Kurukshetra, November 12 --- To spread awareness against the danger of pollution on human bodies, a large sculpture of plastic bags in shape of a turtle is being made by several volunteers at the eastern ‘ghat’ of holy Bharmsarovar here today.
Keeping an Eye on Guinness World Record. Dr. Ritu Sharma Environmentalist has submitted an application for the largest Sculpture of plastic bags in the shape of a turtle. After approval, with the help of volunteers of various section of society this project succeeded in the collection of 87,000 used plastic bags from the town. Volunteers also collected plastic bags from the marketplaces, temples and Gaushalas. From 200kg of plastic waste, Volunteers segregated the handle plastic waste 87,000 counts.
Dr. Ritu Sharma, who has done her Master in Environment and effect of Pesticides on human bodies, from Nalanda International University, Patna, said that the sole motto behind this project is to contribute in Prime Minister’s march towards “Swachh Bharat”, Beat the plastic pollution. And as well as to create awareness amongst the people to shun away the single-use plastic bags.
The reason behind this Turtle shape, it is a reptile that lives on land as well as in water. This sculpture depicts a crying turtle, who is begging for his survival. Because human has left no place for him to live due to heavy accumulation of plastic. Plastic has made his life so miserable. Despite his long age of 300 yrs. He is also struggling for his survival. He is trying to give a message, the only refusal of single-use plastic can bring a healthy life back for humans as well as for other lives. Because plastic is a prominent cause of cancer, daily thousands of lives are dying due to it.
This entire event is being held under the supervision of Independent witnesses.
Vinod Singhala, District Informatics officer of Information and science centre Kurukshetra, who is supervising the project said that turtle iron frame which is 24 feet long and 7 feet in height would beat the earlier world record of making plastic waste sculpture in shape of octopus with 68 thousand counted plastic bags in Singapore. He said that it would help in spreading the massage to the masses as over 30 lakh people are likely to visit the Bharhmsarovar during the 18 days long Gita Jayanti celebrations starting from November 23 onward, and during Solar eclipse fair here on December 23, next.
Photo- Dr. Ritu Sharma and others working at the site
