Although thousands of people flooded Batu Caves for the Thaipusam celebration this year, many were more aware of the importance of maintaining cleanliness in the area, according to the Clean Thaipusam Intiative.
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00:00We have a general and a private school here.
00:05We have a private school here.
00:10We have a general and a private school here.
00:15We have a general and a private school here.
00:20We have a general and a private school here.
00:26Estimation of rubbish, we have general and also recycled.
00:31In the past three days, we have about 70 kg of recycled.
00:40And for banana and fruits, we have about 400 kg.
00:45So far, not including today, we never weighed yet for today.
00:48This is the past three days.
00:50That is what we have the numbers for now.
00:52Compared to 2019 to 2025, and I can see this year, we have more crowds.
00:58Especially yesterday, we started from 8 February.
01:01The past two days and the three days, we have very smooth.
01:05For today, we have a lot of work to do.
01:08Because yesterday night crowd, we have overwhelmed crowd.
01:11Even people cannot move from here for a few hours.
01:15That is the crowd we see this year.
01:17And we also see our devotees do their diligence to keep clean the place.
01:25The way what we have seen, there's a lot of vendors, the shop vendors.
01:29They become eco-friendly.
01:31And we also give a token for those vendors for the eco-friendly item they're giving.
01:38For example, they have a food shop.
01:41They come out with paper bags and paper cups.
01:44It's more eco-friendly.
01:46For 2026, we want to see less plastic and less rubbish we do have every year.
01:53But we compare previous year, we have less.
01:56But what we have noticed, there's more awareness given to the crowd.
02:00And we hope next year, we will have better awareness and go around people to the public in Malaysia.
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