‘Plastic’ Gandhi statue unveiled

A STATUE of Mahatma Gandhi, made from recycled waste, was unveiled this week in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida as a symbol of “Swachh Bharat” (clean India) on the 80th anniversary of the “Quit India Movement”.

The statue of “Marching Gandhi” is made solely from plastic waste.

Recalling Gandhi’s vision for a self-reliant and clean India, and with the aim of fulfilling the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Noida Authority in collaboration with a private company built the statue to remind people about reducing the use of plastic in Noida.

The statue is 6m high, 1.8m long, 1.8m wide and weighs 1 150kg.

After single use plastic was completely banned on July 1, efforts were made to make people aware of the environmental harm caused by plastic and ensure 100% compliance to control its use. Therefore, the construction of this statue from scrap is like an awareness campaign.

Simultaneously, operation “Plastic Exchange Mobile Van” has also been started.

So far, 170 people have exchanged 816kg plastic bottles and 52kg polythene with cloth bags, wooden stock rates and steel bottles, under this campaign. |