Who We Are   

Green Hills Group has been working for last 15 years in rain water harvesting and tree plantation in Pune. Initially for 5 to 6 years, we worked as a small group and then registered as a trust called Green Hills Group. We have a panel of eight trustees and lot of devoted nature lovers. Some of us are retired persons having different background – bankers , engineers , businessman etc, some of us are still at college and some are still working. All of us carry a dream and have mission impossible ahead of us – we want to make hills around Pune Green!
Ensuring adequate water at hill top require lot of commitment from individuals and lot of team work from everyone. The success in this journey is very slow and is not visible to society for 5 to 6 years. We could manage to overcome many obstacles till now. With faith in nature god we are sure of achieving our dream.
For last fifteen years we are planting trees on Hanuman Tekdi. Since 2005 , we are planting and nurturing trees on Chaturshringi Hills. Since June 2010, we started planting and nurturing trees on forest department land on ARAI hill near MIT college.
Since 2013, we have started converting barren land behind VanDevi mandir in Kothrud into greenery.
There is lot of enjoyment and learning while working with nature. We invite all to get associated with this work and extend your helping hand for mother nature.

Hanuman Tekdi

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Hill portion between Fergusson college , Bruhan Maharsatra College of Commerce (BMCC) and Symbiosis college is known as Hanuman Tekdi. We make bunds along the slopes , we conserve soil by mixing dried-up leaves with existing soil and planting more trees in it.

Chaturshringi Hill

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The Chaturshringi hill is located behind one of the oldest temple near university of Pune . There is more than 100 acres of open barren land on top this hill. Since last four years we have planted more than three thousand trees on this land .


ARAI Hill

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The ARAI hill belonging to Forest department is located in Survey no 102 , to the left of MIT college near Paud Road. Around 3500 plants are planted in June 2010 with support from Tata Motors , ARAI ,Forest Department and PMC.

VanDevi Hill

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The barren hill behind Vanadevi temple in Kothrud is known as VanDevi Mandir Hill.This was open defecation land with lot of broken glasses spread accross the hill. .

   What can i do   

Individual

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  • Individual can help us in two ways.

  • Come , join us and help the plants grow.
    We welcome all committed people who can help us for expanding the activity to other locations in Pune or any other city.
  • Celebrate birth day on the Hill
    We encourage people to visit one of the hill on your birth day. Kids also enjoy plantation and watering of plants . Planting a tree is not at all costly and complex but the satisfaction that you will get is not measurable.

Corporate

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  • Corporates can help us in two ways.

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Programme
    Encourage employees to contribute in various activities that we perform throughout the year to ensure plants are growing.
  • Model Package for Green Coverage and Water Harvesting
    Encourage employees to contribute in various activities that we perform throughout the year to ensure plants are growing.
   Plantation Strugle   

Community Tree Plantation – our long struggle.

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When we started the tree plantation at Hanuman Tekdi hill and Chaturshringi Hill , there was no financial backing or political support. But we had committed people.The founder of this group Srikanth Paranjpe was praying in front of god hanuman and appealing him to stop people from snatching natural resources. He was questioning himself.

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Water availability at hills top.

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On Hanuman Tekdi , municipal water was available only at bottom of the hill on both sides. That is in the Symbosis institute's compound beside Ambedkar museum and on other side in the Furgusson college compound. Initially Green Hills Group tried to get permanent water connection of PMC with the help of local corporater .

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Danger to the plants from grazing animals.

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This is another serious obstacle we faced in our work. Cows , buffalos & sheep were left loose on these hills. These animals were eating away the newly blossom leaves . It was a set-back to the growth of the small plants was a serious problem for us. But after sustained efforts PMC came to our help on the Hanuman Tekdi.

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Hey fire or grass fire.

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On both the hills every year grass is growing upto shoulder height. This makes climbing hill very scary due to fear of snakes . Some people use to fire the grass so that they can walk freely on the hill. This problem is very prominent in Chatursungi hill where there are no watchman. Last year we tried to cut grass as much as possible , but meanwhile some one has lit fire. Around 30 % of the small plants got burned . Since we immediately watered them we could save around 15 % of those burnt plants. So far we have not been able to find the solution for this problem.

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Miscreant elements in society

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It is very unfortunate that there are some miscreant elements in society who do not understand the effect of their actions. Few group of boys of age group 12 to 16 go roaming on the hills especially in summer holidays . They find joy in destructive activities. Two of our syntax tanks of 3000 litters capacity donated by PMC were broken by hitting stones. Two tanks of capacity 5000 litters were pierced by nails.

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   Projects that need help   

Bio Feriliser using Coconut Shredding

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In around 2013 , with the help of local muncipal corporator Mrs Madhuri Tai Sahastrabudhe , PMC has installed coconut shredding machine. Every city faces a big issue of managing tender coconut waste and dried leaves. The project is a unique one in Pune. Around 500 to 700 tender coconuts are shredded daily . Dried leaves shredded in falls . We prepare bio fertiliser from it.

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 Recent Supporters  
   Contact   

Chatushrungi Hill
Chatushrungi@greenhillsgroup.org

  • 9823059136 (Sanjay Suryavanshi)
  • 9860041307 (Bhushan Harne)
  • 9270162603 (Amardeep Gaikwad)
  • 9890211198 (Sanjay Athavale)
  • 9767677667 (Amey Godse)
  • 9822435575 (Ravindra Marathe)
  • 9767817676 (Kailas Kakade)
  • 9850604654 (Atul Wagh)

Hanuman Tekdi
HanumanTekdi@greenhillsgroup.org

  • 9422015292 (Ravi Purandare)
  • 9822430675 (Chandrakant Chopade)
  • 9689930303 (Sachin Ganjve)
  • 9890211198 (Sanjay Athavale)

ARAI & MIT Collage
arai-mit-forestland@greenhillsgroup.org

  • 9860049757 (Mahesh Paradkar)
  • 9890211198 (Sanjay Athavale)
  • 9967379048 (Nandini Devi Pantpratinidhi)
  • 9623421430 (Sameer Joshi)

Vandevi Hill

  • 9890211198 (Sanjay Athavale)
  • 9623421430 (Sameer Joshi)


Other work

  • 9822435575 (Ravindra Marathe - Accounting and Donation receipts)
  • 9967379048 (Nandini Devi Pantpratinidhi - Native plants and its usefulness)
  • 9422015292 (Ravi Purandare - CSR )
  • 9890211198 (Sanjay Athavale - CSR, Expanding activity on New hills)
  • 9823059136 (Sanjay Suryavanshi - CSR , Expanding activity on New hills)


Registered Office

Registered Office
Green Hills Group , C/o Ravindra Purandare, 1 Vallabh Soceity,Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016.