This is really worrisome and shameful. Thankfully the Kaanwad Yatras have ended after several videos going viral in social media about the violent incidents of public thrashings, punching, kicking and even damaging the shops and expensive cars at Haridwar, Meerut, Mirjapur Railway station and several other locations by the hooligans under the guise of being Kaanwad Yatris.
There had been lakhs and lakhs of Kaanwad Yatris thronging in at Haridwar, Rishikesh including at Gangotri from where emanates pios Ganges.
Now since Kaanwad Yatra ended in Haridwar, Harki Paidee, Rishikesh and other areas several hundred metric tonnes of rubbish, used clothes, underwear and undergarments and dirty clothes including plastic bottles have been left behind on the banks of pious Ganges and inside it as well badly polluting the already polluted Ganga Maiya. The pictures and videos being posted in social media unambiguously reveal the sorry state of affairs.
Uttarakhand is the pious land of abode of Gods where piousness, purity and cleanliness is the first priority but unfortunately every year and during Kumbha Mela festival lakhs and lakhs tons of dirt, rubbish, used clothes, undergarments, plastic bottles and other form of clothes are left behind by the pilgrims/ devotees not thinking that instead of paying obeisance to Lord Shiva by polluting the pious Ganges to this vast magnitude they are rather doing a disfavour to the Lord and the land of abode of Gods including Ganga mother by badly polluting it and doing massive harm to humanity.
According to the latest reports this year the estimated approximate rubbish and waste left behind by millions of Kaanwadiyas is around ten thousand metric tonnes in weight. A staggering figure. During the Kanwar Yatra, kanwariyas (devotees of Shiva) leave behind a substantial amount of garbage, particularly in Haridwar, which is a major pilgrimage site.
This left behind garbage comprise of items like empty bottles, discarded clothes, and plastic bags. In past years, the volume of waste left behind has been significant, with estimates reaching 30,000 metric tonnes. This amount of waste is comparable to what Haridwar typically generates over several months.
The large quantity of waste poses a significant challenge for local authorities, who need to organize special cleaning campaigns to manage the buildup. The situation is further complicated by open defecation along the Ganga, which adds to the pollution and waste burden reveal various reports.
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