Watering Rani Bagh Saplings

IT'S A SIX!

Cricket world cup fever is on. Ten teams are competing against each other in a round robin format to secure their berths for tournament semi-finals. And eventually the mightiest two shall battle it out to lay their hands on the coveted trophy.

We Mean To Clean (WMTC) volunteers are also playing their own world cup… against air pollution and rising temperature in the city. You also felt the heat in the week gone by, right? Yeah, that’s what we’re talking about! Just like in cricket, WMTC is also composed of individuals with their own specific capabilities. Some are even all-rounders!

WMTC plays against the team called Climate Change. Climate Change has key players such as carbon emissions, deforestation, mis-managed waste etc. While WMTC fields its own players having different capabilities. They plant native Indian trees, conduct regular watering and maintenance activities, segregate their kitchen waste and do composting etc.

While a game of cricket is largely limited to twenty overs, fifty overs or five days in a test match, the game against Climate Change is perpetual for now. And thus, WMTC is active one way or the other. One of the things the team does is watering the native tree saplings they’ve planted across a couple of areas in west Delhi.

This morning the team played at Rani Bagh. As usual, the team won the toss and quickly set in motion to accumulate runs across their saplings. The pitch here is pretty long. So we do require a good batting depth.

Any sapling that’s now seen taller than the team is recorded as a SIX, while those as the same height as ours count as a FOUR! Oh and we do have a 12th man to ensure the team doesn’t run out of water for saplings!

The game is on… There’s a long way to go but the team is quite positive just like a brilliant cricket captain. Wanna play? Then join us! The best part – everybody wins the man of the match award!

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