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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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