Juhu Beach Cleaning Drive 2018
After the Ganpati visarjan on 18th & 24th
sept 2018 where a huge number of idols were immersed in the sea, as a
repercussion the beaches across Mumbai have been heavily polluted.
Students of B.l.Amalni college &
Rajani soundation have taken up an initiative to clean up the Juhu beach,
Mumbai. They had also invited other citizens to participate in the
clean-up drive.
An active participant of the drive said, "The lord we
pray for ten days they are under our feet and it feels sad when we pick up the
trash across the beach as it is not fair for the marine life. We should take a
responsibility towards preserving the marine life."
It was realized that,after celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi
for 10 days we really need to see what we have done to the beaches and the
environment. It is always feasible to use non-plaster of Paris idols because
they negatively affect the marine life.
Around 100 students
who have participated in the drive, to clean the heavily polluted
beach. Despite the ban on plastic usage in Maharashtra plastic products
were found on beaches. The ban on thermocol was not lifted which is also widely
used in pandals that also contributed in massive pollution.