PLASTIC FREE MOMENT IN TIRUPATHI: ప్లాస్టిక్ అనేది మనకు నిత్యజీవితంలో తరచుగా దర్శనమిస్తూనే ఉంటాయి. మార్కెట్లలో, షాపింగ్ మాల్స్లో ఇంకా వివిధ ప్రాంతాల్లో మనం వాటిని వినియోగిస్తూనే ఉంటాం.
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00:00In rural areas, where drinking water is scarce,
00:07even if we reach a higher level,
00:10even if we acquire higher education,
00:12even if we go abroad and earn in dollars,
00:14we have to serve our country.
00:16To protect the environment,
00:18we have to work hard.
00:20To come to our country and protect the environment,
00:23a young man from Kadapa district is serving as a Tirupati resident.
00:37What is his aim?
00:39Why did he come up with the idea of opening up a plastic-free Tirupati temple?
00:47For the past seven years,
00:49along with the Tirumala and Tirupati districts,
00:52he has been working hard to get rid of plastic in Sheshachalam and many other districts.
00:58We can see that,
01:00in Tirupati Nagaram,
01:02by collecting the plastic from Divya Ramam,
01:05he is trying to make Divya Ramam as a plastic-free district.
01:10Why did he come up with this idea?
01:12Let us ask Sivaji about the services he has done so far.
01:16Sivaji, you have achieved a lot.
01:19Why did you come up with this idea?
01:22I was born in Karu district, Annamayya.
01:25We have a lot of water problems.
01:27In our area, even if we fill 1200 feet of water,
01:30the borewells will be filled.
01:32Recently, we filled 1800 feet of water.
01:34It is okay if the water level is low,
01:37but the TDS count will exceed 1100 to 1200.
01:41This is a very dangerous situation.
01:44I have been working on water conservation for many years.
01:48I designed the Neeru tree.
01:50After working for a few days, I had to go to the US.
01:53When I came to India,
01:5520 months back,
01:57I was touring the holy places.
01:59When I saw Sheshachalam,
02:01I had an idea about water conservation.
02:04Wherever I looked,
02:06the canals,
02:08wells,
02:10all the good water sources
02:12have now become dirty.
02:14All the places where we have to conserve water
02:16are filled with plastic.
02:18So, the water is dirty.
02:20When I went to Srisailam,
02:22I was sad to see all the holy places.
02:24In a place like this,
02:26even if we have to get water from Rayalaseema,
02:28we have to get water from that place.
02:30If everything was dirty,
02:32I started.
02:34With the blessings of Guruji,
02:36Ganapati Satchidananda Swamiji
02:38and Rudra Ignam,
02:40I went there.
02:42I stayed there for 9 days and cleaned it.
02:44So, wherever I go,
02:46the holy places are the same.
02:48In Tirupati,
02:50if you go near the lakes,
02:52it will take 800 feet.
02:54Here, the TDS count is 600.
02:56When I came to Tirumala,
02:58with my brother's children,
03:00I was shocked to see
03:02that all the lakes were filled with plastic.
03:04Later, slowly,
03:06I joined Tirumala Kondal.
03:08While cleaning,
03:10I understood that
03:12the animals here ate the plastic,
03:14lost their pregnancy,
03:16and 60% disappeared.
03:18Later, while roaming in Tirumala Kondal,
03:20I went to Jaapali.
03:22I felt like I was in a wonderful world.
03:24All the trees there were filled with plastic.
03:26Many people died there.
03:28After seeing that,
03:30I stayed there for 3 months and cleaned it.
03:32How long have you been doing this work?
03:34How much plastic have you collected?
03:36I have been doing this work for 20 months.
03:38I have collected around 10,000 kgs of plastic.
03:40When a group of people comes here,
03:42the plastic accumulates.
03:44We collect it.
03:46For some people,
03:48the plastic has been lying on the ground for years.
03:50They cannot even recycle it.
03:52So, we segregate the bottles
03:54and tell them to generate revenue.
03:56But in Kondal,
03:58there is no such situation.
04:00We guide people to generate revenue.
04:02If we leave Tirupati like this,
04:04in 10 years,
04:06it will be completely destroyed.
04:08That is because
04:10there are more pilgrims.
04:12We do not have plastic control.
04:14Kondal is the basis for everything.
04:16Kondal is the Adivaraha Bhookshetra.
04:18How long have you been working with Shivaji?
04:20In which areas do you clean?
04:22We do not clean.
04:24Basically, we are college students.
04:26We do events regularly.
04:28We clean Shivaji and
04:30we form a student nation.
04:32We do events for 5 journals.
04:34We do not do only plastic.
04:36We do several things.
04:38When I met the Rotary Club,
04:40they told me
04:42that they have been working
04:44on plastic-free Tirupati
04:46for 20 months.
04:48I wanted to meet such an inspiring person.
04:50I have been in touch with him
04:52for the past 4 months.
04:54In public visiting places,
04:56we want to segregate more garbage.
04:58Every weekend,
05:00we have a meeting
05:02with the Rotary Club.
05:04We have a responsibility
05:06to do this.
05:08We do not say
05:10that we will do everything.
05:12We do what we can.
05:14If someone joins,
05:16they join.
05:18How did you join?
05:20When my mother created this group,
05:22I joined.
05:24Yesterday, we went to Shreewari Pada
05:26and we saw
05:28small containers
05:30of cucumber.
05:32It looked like a big tree
05:34that had been pushed
05:36and dumped.
05:38There were lots of plastic pieces.
05:40We saw small pieces.
05:42We saw how much
05:44the tree could bear.
