Circulating and Ecological Sphere (CES)

"Power cuts and irregular supply of water have now become a norm in rural areas. This has been affecting the livelihoods of our people, and many of our community members are migrating in search of job opportunities, better lifestyle and education for the children."

"The infrequent water supply in our village, probably due to increasing water shortage, has led all of us to prioritize fetching water, ahead of jobs, schools, or anything, whenever there’s a supply. As we often face conflicts due to many households in the village, we feel more number of contributing members can fetch better quantity of water."

"The fish population in the lake has been declining, and there is a concurrent increase in the appearance of invasive species. The excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on the lands surrounding the lake is adversely affecting water quality, and is likely contributing to loss of biodiversity within the lake ecosystem."

"Solar PV based irrigation has given us uninterrupted electricity to run pumps to produce rice, vegetables etc. We get more income now. Solar irrigation system is environment-friendly; no noise, no pollution now. No dependence on diesel fuel and grid electricity."

"For adapting to changing climate, we haor dwellers received some supports from LGED to protect seedlings in high cold snaps. We raised our plot boundaries to protect from flooding. We, local farmers are now adaptive to climate change. We could save our crops and get satisfactory production to survive in disaster prone haor areas."