1,000 NMC school students participate in Green Kumbh

NASHIK: One 1,000 students from civic schools took part in a rally to create awareness about Green Kumbh on Wednesday with particular focus on avoiding the usage of plastic bags. They pledged for Green Kumbh at Ramkund and distributed cloth and paper bags among the vendors in the nearby areas.
The awareness campaign was carried out as part of the Green Kumbh as directed by the Bombay High Court during the hearing of public interest litigation on river pollution.The HC had formed a committee chaired by the divisional revenue commissioner. Various sub-committees have been assigned various tasks, one of them being the awareness campaigns among people before, during and after the Kumbh Mela.
The NGO that filed the PIL has been entrusted with the sub-committee, which has to create awareness among people.
The students gathered at Ramkund at 9 am and pledged to observe a Green Kumbh. They then marched from Makhmalabad through Panchavati to Ramkund. They also pledged to educate people about the cause and prevent them from littering waste or using plastic bags. They then distributed the paper and cloth bags to the vegetable vendors in the nearby areas and also to the people.
Mayor Ashok Murtadak and BJP MLA Balasaheb Sanap visited the rally and accepted the bags from the students.