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Clean Drinking Water CSR Project – Gothameegama, Katharagama.
Gothameegama is a remote village situated about 7 KMs away from Katharagama city where over 500 families live with low and inconsistent sources of income. In this village, there was no consistent access to clean water, and consumption of contaminated water was a common scenario. For this project, a Solex Tube well was donated and installed where a total depth of 200 feet was dug in order to find a natural water source as it is an extremely dry area.
The project was initiated by Dr. Sandini Wijayasiri, Director of Branding/ Mass Media of Solex Group of Companies, who saw the gap in the supply of water to the community of Gothameegama which was indeed a need that prevailed over a long period of time. This project was done amidst the most challenging time period where the Pandemic of Covid-19 was a serious concern and organizing such a project was an extremely high risk to all employees who were involved. For SOLEX, This project was yet another milestone in the organization’s concern towards society and helping the underprivileged with the most essential item- “clean drinking water”.
CSR CAMPAIGN AT RAGAMA DHARMARAJA VIDYALAYA.
Solex Group initiated to support to the afforestation project of Dharmaraja Vidyalaya since it is a huge social responsibility. Company sponsored in many ways to name the indigenous and curative plants at their school premise.
Overall Exhibitor- Gold award .INCO 2018
Solex Technologies (Pvt) Ltd is being witness of overall performance among the stall holders participated at the INCO 2018 industrial exhibition which was held at BMICH on 22nd,23rd and 24th June. The award ceremony was held at the Golden Rose Reception Complex – Boralesgamuwa on 11th August 2018. Hon. Minister Daya Gamage was presenting the award with his best compliments.
Solex Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. participation on INCO Exhibition 2018.
Solex was able to participate the exhibition with more than 50 products including Single phase pumps,Three phase pumps, Casting items, Special pumps, Special purpose vehicles and many more.
Solex Tchnologies (Pvt) Ltd wins ISO 9001: 2015
“Solex Technologies (Pvt)Ltd has won ISO 9001:2015 for Manufacturing Of Special purpose machinery for industrial vehicle sector and Steel fabrication”
SOLEX CONTRIBUTION TO MEGAPOLIS – 2016
Solex group has come forward to provide Garbage Compactors and Aerial Platforms to Ministry Of Megapolis. The event was held at Viharamahadevi Park with the participation of Minister, Patali Champika Ranawaka on November 2016. These vehicles will be used in Dehiwala Mt.Lavinia, Kotte and Kolonnawa Municipal Councils for the prevention of floods in the city Of Colombo. The vehicles are worth over 90 million and manufactured in Sri lanka.
Chief marketing Officer- Ashar Sheriff and other team members had participated the event.
SOLEX – COOLING PLANT DONATION ISLAND WIDE
Solex initiated to construct cooling plant systems island wide. With the dry climate in the country it is better to provide thirsty requirements of the people. Nittambuwa bus stand was a place where huge crowd arrive in a day but they don’t have sufficient drinking water for their thirsty. We have discussed this matter with Nittambuwa trade association and they gave us the opportunity to construct this plant in the entrance of bus stand.
Chief Marketing office-Solex Group, Ashar Sheriff said that that was the initial step of constructing cooling plants island wide. We were expecting to help people’s thirsty in public places.
A Clean Water Crisis
The water you drink today has likely been around in one form or another sincedinosaurs roamed the Earth, hundreds of millions of years ago.
While the amount of freshwater on the planet has remained fairly constant over time—continually recycled through the atmosphere and back into our cups—the population has exploded. This means that every year competition for a clean, copious supply of water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and sustaining life intensifies.
Water scarcity is an abstract concept to many and a stark reality for others. It is the result of myriad environmental, political, economic, and social forces.
Freshwater makes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. In essence, only 0.007 percent of the planet’s water is available to fuel and feed its 6.8 billion people.
Due to geography, climate, engineering, regulation, and competition for resources, some regions seem relatively flush with freshwater, while others face drought and debilitating pollution. In much of the developing world, clean water is either hard to come by or a commodity that requires laborious work or significant currency to obtain.
Water Is Life
Wherever they are, people need water to survive. Not only is the human body 60 percent water, the resource is also essential for producing food, clothing, and computers, moving our waste stream, and keeping us and the environment healthy.
Unfortunately, humans have proved to be inefficient water users. (The average hamburger takes 2,400 liters, or 630 gallons, of water to produce, and many water-intensive crops, such as cotton, are grown in arid regions.)
According to the United Nations, water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century. By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change.
The challenge we face now is how to effectively conserve, manage, and distribute the water we have. National Geographic’s Freshwater Web siteencourages you to explore the local stories and global trends defining the world’s water crisis. Learn where freshwater resources exist; how they are used; and how climate, technology, policy, and people play a role in both creating obstacles and finding solutions. Peruse the site to learn how you can make a difference by reducing your water footprint and getting involved with local and global water conservation and advocacy efforts.
If Flint officials are now charged
(NaturalNews) Americans jaded by decades of growing government unresponsiveness, were shocked when the Michigan attorney general announced that he would file charges against two state environmental officials and a Flint city official, for negligently continuing to provide lead-tainted water to residents, even after becoming aware that the water was contaminated.
And yet, as reported by The New York Times and other media, that is precisely what happened in recent days. The three are the first to face criminal charges in a scandal where residents unwittingly drank tainted water for nearly 18 months.
In announcing the charges, Attorney General Bill Schuette pledged more action. “These charges are only the beginning,” he said. “There will be more to come — that I can guarantee you.”
The Times reported further:
The charges against the three defendants — Michael Prysby, a district engineer with the State Department of Environmental Quality; Stephen Busch, a district supervisor in the same department; and Michael Glasgow, the city’s utilities manager — included tampering with evidence contained in reports on lead levels in city water, and the two state officials were also charged with conspiracy to tamper with evidence.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/053817_Flint_water_poisoning_government_cover-up_CDC_officials.html#ixzz4MlCslekl
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