NGOs devotees chip in as NMC lifts 3 tonne waste after Chhath Puja

  • | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

It was, however, good to see public participation in the cleanliness drive,” he said. Many devotees also joined in.“It was nice to see NGOs and devotees helping the civic employees in the cleaning-up operation. Although the crowd during Chhath Puja is not as much as that during Ganesh festival, the NMC should provide additional bins for devotees for throwing ‘nirmalya’,” said Savitri Dange, a local devotee.She said it was feared that crackers would be burst by the river bank and the waste would flow into the river, but nothing of that sort happened.“Devotees, even if they are not from Nashik , should realise that the ‘nirmalya’ pots should be used for disposing of the puja material.”Jayant Hande, a devotee, said that even priests should be involved in the process of creating awareness on maintaining cleanliness at the sacred place.“All the rules that are followed during big festivals should be in force during festivals involving less people. NASHIK: The civic health department’s efforts to clean up the Godavari and its banks following Chhath Puja received a boost with NGOs as well as devotees lending a helping hand.A total of three tonnes of garbage , mainly consisting of puja material, was lifted on Wednesday.Puja material and other waste were found floating on the river and also strewn around on the river bank after the celebration on Tuesday evening.“The health department undertook the clean-up operation from 7 am to 1 pm in a special drive,” said a civic official.The drive was conducted under divisional sanitary inspector Sanjay Darade and 58 sanitary workers besides 115 volunteers of several NGOs.Thirty five volunteers from Shree Sant Gadge Maharaj Kanojia Dhobi Samaj Sanstha, 30 from Vishwakarma Charitable Trust and 50 volunteers from Mahila Bahuuddeshiya Sevabhavi Sanstha enthusiastically took part in the cleanliness drive.

NASHIK: The civic health department’s efforts to clean up the Godavari and its banks following Chhath Puja received a boost with NGOs as well as devotees lending a helping hand.A total of three tonnes of garbage , mainly consisting of puja material, was lifted on Wednesday.Puja material and other waste were found floating on the river and also strewn around on the river bank after the celebration on Tuesday evening.“The health department undertook the clean-up operation from 7 am to 1 pm in a special drive,” said a civic official.The drive was conducted under divisional sanitary inspector Sanjay Darade and 58 sanitary workers besides 115 volunteers of several NGOs.Thirty five volunteers from Shree Sant Gadge Maharaj Kanojia Dhobi Samaj Sanstha, 30 from Vishwakarma Charitable Trust and 50 volunteers from Mahila Bahuuddeshiya Sevabhavi Sanstha enthusiastically took part in the cleanliness drive. Many devotees also joined in.“It was nice to see NGOs and devotees helping the civic employees in the cleaning-up operation. Although the crowd during Chhath Puja is not as much as that during Ganesh festival, the NMC should provide additional bins for devotees for throwing ‘nirmalya’,” said Savitri Dange, a local devotee.She said it was feared that crackers would be burst by the river bank and the waste would flow into the river, but nothing of that sort happened.“Devotees, even if they are not from Nashik , should realise that the ‘nirmalya’ pots should be used for disposing of the puja material.”Jayant Hande, a devotee, said that even priests should be involved in the process of creating awareness on maintaining cleanliness at the sacred place.“All the rules that are followed during big festivals should be in force during festivals involving less people. It was, however, good to see public participation in the cleanliness drive,” he said.

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