Indian citizens sign on airline ticket to get PM to attend climate change negotiations
Volunteers hold up the ticket before delivering it
New Delhi, 1st December 2009
: Hundreds of people signed on a ticket that Greenpeace bought to help Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh make up his mind to go to Copenhagen. Five activists delivered a ticket to the Prime Minister’s Office today. It is an economy fare, on the AY22 flight from new Delhi to Helsinki and flight AY663 from Helsinki to Copenhagen.192 nations will be meeting a week from now in Copenhagen to agree on a planet saving deal. 65 Heads of State have already confirmed their presence at this critical meeting. Chinese premiere, Mr Wen Jiabao, Mr Lula from Brazil, President Obama, Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown and many others have already confirmed their attendance. Dr Manmohan Singh is reported to have still not made up his mind.
Sighting the devastating impact climate change is causing in India, concerned citizens in a novel signature campaign signed off on the airline urging the Prime Minister to attend the Copenhagen climate summit later this month.
For the past one week activists in various cities across India were seen wearing Dr. Manmohan Singh masks asking people if he should be going to Copenhagen and the response was overwhelming as hundreds of people signed on to the copy of the ticket.
“I believe that Dr Singh needs to take personal responsibility to ensure a Fair Ambitious and Binding deal at Copenhagen. Its about the future of my generation and those to come” says Sharib Hussain, a 21 year old Delhite studying at Bhagat Singh College, a Greenpeace volunteer who was present at the ticket delivery today.
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- Volunteers before delivering the ticket to Dr. Singh
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- People signing the ticket asking Dr. Singh to go to Copenhagen
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- A street vendor signs the ticket asking Dr. Singh to go to Copenhagen
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- Volunteers hold up the ticket before delivering it
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- The ticket that was presented to Dr. Singh
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- volunteers in bangalore
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- Concerned resident of bangalore tell Dr singh to go to Copenhagen
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- young girls in bangalore sign the ticket asking Dr. Singh to go to Copenhagen
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- concerned residents of bangalore tell dr singh to go to copenhagen
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- a volunteer getting the ticket signed in bangalore
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- a resident of bangalore signs the ticket asking Dr. Singh to go to Copenhagen
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thats a great victory in its own way. I hope Mr. Prime minister would be able to convince the rest of the powerful nations about India’s role in saving the planet.
December 5th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Why do you think that our Hon. Minister for Environent is not good enough for Copenhagen. As long as India is represented and represented well,we are happy. If Greenpeace India believes that India is still in those ages when the price of a ticket would make us think twice before sending our hon. PM there, you have to wake up.Let us not get lost in the issue of who goes there.Let us get into the issue of what he speaks there.
And learn to treat our Nation and it’s leaders with respect.They represent us.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hello Friends, 05/12/2009
Jai Hind
Our organization YFF has undertaken a project: Pushpanjali Prawaha ‘The flow of devotional flowers’ the new method for disposal of flowers and other puja waste in the year 2010 in Delhi. We have devised a special “PATRA” which will be placed in public places for the immediate disposal of these flowers. These will subsequently be disposed by our volunteers at an appropriate place. This will help tremendously in the reduction of pollution in The Yamuna river.
To clean as much as possible of the poly bags and flowers from repeating error of putting flowers and poly bags again unto the river. We are also organizing Door to Door campaigning to educate uniform people in addition to touching almost 2 lace school children to help in our endeavor.
We have devised a 3 Point Programme to help clean YAMUNA RIVER in DELHI.
A) To stop people from throwing the Ceremonial flowers / Poly bags etc in YAMUNA River.
B) All things being currently thrown in YAMUNA to be collected & a recycling process to be initiated.
C) To organize children currently engaged in coin collecting & rag picking and give them employment & education.
Our organization has devised a plan under which each councilor (Parshad) will be requested to install two “ PUSHPANJALI PRAWAHA PATRA” at common venues which would facilitate the disposal of the flowers & Prayer Samagri etc.
The gap of the Prawaha from where the flowers will be inserted is at an angle of 23 degrees, like a letter box which will allow only flexible items inside.
Since Delhi is preparing for 2010 Commonwealth Games, we also want to achieve the aforesaid goal in a very short time i.e. in Seven months. If help to make Yamuna river pollution free of flowers and poly bags is granted, we shall leave no stone unturned to complete the work within the stipulated time to the satisfaction of all concerned. We hope that you will make your contribution for this noble cause.
We would be highly obliged if you could kindly help us in organizing this and give us a meeting time where we could explain our Programme in detail.
Please Help Me Sir
With kind regards,
Yours
GOPI DUTT
Our NGO – Youth Fraternity Foundation aims to serve the nation in various ways. You must be aware of the pollution being caused due to the disposal of used flowers and other worship materials in our Holy River Yamuna , and carried by all the rivers of India. Our organization, YFF, has undertaken a project to clean the rivers of INDIA starting with The YAMUNA,which will be starting from Delhi .
THE ORGANIZATION HAS PREPARED ITS OWN “ TASK-FORCE ” ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF YOUTH WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY ON EVERY ALTERNATIVE DAY AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PLASTIC BAGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO TO COLLECT FLOWERS AND OTHER ARTICLES LEFT AFTER POOJA AND OR THROWN INTO THE YAMUNA.
yff.india@gmail.com
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December 6th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Dear friends of planet earth
Congratulations for your efforts. Our honourable prime minister Mr Manmohan Singh ji has agreed to attend climate summit in Copenhagen.
Deed done is thousand time better than words.
Cheers
Rakesh Bhalla
December 9th, 2009 at 9:18 am
definitly representation by PM will take discussion on another level and the commitment for cutting down the emmisions and visiblity of him on global forum will help India in highlighting the issues what we are facing. But again representation should be with great analysis , commitment to do a change and thinking for future of India in terms of climate change and its impact.