Jal Dharo Jal Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)
জল ধরো, জল ভরো
Jal Dharo Jal Bharo (Hindi)
Jal Dharo Jal Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)
A Government of West Bengal pioneering project to preserve rain water
Directed by SUSANTA BISWAS
Overview
Genre
Environment, Nature, Human Interest, Public Affairs, and Social Issues
Synopsis
The documentary dealt with the issue of water resources management in water-scarce region of West Bengal, an eastern region state of India, where the majority of rural population depends on agriculture for their livelihood.Thus lack of adequate water resource has inducted high level of uncertainty and insecurity in the mind of the local inhabitant.The‘Jal Dharo, Jal Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)’initiative of Govt of West Bengal tries to provide a replicable framework as a solution to this ecological inequality in the face of looming impacts of climate changes.
It is archived with: 1)State Central Library, Dept of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, WB 2)National Library, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India 3)Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Dept of Culture, Govt. of India 4)Nandan, WB Film Centre 5)Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Dept of I&CA, Govt of West Bengal 6)Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 7)Rammohun Library & Free Reading Room 8)Institution of Engineers (India)
Stage
finished
Running time
10, 11 or 11 minutes
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Credits
SUSANTA BISWAS
... Director
Arijit Das
... Chief Coordinator
Niladri Naha
... Concept & Research
Surojit Das
... Concept & Research
Subrata Halder
... Concept & Research
Moushumi Biswas
... Production Supervisor
Shashwati Dutta
... Playback Song
Kalyan Mitra
... Editing
Sintu Kumar Singh
... Camera
Udayan Das
... Assistant Script
Susanta Biswas
... Voice Over (English & Bengali)
Moushumi Biswas
... Rendering (Hindi)
Bimal Konar
... Voice Over (Hindi)
Sumit Hembrom
... Rendering & Voice Over (Santhali)
Suman Gazmer
... Rendering & Voice Over (Nepali)
Abdur Rauf
... Rendering (Urdu)
Parvez Alam
... Voice Over (Urdu)
Pranab Mukherjee
... Assistant Camera
Raj Sharma
... Assistant Sound
Production Details
Prod. Co.
Government of West Bengal
Country
India
Production years
2012
Locations
West Bengal
Prod. Partners
State Water Investigation Directorate under Department of Water Resources Investigation and Development
Distribution Details
Release year
2012
Festivals
1) 18th Kolkata International Film Festival 2) 7th International Film Festival-Voices from the Waters 2012 3) Special Screening at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
Language
6 Versions: Bengali,English,Hindi,Urdu,Santali,Nepali
Subtitles
English,Hindi,Urdu,Santali,Nepali on Bengali audio portion
Overview
Genre
Environment, Nature, Human Interest, Public Affairs, and Social IssuesSynopsis
The documentary dealt with the issue of water resources management in water-scarce region of West Bengal, an eastern region state of India, where the majority of rural population depends on agriculture for their livelihood.Thus lack of adequate water resource has inducted high level of uncertainty and insecurity in the mind of the local inhabitant.The‘Jal Dharo, Jal Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)’initiative of Govt of West Bengal tries to provide a replicable framework as a solution to this ecological inequality in the face of looming impacts of climate changes.
It is archived with: 1)State Central Library, Dept of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, WB 2)National Library, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India 3)Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Dept of Culture, Govt. of India 4)Nandan, WB Film Centre 5)Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Dept of I&CA, Govt of West Bengal 6)Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 7)Rammohun Library & Free Reading Room 8)Institution of Engineers (India)