Lets do Pompom

Pompom- the new perspective
Hello everyone, I think by now many of us have heard about pompom. They are pretty famous in the city for the kind of work they do, it's not fancy but important. They may not need an introduction but still let me say, pompom is a new service launched recently in Delhi to collect waste materials for recycling. They pick recyclable dry waste from our doorstep and pay us as per the rates they allotted, that's right. But it's not just the money I guess that matters.

The same pain
Everybody in Delhi knows how we go through everyday, just name any place. Starting from Vasant kunj to South extension hub, from Saket to Sultanpur almost every corner in Delhi suffers from these massive and rotten waste being disposed near the road side causing such a difficult way to pass by. Well, we have a long way to go to see a clean India. As per 2013 survey around 8,500 tonnes of solid waste are produced each day in Delhi alone. Moreover, 583 metric tonnes of plastic waste are generated a year in the city. And electronic waste is another rising waste component in the recent years. It's huge, right.

Participating
But, pompom can be a great way to participate on household level for cleaner Delhi or Swachh Bharat in the big picture. Yes, and it's all about taking little by little responsibility to reduce the waste from dumping anywhere and causing such a mess we see. The less the waste the cleaner our surroundings will be. It's very simple, as we know there is biodegradable and non biodegradable (can be recycled mostly) waste, we need not throw all the waste together. Start from home we may dispose them separate...

For instance, we may put empty plastic bottles and containers in one bag, glass and jars in another, papers in one and other dry waste in another. Pompom takes almost everything including broken glasses and any sort of paper or plastic waste you know. Then after, we may call pompom in our suitable time using their app, their app is very easy to use. They will come to our doorstep for the pick up and pay by cash. When I first saw their logo on a van on the road, right then, I downloaded their app on my phone. Because you know how much waste we produce everyday counting from old receipts, paper covers to water bottles. I have called them and used their service many times now. Their service was good, they called me before they reach and their on site staffs are good enough. And I felt good because instead of throwing all the waste I gave it to them to be recycled.

Being Hopeful
Earlier we dump all types of waste together, because we didn't have an option, may be. But now with pompom we all can join for a cleaner city by recycling and reducing the waste. When we all come together I believe it can really make the difference and thank you guys for stopping by, take care.

Disclaimer: I don't advertise their service or ads, It's a simple feedback and a review as a user.

Mega 4G plan - Reliance Jio to launch September 5th

I can't miss this news to be published in my blog, Reliance being my first and one time favorite network.

Cool, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani has made the big announcement to launch 4G mobile network, Reliance Jio, so as to enrich every Indian's life. And it will give free domestic calls and roaming charges.

While addressing the company’s 42th annual general meeting in Mumbai for an hour, Mr. Ambani said that Reliance Jio would cover 90 per cent of India's 1.25 billion population by March 2017 and would ultimately cover 18,000 cities and 200,000 villages.

They are also said to tie up with around 20 different smartphone brands including Samsung, Micromax and LG to associate with 4G  Jio SIM cards providing free voice calls and data for first 3 months.

Targeting 100 million customers

The company aims to absorb 100 million customers in the shortest possible time after the launch of 4G network across the country, woof.

Mr. Ambani has put forth a ‘welcome offer’ for Jio customers from September 5 to December 31, 2016. The welcome offer will include free data services for four months, after which it will have options to choose from  10 tariff plans starting Rs 19 a day for occasional users, Rs 149 a month for moderate users and Rs 4,999 a month for heavy data users.

The company also plan to provide “super-affordable” handsets under the LYF brand, starting Rs 2999.

The salient features of the Reliance Jio plan are   

1. Free voice calls

2. Zero roaming charges 

3. 45 plans at Rs.50 per GBStudents will get 25% more data

5. Free data services for the first 4 months after the launch

6. 10 different tariff plans starting at Rs 19 a day for limite  users

7. Rs 149 a month for light users, Rs 4,999 a month for heavy data users

8. Achieve 100 million customers at the earliest.

9. "Super-affordable” handsets under the LYF brand starting at Rs 2999.

10. To be formally launched on September 5th 2016

And, it can  be worthy to remember how reliance broke the world record by hitting one million subscribers in just 10 days in 2003 through their "Monsoon Hungama". They have been one of the most widely used network service provider in the country. Therefore, this time we can hope this will be a real gift to the nation on becoming Digital India.