{"id":8739,"date":"2018-08-31T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2023-10-30T07:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:39:37","slug":"risehighstories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adda.io\/blog\/2018\/08\/risehighstories\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise High Stories: Initiatives outside the gate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of a beautiful community is not only about the things inside or the people living inside them, but also everything that is happening around. It is almost always, a community becomes stronger when both the outside and inside initiatives are taken into consideration. We at ADDA are absolute supporters of this idea and today\u2019s stories are about the wonderful initiatives taken by two of the Winners of the ADDA Rise High Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 2 <\/span><\/p>\n

Category: Initiatives outside the gate<\/span><\/p>\n

Winners: Rolling Hills, Hyderabad, Palm Greens, Ahmedabad<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolling Hills<\/strong> is located in a high traffic area, with both residential and office spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, there is always a movement of people and vehicles around the gate. The stretch in front\u00a0<\/span>of Rolling Hills (facing another apartment community Ramky Towers) was in a pathetic state with several illegal roadside shops, boulders\/debris dumped overnight from construction activities elsewhere, lots of trash and people using it as an open toilet. All the debris and sewage water comes together through the stormwater channels and gets stuck on the grills, leading to all the sewage mixed rainwater overflowing on the community roads. This caused not just terrible stink and inconvenience but was detrimental to the health of residents. This was a standard affair during monsoons, especially after heavy rains.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was not just an eyesore but also a huge security risk for the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

What did the community do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly they cleared the stretch of debris with JCBs, prepped it for the plantation. During Haritha<\/span>Haram, the residents went with a team of 2 supervisors and 16 garden staff to load 3-4 trips\u00a0<\/span>of 500 tree saplings totally in the vehicles, planted all of them in a single day – 4 rows of\u00a0<\/span>plants on the roadside. Then to prevent the roads from being used as parking space and\u00a0<\/span>people trampling over the plants, they quickly fenced the entire area and fought with the\u00a0<\/span>roadside shops to shift places. The entire stretch is free of miscreants, car parking, shops,\u00a0<\/span>trash, debris and filled with slowly maturing trees now.<\/span><\/p>\n

The roads leading into Rolling Hills now have bollards for dividers (upgraded as of July <\/span>2018 to concrete dividers) which regulates unruly traffic to an extent and the legally disputed\u00a0<\/span>area on the other side of the road is cleared of all debris and trash. This was done with the\u00a0<\/span>complete help and support of Traffic Police Department upon strong demand and request\u00a0<\/span>over several meetings with Rolling Hills residents. Traffic police have also provided jackets\u00a0<\/span>and batons for the security guards to regulate the traffic for easy entry and exit by the\u00a0<\/span>residents during peak traffic hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

To address the sewage on the road issue, we reached out to the local MP through our contacts and explained our situation, who gave a letter addressed to the GHMC Commissioner which was submitted to main, zonal and circle offices. They also met the circle Commissioner as a team to press upon our issues and got the Circle and Zonal Commissioners to do a site visit. A notice was later issued by GHMC to the Smondo management enforcing them to address the issue by constructing chambers with grills. They followed up with Smondo for several months to finally get it done.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the recent heavy rains, so far the residents of Rolling Hills had a sewage-free road in\u00a0<\/span>Rolling Hills, thanks to the constructive collaborative activities with Government, Municipality\u00a0<\/span>and the neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n