The emancipation of poverty through education and child rights for children of marginalized communities. Also reaching out to every child of Meerut district and other areas through a 24 hour free telephone helpline, a project by the Government of India.
Sustainable use of natural resources, to ensure that our environment does not pose a risk to human health, and can sustain an appropriate and diverse wildlife.
Empowerment of marginalized communities to improve their own environment and safeguarding their human rights.
Water quality protection and provision of safe drinking water, water Resource Conservation and provision of safe, sufficient and sustainable water resources for all
Restored and protected agricultural land, providing nutritious and healthy food sustainably, for current and future generations.
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Violation of Human Rights - failure to protect and provide safe drinking waterJanhit Foundation has identified a gross violation of International Human Rights of the population of Jaibheem Nagar, a slum within Meerut District. Scientific studies of the drinking water available to the people living at the slum showed contamination with very high levels of toxic heavy metals due to discharge of untreated industrial effluent to local surface water bodies. A health study conducted by the organization also recorded unacceptably high incidence of diseases and deaths within the population, from symptoms that are characteristic of heavy metals poisoning due to consumption of this contaminated groundwater. Indeed Janhit Foundation identified 124 deaths attributable to consuming contaminated water in just five years, between 2001 and 2006. The Government of India has therefore failed in it's obligations towards these citizens by not protecting their rights to safe water, as the State has not prevented third party polluting industries from destroying those rights. By continuing to take no action against the polluters of water resources within the Hindon River catchment, the Indian Government continues to violate internationally accepted Human Rights Legislation. The Public Interest Litigation has asked the High Court of Allahabad to ensure that the slum populations are provided with safe water by construction of overhead tanks for the storage of drinking water sourced from deeper, uncontaminated groundwater supplies. The water from the tanks must then be piped directly to each household to alleviate the current need to travel great distances daily, in order to source safe water from outside the slum. |
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