Apr 26, 2012

Let's do it - together!


Garbage. Junk. Rubbish. Trash. Call it what you may, there is no escaping from it. Every now and then I heard people complaining about it but nobody seemed willing to act upon it. Not any more.
My 'green' friends from DGPS, Pune (Deccan Gymkhana Parisar Samiti) have come up with a smart idea. In collaboration with SWaCH and the Pune Municipal Corp, they have organized a garbage collection drive. They are calling it V-Collect. So you can get rid of all that unwanted stuff piled up in your balcony, lofts and terrace. Old footwear, toys, glass, old clothes - all that you 'wanted to get rid of but didn't know how.'
That's not all. You can even give e-waste (which is a real big problem) - batteries, old phones, chargers, electrical appliances - anything.
Most important, SWaCH will take responsibility of treating all the stuff in the proper manner. Not just dumping it in the municipal garbage dump. That's exactly what we all don't want, right?
I can see another very important message in this drive - that the garbage problem canbe tackled only if citizens and municipal authorities work together. Simply blaming each other won't help. We need more people like DGPS, which is a informal body of citizens, united in their aim of keeping their surroundings clean. If you are interested in finding out how you can become a part of them, check it out here.
So what are you waiting for - get all that stuff out of your house, and bring it to Kamla Nehru Park on Sunday morning between 10 am and 2 pm.
Of course, I will be there too, with all my DGPS friends. Won't miss this for anything.