Puja committees go green, adopt eco-friendly measures
4 Oct 2014 4:05 AM IST
The members of B Block Puja Committee at Chittaranjan Park (CR Park) informed that the goddess' statue in their pandal was made of pure clay and was painted entirely with natural colours, taking into consideration pollution and related issues.
Further elaborating on the eco-friendly measures they have taken while organising Durga Puja, Ashish Shome, joint secretary of the B Block Durga Puja Samitee said, ‘We have also dug a pit near the Puja for immersion on 4 October. This year we are not going for joint immersion in Yamuna with other Puja committees.’
The environment-friendly strategy was first adopted in 2013 by the Dakkhinpalli Puja behind the Shiv temple at Chittaranjan Park.
‘They hired a huge tank and immersed the goddess there. Since, they did not have enough space around the venue, they couldn’t dig out a pit,’ said Pankaj Sengupta, a member of the Cooperative Puja Samitee at CR Park. He further said, the cleanliness issue was discussed among the committees around three years ago. ‘Now, every year, various committees can be seen adopting innovative eco-friendly measures every year,' he added.
The oldest Durga Puja pandal in the city at a senior secondary school in north Delhi’s Alipur had ‘Cleanliness’ as its theme.
‘They made special arrangements for cleaning the venue on a routine basis, taking special care of thousands of disposable plates,' said Debashish Ghoshal, member of the 105 years old puja committee.
Further elaborating on the eco-friendly measures they have taken while organising Durga Puja, Ashish Shome, joint secretary of the B Block Durga Puja Samitee said, ‘We have also dug a pit near the Puja for immersion on 4 October. This year we are not going for joint immersion in Yamuna with other Puja committees.’
The environment-friendly strategy was first adopted in 2013 by the Dakkhinpalli Puja behind the Shiv temple at Chittaranjan Park.
‘They hired a huge tank and immersed the goddess there. Since, they did not have enough space around the venue, they couldn’t dig out a pit,’ said Pankaj Sengupta, a member of the Cooperative Puja Samitee at CR Park. He further said, the cleanliness issue was discussed among the committees around three years ago. ‘Now, every year, various committees can be seen adopting innovative eco-friendly measures every year,' he added.
The oldest Durga Puja pandal in the city at a senior secondary school in north Delhi’s Alipur had ‘Cleanliness’ as its theme.
‘They made special arrangements for cleaning the venue on a routine basis, taking special care of thousands of disposable plates,' said Debashish Ghoshal, member of the 105 years old puja committee.
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