Kumbh 2021, to be organised in Haridwar this year, will remain polythene free.
Around 30,000 cloth bags stitched by women folks in Jaipur have been sent to Haridhwar to make up a polythene free Kumbh which is scheduled to start from April 1 in Haridwar this year.
Women are gathering in large numbers in their houses to make a grand beautiful cloth bags which will be distributed to people coming in kumbh.
Small groups have been formed at local level under a local leader who looks at the smooth running of the drive, he informed.
Shrikant Gupta, heading a Nature Lover group said that the bags sent to Hardware will be given to visitors of Kumbh and polythene will be taken from them in this Mahakumbh.
These polythenes will be used to make ecobricks which will be then used to make roads, centre tables, benches etc.
In his appeal made to people of the group, he said, “May we all make the Mahakumbh in Haridwar polyethylene free Kumbh with our little cooperation in the national interest.
Therefore, I humbly request you to cooperate in saving the environment and making a poly-free pillar by giving us cloth bags from your home according to your reverence.”
A total of 20 crore people are likely to come to this Kumbh Mela; so the first installment of the bags have been dispatched to Haridwar. Whoever wishes to cooperate for the next installment please delivering at the said address,”he appealed.