Spearheaded by Bandra NGO Swachhalay and Global Citizen Festival India, drive sees 60 youth participating
The Global Citizen Festival India 2016, featuring a performance by British band, Coldplay,drew a massive crowd of around 80,000 to the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex on Saturday. The next day, teenagers in the city visited the ground with the aim of cleaning up the litter left behind at the venue by the audience.
Over 60 youngsters from the city volunteered for the cleanliness initiative. The initiative saw collaboration between a Bandra-based NGO Swachhalay and Global Citizen Festival India.
Speaking about the initiative, Swachhalay founder, Arsh Mogre said, “On the day of the concert, over 50 volunteers spread awareness about the toilet and sanitation facilities. We asked many visitors to join hands with us for the cleanliness drive next day. Our aim was to spread awareness about taking responsibility for our actions and keep our city clean.”
More than 50 youngsters volunteered for the cleanliness initiative on the next day of the concert.
Shraddha Shenoy, 20, said, “The aim of the activity was to involve the citizens and make them aware about their responsibility. After a concert gets over, usually the venue gets extremely dirty. Our focus is to attend the concert in a more responsible way. The initiative will also set an example for other citizens. We went around schools to spread the word about the initiative.” While, the youngsters collected the garbage, they also segregated it into wet and dry waste to enable waste recycling.
Over 40 kilograms of dry waste, including plastic bottles, newspapers, and metals were collected from the spot. A few kilograms of wet waste left after the concert will soon be transported for compost in the BKC area to convert it into manure and electricity.
Mogre, said, “We were cleaning the spot for more than five hours. The dry waste was given to scrap-dealers since it was not in good condition. We got around Rs 500 from 40 kgs of dry waste, which will be used for other social activities.”
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