Whereas there was a marked surge in devotees visiting Prayagraj for the continued Mahakumbh, the mega occasion has additionally led to a major rise in rubbish discovered floating within the Ganga and the Yamuna that largely includes the choices that the devoted carry after they go for the holy dip.
Trash skimmer in operation close to Sangam in Prayagraj. (HT picture)
It consists of objects like flowers, garlands, incense sticks, wrappers, plastic, coconuts, garments moreover another objects that pilgrims often lose throughout bathing on the Sangam.
To make sure clear water at Sangam for the pilgrims, a trash skimmer machine is working lengthy hours eradicating 10 to fifteen tons of floating rubbish from the rivers daily. In line with officers, there was a 20-fold enhance within the assortment of rubbish by the machine after the beginning of Mahakumbh.
The trash skimmer machine was pressed into service 4 years again to make sure that the devotees coming to wash in Sangam get clear and pure water. At the moment, the machine used to take away 50-60 quintals of rubbish daily.
its working system, one other machine was bought by Prayagraj Municipal Company round two years in the past. After this, the velocity of cleansing the rivers doubled, officers shared.
The capability of the machine cleansing each the rivers is 13 cubic metres. These machines cowl an space of 4 km within the river. That’s, it cleans from Sangam space to different distances together with the boat membership. With the assistance of those machines, the Yamuna can be being cleaned.
Disposal of rubbish at one place
Prayagraj Municipal Company officers say the rubbish collected by the machine is dumped at a spot close to Naini for disposal. From there, this rubbish is taken to the plant situated in Baswar by autos daily.
About trash skimmer machine
With the assistance of trash skimmer, the rubbish floating on the floor of the water is collected. This machine is used to wash rubbish in rivers, ports and seas. This machine collects plastic, bottles, spiritual waste, garments, steel objects, puja waste, useless animals and birds and so on.