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          Sustainability and Waste Management

          Tackling Mahakumbh’s formidable challenge


                ith over 66 crore pilgrims   of attention. Five years after a   gathering of people, noting down
                visiting the Mahakumbh    pandemic sanitized our world, there   the boxes ticked from the facilities
                mela over a period of     was an army of workers sourced   management angle can serve as
                45 days for a holy dip in   from different organisations united   a useful reference point for mass
         Wthe Sangam, maintaining         by a common purpose to keeping   events in other sectors (such as
          hygiene, tackling waste and     the place clean.                culture and music, entertainment
          implementing sustainable measures                               and business, festivals and sport)
          were on top of the government’s   Sustainability –              where large footfalls happen in a
          agenda in addition to ensuring an                               shared space.
          enriching and spiritual experience   Lessons Learnt
          for the devotees. This monumental   Mahakumbh 2025 was an       River water cleaning
          task has been successfully managed   environment high for corporate   Cleaning the Ganga on a daily
          by a mix of traditional and hi-tech   India as well, pitching in with   basis, waste management of the
          measures with support from central   material and manpower, teaming   river water and along the banks due
          institutions and the private sector.   up with various private entities in   to the movement of pilgrims can
           Between the numbers and        activities such as plastic recycling.   be valuable inputs for festivals and
          logistics, the resources and planning   For event management businesses,   events staged along waterfronts
          to cater to crores of devotees from   pointers are many on understanding   and beaches elsewhere. River
          every part of India and the globe   the magnitude of challenges and   cleaning barges, floating trash
          reaching the confluence of three   achievements, processes and   skimmers sourced from private
          rivers, the aspects of hygiene, waste   planning, the assimilation of which   companies by the local governing
          management and environment-     will take some time. Viewing the   body collecting religious offerings
          friendly measures need a bit    Mahakumbh as an unprecedented   like garlands, flowers, coconuts,











































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