A day after the conclusion of three-day World Culture Festival organised Art of living event in the national Capital, the event, which was aimed to bring back the green cover of the riverbed, has left heaps of garbage behind it. Only five volunteers were there to clean the area.
Volunteers cleaning the floodplains said it would take more than a month to clear the entire mess. Volunteers had no clue as to where the garbage would be dumped.
Huge trash of garbage, empty water bottles and food containers were lying on the floodplains. A host of Sri Sri University pamphlets, matrimonial pamphlets are lying carelessly. Besides, the designated team of workers, a host of child waste pickers were also seen collecting garbage from the site.
“It will take around three to four weeks to clean the entire mess. We have engaged volunteers and trying to do our bit. We have outsourced the work to a contractor to get the work done as soon as possible,” said Karthik, an Art of living volunteer.
Though the work to dismantle the giant stage has begun, it is likely to take the maximum time.
According to Anita Dandiya, the official spokesperson of Art of living (Aol) foundation, the dismantling of temporary structure can take more than three weeks.
Talking about the garbage disposal mechanism, Dandiya said, “I cannot say how much solid waste has been generated though we are in the process of cleaning the venue. Our volunteers are working on the venue. Since, it was a mass gathering, it can take time”.
When The Pioneer asked them where they will dump the garbage, the official said they have no clue about it, moreover, they were also not aware about the installations of noise and air pollution measuring instrument on the venue site and do not have even the idea of preparing the videos of the event on daily basis which was directed to event organisers by Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCC).