Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake) littered with garbage


Members of the local morning-walkers' association and NGO Concern for Kolkata are disappointed that, in spite of a drive to clean the Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), there continues to be rampant piling up of garbage consisting of empty food packets, plastic tea cups, bottles and sundry other trash.
This has negated a year-long effort by locals even though they had some 80 staff of the Kolkata Improvement Trust (KIT) to clean the garbage. The staff is seldom seen nowadays and, therefore, the vigil against littering and plastics has collapsed.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 6 October 2015.
The initiative had worked very well for the first few months, but, with the disappearance of the KIT staff, the vigil began to fall off.
The KIT has more than 70 staff, but, only 5-6 of them are engaged for cleaning it is impossible for six people to keep a 190-acre area clean and plastic-free. Added is the menace of hawkers – no other park in the city permits hawkers to enter and, in spite of a court order, they have a field day. And, they are responsible to generate garbage.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

Some more interesting 'must reads'-
Skywalk planned by UP tourism department to connect Taj Mahal with Agra Fort

Undaunted by a target of 200, South Africa romp home in Dharamsala with two balls to spare

After yoga, central government promotes outdoor sports like jungle safari, rafting


Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to promote tourism in Bengal

Sunny Leone is a guest at the PETA US’ 35th anniversary gala at the Hollywood Palladium

X-Files, Scully and Mulder to return on January 24th after a 13-year-break


ISIS harvesting organs of healthy individuals to treat the injured jihadists

US airstrike targets a hospital in Kunduz instead of Taliban outposts – 9 Doctors Without Borders members killed

Russia carries out airstrikes in Syria – targets CIA-backed rebels instead of ISIS


Durga Puja is the busiest time of the year for Kumortuli

Puja Special issues of Bengali magazines

Durga Puja today is a commercial venture

No comments:

Post a Comment