Sports> The Zzing Thing

February 26, 2010

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Charity has many manifestations

IN 2007, we a small group of small scale entrepreneurs decided that in our own humble way we must do something for the underprivileged and the lower middle class strata of the society.

Kolkata as a city gave us the platform and may be even the reason.

Calls Incorporated presenting the Zzing Thing

We at Calls Incorporated decided that all those children in the age group 9 – 16 would be the ones we would cater to. There are several programs in place already to cater to a child’s academic pursuits. But in India co-circular activities are always bypassed and undermined. From this stem of thought came the concept of exposing these children to a world of competitive cricket in league format in their vacations – summer and winter every year and award them with prizes and trophies at the end of the year on performance.

Pursuit of Excellence, Team Spirit and Overall Development

A young child – a key component of the future of India is an invaluable resource. The overall development of a child is very important. Education and health are the two most important facets of a child ’s development but a third equally important facet is co-circular development. Cricket acts as the great catalyst of giving a child an opportunity to excel in a

professional environment without the pressures that come with playing competitive cricket. To push for excellence, to foster a sense of team sprit and help the child grow up in a balanced environment. We also threw in some senior players to add some parity and to give the junior players a chance to compete with these senior players and horn their skills.

The format

Three teams namely The Zealous Warriors, Champs 7 and The Zzing Special play each other in a round robin format and the team that finishes with the highest wins at the end of the season are declared the winners. The matches are 20 over's a side and played on the sprawling Maidan of Kolkata.

An appeal

We are a small organization may be with a big heart. The league has grown by leaps and bounds in the last 3 years. Today we have more than 40 players in the league and there is a certain expenditure that we incur for the same. The cricket kits and accessories, jerseys and caps for players, ground bookings and logistics and of course the trophies and the medallions for the winners at the end of the year – there is always a price tag attached. In these tough times it is becoming increasingly difficult for us to sustain the ever increasing expenditure. Therefore please HELP US. With your contribution – small or big or even token and you would have done your bit.

Send cheques to...

Please draw your cheques favoring Calls Incorporated and send them to Calls Incorporated. 49/1D, Harish Mukherjee Road. Bhowanipur. Kolkata – 700025.

Contact us for any queries or suggestions at 0-9830041979

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GENEROUS HAND FROM YOU. WE ALL AFTER ALL ARE

IN MANY WAYS DEPENDANT ON EACH OTHER.

Environment> Now pay Rs 28K to cut a tree

Now pay Rs 28K to cut a tree

February 25, 2010

To discourage people from cutting trees, the Delhi govt has increased the security deposit for cutting a tree to Rs 28,000.

The Delhi government has decided to increase the security deposit for cutting a tree from Rs 1,000 to Rs 28,000. The state cabinet approved the changes on Wednesday.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit said she hoped it would discourage people from cutting trees unnecessarily.

As of now, people who want to cut a tree are required to take permission and then deposit Rs 1,000 per tree as security money, which is refunded after they plant 10 trees for each one they cut.

According to an environment department official, it costs nearly Rs 2,500 to plant one sapling and people prefer to forefeit the security deposit rather than planting 10 trees.

Applicants wishing to cut a tree will now have to deposit Rs 28,000 as the security money and this will be split into two categories, said an official.

" Half of it would be given to the forest department that will replant five of the 10 trees required to be planted. The remaining half would be refunded to the applicant after he plants the five trees," the official added.

Dikshit said it was becoming difficult to ensure that the trees being cut were replaced as per the law.

"Because of non- availability of land, meagre amount of security and the inadequacy of monitoring mechanism, it was becoming difficult to ensure compensatory plantation," she said.

News courtesy: http://in.news.yahoo.com/248/20100225/1582/tnl-now-pay-rs-28k-to-cut-a-tree.html