Friday, July 17, 2009

Operation raincoat: a humble effort to stop Yamuna pollution - Pollution-Environment-The Economic Times

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    • A group of youngsters from an NGO are renting out raincoats to tourists and devotees trekking up to Yamunotri in the Himalayas in an effort to stop pollution from plastics at the source of the Yamuna river.
    • Sunny Verma of Swecha, a Delhi-based environmental NGO, said:
    • "In an effort to bring this to a halt, we have set up counters near the bus stop where the pilgrims and others get off and start their trek and distribute better quality, rubber raincoats on a rental basis. Since we are doing this with the help of local people, it's a venture that is earning them profit too," he added.