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From Alandi and Dehu, millions of Warakaris walk towards Pandharpur every year. During this 21-day Wari, millions of Warakaris take breakfast, meals and tea every day. The use of plastic or thermocol dishes, glasses and bowls for this purpose has declined in the last few years. This causes huge pollution of plastic and thermocol waste on the Wari Marg every year. The effects of this pollution continue for hundreds of years. To prevent this, we are implementing this project to use easily decomposing, natural leaf foliage and drones during wari/ procession.
Before hundreds of years Pandharpur Wari was started by the saints in an environmentally friendly manner. However, in the last few years, the use of plates, glasses and cups made of plastic and thermocol has increased tremendously in Wari. These plates used do not decompose in the cycle of nature. Millions of used plates are discarded or incinerated every day, causing massive pollution of air, land and water. Hundreds of animals die from eating raw dishes. As plastic and thermocol dishes are heated, carcinogenic chemicals are added to the food. Some dishes use steel plates and bowls for meals. But thousands of Liters of water are used to wash them. Drinking water is supplied by tanker throughout the Wari. Villages along the Wari route face water scarcity in June-July. In such a situation, it is not advisable to waste millions of liters of water to wash thousands of dishes every day.
Pollution from plastics, thermocol and water wastage for washing steel dishes should be avoided. The only way to do this is to resume the use of foliage made from natural leaves. Thum Creative Paryavaran Dakshata Kruti Munch has been working for the last ten years at various levels, including awareness (Prabodhana), to encourage the Warakaris to use leaf-made drones/ leaves in Wari. This campaign is being implemented jointly by Cummins India Foundation since 2017. 40 Kirtankaars from Warkari Sampradaay and Maharaj, Dindipramukh is getting active participation in the campaign. A total of 1,62,000 students from 273 schools and colleges on Wari Marg have been enlightened and sworn in to protect the environment.
This is due to the fact that leaf litter is more expensive than plastic and thermocol dishes. To address this problem, Thum Creative Paryavaran Dakshata Kruti Munch, in collaboration with philanthropists, charities, food donors, eco-friendly plates vendors and various communities, has come up with a plan to make natural leaf litter readily available to Warkaris at a discounted rate
Mission Objectives
Execution of the campaign
The actual wari is in the month of June-July but the plastic thermocol waste pollution-free Dindi campaign starts from January every year. About 100 coordinators and 250 “Waari Mitra” work for this. Temple Trusts, Devasthan Samiti, Dindi owners / Chalak, preachers, kirtankars, social workers, food doners are contacted in the two routes from Alandi to Pandharpur and from Dehu to Pandharpur. Plastic, thermocol dishes and steel bowls should not be used in Wari but natural leaf foliage and drones should be used instead.
2 Municipal Corporations, 15 Municipalities, 130 Gram Panchayats and 3 Universities are also involved in the campaign. Hundreds of activists take part in the campaign from beginning to end during the actual procession. In the year 2019, 940 food doners have been enlightened through 35 training camps, 65 meetings, 38 awareness rounds. As a result, a total of 2.70 crore plates and 4.0+ crore drones have been used so far in 2018 and 2019. This has saved 8.06 crore litres of water. It also avoids the immeasurable damage that has been done to soil, land, water and air for hundreds of years.
A Report by News 18 Likmat
A joint press conference with Alandi and Saswad Devsthan Samiti heads.
Coverage by Zee 24 Taas channel
This is the teaching of the saints. We will put this teaching into practice, enlighten others, convert. Let’s implement simple measures and conserve and protect the environment
Many hazardous chemicals are used to make plastics and thermocol. These chemicals get into the food as hot food serves in plastic and thermocol plates and cups. Eating such foods increases the risk of cancer.
Millions of thermocol and plastic dishes are used for millions of Warkaris during Wari. They are then discarded. Our brothers’ farms and wells on the Wari Road are getting polluted due to this. This is causing serious damage to the environment as plastics and thermocol do not decompose
Green Plates/ Patravali and Green Bowls/ Drona are made from leaves that are a part of nature. Within a few days, they decomposed naturally. They do no harm to the environment.
Every day millions of devotees in Wari use plastic carry bags to carry flowers. Instead, long-term adverse effects from millions of bags per day will be avoided if taken to the leaf.
Some people tend to use steel plates and bowls for meals instead of plastic and thermocol. But in Wari, millions of litres of drinking water is supplied by tankers and same is used for washing millions of steel plates & bowls every day. Detergents also cause pollution. To avoid water wastage and pollution use natural Patravali and Drones.
Let’s join Wari, be an ambassador of environmental conservation.
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