREATING A SELF SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEM
OVER EXPLOITATION OF GROUNDWATER AND INADEQUATE RAINWALL OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
CURRENTLY THE BUILDINGS ON SITE DO NOT CARRY OUT SURFACE WATER COLLECTION AND SO ARE IMPERMEABLE CURRENTLY THE BUILDINGS ON SITE DO NOT CARRY OUT SURFACE WATER COLLECTION AND SO ARE IMPERMEABLE
PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER HARD IMPERMEABLE LAYER PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER
CURRENTLY THE BUILDINGS ON SITE DO NOT HARDCARRY IMPERMEABLEOUT LAYER SURFACE WATER COLLECTION AND SO ARE IMPERMEABLE PROPOSING WATER COLLECTION ON BUILDINGS TERRACES AND THUS MAKING BUILDINGS ALSO PERMEABLE LAYERS PROPOSING WATER COLLECTION ON BUILDINGS TERRACES AND THUS MAKING BUILDINGS ALSO PERMEABLE LAYERS
PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER HARD IMPERMEABLE LAYER PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER HARD IMPERMEABLE LAYER
PROPOSING WATER COLLECTION ON BUILDING TERRACES AND THUS MAKING BUILDING ALSO PERMEABLE LAYERS
WADAS AND WELLS FUNCTIONED IN HARMONY WITH WATER AVAILABILITY
ADVENT OF DEVELOPMENT, DISTURBANCE IN WATER LEVEL
GROUNDWATER DEPLETION RESULTING IN WADAS DIMINISHING
NEW BUILDINGS SUCKING IN ALL THE GROUNDWATER AND WADAS AND NATURAL WATER BODIES DIMINISHING.
WATER AVAILABILITY IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OLD KALYAN
REPLENISHING THE POKHRAN TALAO
DEVELOPING THE PRECINCT AS TEMPLE COMMUNITY SPACE
CREATING CULTURAL AND YOUTH RELATED PROGRAMS TO CHERISH THE PRECINCT
CREATING GREEN SPACES AND PEDESTRAIN WALKWAYS
JAYESH JAIN
DHAVAL KEVADIA
NIDHI KACHOLIA
NISHIT PATEL
CHIRAAG PUNJABI
SHIBANI RANEY
JYOTIRADITYA SHAH
SAHIL SHAH
MIHIR VASANI
PRIYANK VAGHASIA
VATSAL UPADHYAY
KAMLA RAHEJA VIDHYANIDHI INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE
2009-2014