MUMBAI: Two volunteer divers dived right into the largest marine muddle at the Versova seashore to clean it up.
The divers on Friday dived into the Versova Beach when the mangrove mobile facilitated them for joining the seashore blank campaign forward of the World International Day.
The divers went into the ocean with suggest Afroz Shah, a Versova resident who began the cleanup motion in October 2015 as an initiative which the UN Environment Chief Erik Solheim has dubbed because the “world’s biggest” and “most galvanizing.”
The divers got here back from the deep with plastic bottles and different plastic particles floating at nighttime. They will likely be going back in once more on Saturday.
Additional predominant chief conservator of forests, N Vasudevan, informed the Times Of India in an exclusive chat on Saturday that the divers who were trained have been keen to take part within the cleanup when they heard about it.
The divers got here back from the deep with plastic bottles and different plastic particles floating at nighttime.
“We had trained 20 formative years as scuba divers as a part of UNFP undertaking at Sindhudurg applied through state mangrove mobile and MTDC had co-partnered. As a part of the educational they had to remove ghost nets left at the back of through fishermen. They have got rid of 2 lakh square meters ghost nets that have stored marine existence. Now they are quite committed to the reason for environmental protection,” he stated.
They are self-employed as diving guides but have additionally formed themselves into an association to remove deserted fishing nets. “Abandoned nets are a significant issue alongside the coasts,” stated Vasudevan, adding “In Sindhudurg, since over a yr when the educational used to be given in a subsidised approach, the prevalence of leaving behind fishing nets has, alternatively, diminished.”
The divers who were trained have been keen to take part within the cleanup when they heard about it.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the official launch of the programme for World Environment Day for which India is the host this yr will likely be launched at Versova Beach through the UN Environment chief Solheim among with Union surroundings minister Harshavardan, surroundings minister in Maharashtra Ramdas Kadam.
Political leaders including Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Nirupam and Bharati Lavekar in addition to Hafekar, IG, Commander Western Region, Coast Guard, Kiran Achrekar and Prashant Gaikwad civic officers, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Afroz Shah and hundreds of volunteers will take part within the match.
The divers on Friday dived into the Versova Beach when the mangrove mobile facilitated them for joining the seashore blank campaign forward of the World International Day.
The divers went into the ocean with suggest Afroz Shah, a Versova resident who began the cleanup motion in October 2015 as an initiative which the UN Environment Chief Erik Solheim has dubbed because the “world’s biggest” and “most galvanizing.”
The divers got here back from the deep with plastic bottles and different plastic particles floating at nighttime. They will likely be going back in once more on Saturday.
Additional predominant chief conservator of forests, N Vasudevan, informed the Times Of India in an exclusive chat on Saturday that the divers who were trained have been keen to take part within the cleanup when they heard about it.
The divers got here back from the deep with plastic bottles and different plastic particles floating at nighttime.
“We had trained 20 formative years as scuba divers as a part of UNFP undertaking at Sindhudurg applied through state mangrove mobile and MTDC had co-partnered. As a part of the educational they had to remove ghost nets left at the back of through fishermen. They have got rid of 2 lakh square meters ghost nets that have stored marine existence. Now they are quite committed to the reason for environmental protection,” he stated.
They are self-employed as diving guides but have additionally formed themselves into an association to remove deserted fishing nets. “Abandoned nets are a significant issue alongside the coasts,” stated Vasudevan, adding “In Sindhudurg, since over a yr when the educational used to be given in a subsidised approach, the prevalence of leaving behind fishing nets has, alternatively, diminished.”
The divers who were trained have been keen to take part within the cleanup when they heard about it.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the official launch of the programme for World Environment Day for which India is the host this yr will likely be launched at Versova Beach through the UN Environment chief Solheim among with Union surroundings minister Harshavardan, surroundings minister in Maharashtra Ramdas Kadam.
Political leaders including Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Nirupam and Bharati Lavekar in addition to Hafekar, IG, Commander Western Region, Coast Guard, Kiran Achrekar and Prashant Gaikwad civic officers, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Afroz Shah and hundreds of volunteers will take part within the match.
Trained divers clear marine litter in Versova
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