Not to carry Plastic Bags within the premise of any Eco-Tourism Site... NO-TO-PLASTICS Go Green!

1. Nandankanan National Park,
A Pride Paradise
Under
Plastic Garbage
Kumar Deepak
(Environmentalist)

3. Introduction:
 Established in 1960
 Opened for public in 1979
 Area covering 400 Hectares of Chandaka Forest
 Including the Kanjia Lake, an area of 54 Hectare
 Place: Bhubaneswar, Orissa

5. Date: 6 October 2012
Visited the Nanadankanan National Park… It is a wonderful
ecosystem to visit & Its my privilege to visit such green
paradise in the heart of the Bhubaneswar, the Capital city
of the State of Orissa…I appreciate the Management over
some of the aspects of structural arrangements…Its been
one of the most popular Natural Ecosystem comprising the
Chandaka Forest & Kanjia Lake…Kanjia Lake is the favorite
Nauka Vihar(Boating) site for the Visitors…
The Pictorial Hording was the center of attraction for
me…This was so easily specified the Waste on the basis of
its Nature of Biodegradability, Non-Biodegradability &
others…Those who will carry polythene Bag inside Premise
of the Park, would be fined with Rs. 100…

8. It can satisfy the experts those are working to reduce
plastic waste in not only such natural habitat but also
other places as well…
But as I stepped forward to enter inside the Ecological
Habitat the mismanagement of the National Park Authority
was completely exposed…It was disappointing to observe the
pathetic state of waste management within the premises of
the National park itself…
The area passing the Toy Train Track & alongside of the
Kanjia lake having a long wetland areas covered under a
huge amount of Plastic Waste…The side along the Lake side
of the Toy Train Track is supposed to be the heaven ground
of dumping of such huge amount of plastic waste…There are
some expressive pictures, would express the malign story
of mismanagement & mal-administrative conduct within the
premise of the Nandankanan…

14. It’s the pathetic & disturbing site to watch…The Right
side of the toy track was completely trashed with the
plastic garbage…& this was intentionally being done…The
entire garbage which is produced within the premise of the
National Park is being committed all over the right side
of the toy train track…
When I asked some of the employee working within the
premise of the National Park, were unable to respond…When
I asked,”why such huge amount of Plastic Waste is not
being carried away daily outside the premise of the
Nandankanan?”
Despite of the fact I had observed such amount of plastic
garbage within the premise, they were defending themselves
on oral ground…It was amazing to observe that thousands of
Visitors including some of the State Officers visit the
Nandankanan, they won’t even resist such autocratic nature
of the National Park Authority…

15. Consequences of such Plastic Waste:
• Nearby Left side is the habitat of Peacocks & some of
the local birds under the lethal impact of such plastic
waste.
• Right side is Kanjia lake & a long wetland areas which
is severely under threat of dispersion of such plastic
dumps due to wind & even such dispersion is being going
on with an extremely rapid rate.
• Suicidal for the wetland areas.
• Suicidal for the Endangered species those are being
nourished within the premise.

16. Generation of Plastic Garbage:
• Civic unawareness
• Administrative Mismanagement
• Mishandling of Plastic Waste
• Deficit strategy of proper & Sustainable Plastic Waste
Management
• Lack of Efficient & intellect officials & Employees
• Absent of Green Volunteers within the premise
• Eco-Tourists easily carry the plastic with themselves,
no prohibition to stop entering such plastic trashes.
• No Effective strategy to punish the plastic carriers or
tourists carrying the plastic bags.

17. Objective of this slide:
I have no malafide intention to malign the pride Ecological
Tourist destination of the State of Orissa…What I have
observed such state of heavy plastic waste mismanagement,
might bring serious disappointments to the visitors like me…
I warmly pledge to the people to obey the rule of conduct &
regulations about carrying plastic bags within the premise…
The authority should appoint volunteers in an efficient
numbers to disseminate such massages to the visitors inside
the Nandankanan…
The National Park Authority should take stringent actions
against those violating the rules…
The Authority should facilitate daily disposal of the plastic
waste generated within the premises of the National Park…

18. Pledge:
Lets join from today to protect & conserve such ecological
emblem of pride from such serious anthropogenic
intervention…Our civic sense would bring a dynamic
transition & it would cooperate the State Authority
wherever such National Park irrespective of Administrative
Mismanagement, to create ZERO-PLASTIC Ground…
The Authority should build up a proper plan structure to
create an environment of Zero-Plastic Ground…They should
facilitate daily transportation of such plastic waste
outside of the premises to the Recycling sites…
Go Green!