05:46The tree would be
05:48more than 100 years old.
05:50I saw the plastic
05:52that was dumped
05:54when my mother created this group.
05:56We came to Tirupati
05:58for the first time.
06:00It was a holy place.
06:02Everywhere we went,
06:04we saw dust,
06:06foul smell.
06:08I told my brother
06:10that I will work with you
06:12even if I cannot see the plastic.
06:14We worship God.
06:16Devotion is also made of plastic.
06:18We worship God
06:20and Shreewari Pada
06:22is made of plastic.
06:24They dumped the plastic
06:26under the tree.
06:28We had to stop the production.
06:30We had to stop the production.
06:32We had to stop the production.
06:34We had to dump the plastic
06:36under the tree.
06:38How did you
06:40collaborate with Sivaji?
06:42Six months back,
06:44we started an event
06:46in the university.
06:48It was for biodiversity.
06:50Sivaji was introduced to me.
06:52I was very inspired
06:54by the kind of activity
06:56he was doing.
06:58We formed a group
07:00and try to do it
07:02almost every week.
07:04Unfortunately,
07:06Tirupati is the dirtiest place.
07:08Everywhere you look,
07:10it is waste.
07:12We call it GVP.
07:14Garbage vulnerable points.
07:16Even if you look at the corners,
07:18it is scattered waste.
07:20It is not concentrated.
07:22It is like small wrappers.
07:24It is the most difficult
07:26to collect it.
07:28We are trying to address
07:30this challenge.
07:32First, we collect it
07:34at an operational level.
07:36Second,
07:38we talk to municipal commissioners
07:40or ministries
07:42and bring a system
07:44and process for it.
07:46We are also trying
07:48to identify latest technologies
07:50that can process the waste.
07:52We have to protect
07:54ourselves and our next generation.
07:56Sivaji started the Plastic Free Tirupati
07:58program.
08:00He is also involved
08:02in some voluntary organizations.
08:04When did you
08:06associate with Rotary Club?
08:08When we surveyed
08:10the society,
08:12a young man
08:14from Kerala
08:16asked me
08:18what I was doing
08:20alone.
08:22I told him I was collecting
08:24plastic waste.
08:26I wanted to work
08:28with Rotary Club
08:30to save the environment.
08:32He said
08:34he had tears in his eyes.
08:36So, we decided
08:38to work with Rotary Club
08:40to save the environment.
08:42We selected S.V. University
08:44and changed the area to
08:46Plastic Free Tirupati.
08:48We collected
08:50waste from the surrounding
08:52areas and
08:54pumped it
08:56in Swarnamukhi river.
08:58Swarnamukhi became
09:00a waste area.
09:02After burning it for 365 days,
09:04the smell of smoke
09:06created a problem.
09:08We thought
09:10it would be good
09:12to work with Rotary Club.
09:14So, we decided
09:16to work with
09:18Plastic Free Tirupati.
09:20How did you
09:22come up with
09:24this idea?
09:26How can
09:28you do it alone?
09:30Everyone
09:32has to start.
09:34It is a
09:36difficult task.
09:38If we don't
09:40react,
09:42the earth will
09:44be destroyed.
09:46If we
09:48understand the
09:50pain of the earth,
09:52we won't feel
09:54it is a difficult task.
10:00I go to
10:02communities
10:04and share my experience.
10:06We go to colleges
10:08and conduct 3 camps.
10:10We conduct an introduction camp.
10:12We clean the campus
10:14for the second time.
10:16We adapt
10:18the campus for the
10:20third time.
10:22It can be a college
10:24or a street.
10:26We show how to
10:28segregate waste.
10:30We give training classes.
10:32We change 3 habits.
10:34In the morning, we use
10:36toothbrush and plastic.
10:38We use 6 brushes
10:40in a year.
10:42If we use plastic
10:44bottles,
10:46we waste 4 kgs.
10:48If we use single-use
10:50plastic covers,
10:52we waste 8 kgs.
10:54A person uses
10:5615 kgs of plastic
10:58for a year.
11:00He uses 750 kgs
11:02for 50 years.
11:04By changing these 3 habits,
11:06we can save
11:08750 kgs of plastic.
11:10We have many options.
11:12We can use toothbrush powder,
11:14bamboo brush,
11:16water bottle,
11:18plastic bottles,
11:20cloth bags,
11:22etc.
11:24These are all
11:26in our hands.
11:28Our health is
11:30very important.
11:32We are treated
11:34carelessly.
11:36There is a risk
11:38of death.
11:40I have seen 2 deaths
11:42in the last 1 year.
11:44Children get cancer
11:46because of plastic.
11:48Parents use plastic
11:50to store hot items.
11:52They inject hot items
11:54such as lollipops.
11:56They use plastic
11:58to store cutlery.
12:00Our body is full of
12:02micro-plastic.
12:04It spoils our health.
12:06We get cancer
12:08and heart attacks.
12:10You are working
12:12to live a good life.
12:14You are working
12:16to live a good life.
12:18You are working
12:20to live a good life.
12:22This is not an easy job.
12:24Every year,
12:267 million people
12:28die in this world.
12:30If you don't create fear,
12:329 out of 10 people
12:34get cancer.
12:36Every doctor
12:38in the world
12:40warns you.
12:42God can't save you.
12:46We go to schools,
12:48colleges,
12:50villages.
12:52We communicate
12:54with people.
12:56It is our responsibility.
12:58If we don't save the earth,
13:00we are betraying nature.
13:02We are working
13:04to make Tirupati a
13:06plastic-free city.
13:08We are working
13:10to make Tirupati a
13:12plastic-free city.