WAST PUJA ARTICLE COLLECTED BY YFF

YAMUNA RIVER DELHI

YAMUNA RIVER DELHI ( YFF )

PROJECT " PUSHPANJALI PRAWAHA " HAS 3 STAGES

1

TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM THROWING FIOWERS ALONG WITH THE POLY BAG, SEPARATION OF POLY BAGS FROM FLOWERS COULD GO A LONG WAY IN IMPROVING YAMUNA WATERS.

2

TAKING OUT GARBAGE AND SILT FOR BETTER WATER FLOW AND DEPTH OF THE RIVER.
3
YOUTH FRATERNITY FOUNDATION TO ACT AS A PRESSURE GROUP IN PREVENTING THE 17 DRAINS FROM DISCHARGING DIRECTLY INTO YAMUNA RIVER WITHOUT PROPER WATER TREATMENT.

WHAT IS THIS ?

YAMUNA THE OFFSPRING OF SUN

We are presently organizing a 108 days progarmme called YAMUNA MAHA UTSAV. To clean as much as possible of the poly bags and flowers from repeating error of putting flowers and poly bags again unto the river.
PUSHPANJALI PRAWAHA ‘The flow of devotional flowers’ the new method in the year 2010 in Delhi We have planned to install special PATRAS 's, which will be placed in public places for the immediate disposal of these flowers. These will be subsequently disposed by our volunteers at an appropriate place. This will help tremendously in the reduction of pollution in The YAMUNA. For this cause, our PUSPANJALI PRAWAHA message will be passed door to door in Delhi.

A CAMPAIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION

APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF WASTES IN RIVER YAMUNA DUE TO CEREMONIAL MATERIALS

Title of the Project: An innovative Plan to minimize river pollution caused due to disposal of worship materials by setting up of Collection Boxes ( Pushpanjali Prawaha Patras).
Name of the Institution / Organization involved in the Project
Youth Fraternity Foundation

Director
Mr.Gopi Dutt Akash

APPROACH AND STRATEGY
The present study envisages to make use of diverse ways for minimizing the pollution caused by the disposal of the Ceremonial materials (flowers, garlands,poly bags etc). It has intended to enroll many young volunteers to accomplish the diverse tasks of this project. It has considered incorporating the street children who are engaged in rag picking and coin collecting. Ensuring employment and education to them by involving them for this social cause. Selection of the areas for setting up these prawaha patras( Waste Collection boxes will be made in consultation with Govt. officials. Information regarding the outcome of this innovative plan will be made available on the Internet through our official website www.yffindia.blogspot.com

Setting up of Pushpanjali Prawaha Patras (collection boxes) to curtail the problem of river Pollution caused by Worship Materials.

Background
Yamuna is unfortunately one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially at the banks near New Delhi, the capital of India. Almost 58%of the city’s waste is dumped into the river. Though numerous attempts have been made to clean it, the efforts have proven to be futile. India is a very religious country and idol worship is common which is done by offering prayers with flowers, food (bhog), garlands etc. These offerings to God are often discarded into the river once they wilt, which in turn they decay later causing pollution of the water bodies.

Pushpanjali Prawaha is an unique initiative undertaken by Youth Fraternity Foundation with an exclusive mission of “Facilitating National Development with complete Environment Sustainability”. YFF believes in the cycle of creation, perfection and destruction. Under this initiative, the flowers that are thrown after they are offered with great devotion at the feet of deities in temples or used as decoration, are collected and recycled further for various uses. This is done with the intention to mitigate pollution in the water bodies like the Yamuna, which has been in recent years converted into a dirty stinking stream of muck by continuous indifference.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The major goal of the project is to provide an objective means to assess, shield, control and mitigate the Pollution of the rivers caused by disposal, by setting up Pushpanjali Prawaha Patras (a waste collection box) in and around delhi in order to collect the used worship and ceremonial materials (flowers, garlands,poly bags etc) and to provide employment and education to the poor children by engaging them in activities of social cause.
OBJECTIVES
To control the contamination of the river like Yamuna created by disposal of waste materials and worship materials and other harmful resources.
To create awareness among the people about harmful effects of the Water Pollution.
To encourage people to cooperate in making the river Yamuna free from the pollutants by not throwing the waste materials into it.
To encourage people to use the special ‘Pushpanjali Prawaha patras’ to discard the waste flowers, garlands and other worship materials after there usage.
To seek for children currently engaged in coin collecting & rags picking and ensure employment & education for them

JUSTIFICATION
There is a rampant threat to the Indian rivers due to spiraling urbanization and industrialization. Availability of fresh water has become a vital discussion in today’s world. The interaction between human population and natural environment, related sustainability of water resources is of increasing scientific, societal and political importance. There is severe water crisis in many states within India which is due to mismanagement of water resources. All the major rivers and tributaries across the country have become the victim of (indiscriminate discharge of untreated domestic and industrial effluents, mining and agricultural run-off) point and diffused sources. Vast stretches of many major rivers including Ganga and Yamuna have became virtual sewers and rendered unfit for human use. This situation has evolved despite the huge investments made by subsequent governments in cleaning them up. As a result, our endurance and that of rivers -- is at stake.
Although many efforts have been made to control the pollution of these rivers but it is important to widen the methodologies and streamline all these towards achieving the primary goal. Identification of the type of effluent and adopting a method to control the pollution is the main objective of this project. Disposing of the Worship materials into the river can be minimized by collecting the wastes and recycling them for various useful purposes in the future. The only way to do this is by setting up of the collection Boxes (Prawaha Patras) in respective areas chosen.

EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Employment Opportunity for the youths.
2. Free Education and employment to the orphans,rag pickers, women and senior citizen.
3. Rehabilitation of the River Yamuna and improve the quality of water.
4. To create awareness among the people to keep the Yamuna clean by not disposing the ceremonial items into it.
5. More usage of the Pushpanjali Prawaha Patras (waste collection boxes).