Service to society: 62-yr-old clears garbage from parks
By JANVI BUDHIRAJA
PANIPAT : People who go for jogs or walks in Apna Park here owe a debt of gratitude to 62-year-old Dal Singh who has been cleaning up that park for the last five years as a voluntary effort.
“Earlier, when I used to walk around the park I would not find anytrash but now I can fill up to two trash bags every time I take a round,” he said.
Singh wasn’t into cleaning parks when he was living inPunjab , but he got inspired to so when he moved to Haryana and saw how bad the problem was.
A majority of thegarbage appears to come from people passing through and throwing it out of their car windows. “It’s not the neighbors that do it,” Singh says. “It’s people that are just passing through who throw it all out.” According to him, people tend to feel better about throwing trash in an already dirty area.
Every morning, Singh starts off his job of cleaning the park with a trash bag and broom in hand. “It is my mission to make the area a more pleasant space for both visitors and residents,” he said.
To achieve this goal, he goes on these walks at least three or four times a month, usually filling up two trash bags each time. Singh said there is more trash now than there was ever before.
The residents are concerned about the growing amount of garbage. “After receiving appreciation from the secretary, the next day four people thanked me,” Singh said.
The biggest thing the society can do is support Singh’s work by educating their children and teaching them to throw trash only in designated dustbins or, even better, learn how this trash can be recycled.
Singh said he has a plan on reducing garbage litters in and near all parks in Panipat. The first step of his plan will have the participation of children and their parents, teaching them not to throw trash in open. The second step is for that same message to be repeated by teachers at schools.
Singh also said he would like to see more school projects involving students looking for solutions to the pollution problem.
Despite the years catching up on him, Singh plans to continue his work cleaning up the park for as long as he can and that despite the growing amount of garbage, Singh asserted.
The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of The Times School of Media.
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“Earlier, when I used to walk around the park I would not find any
Singh wasn’t into cleaning parks when he was living in
A majority of the
Every morning, Singh starts off his job of cleaning the park with a trash bag and broom in hand. “It is my mission to make the area a more pleasant space for both visitors and residents,” he said.
To achieve this goal, he goes on these walks at least three or four times a month, usually filling up two trash bags each time. Singh said there is more trash now than there was ever before.
The residents are concerned about the growing amount of garbage. “After receiving appreciation from the secretary, the next day four people thanked me,” Singh said.
The biggest thing the society can do is support Singh’s work by educating their children and teaching them to throw trash only in designated dustbins or, even better, learn how this trash can be recycled.
Singh said he has a plan on reducing garbage litters in and near all parks in Panipat. The first step of his plan will have the participation of children and their parents, teaching them not to throw trash in open. The second step is for that same message to be repeated by teachers at schools.
Singh also said he would like to see more school projects involving students looking for solutions to the pollution problem.
Despite the years catching up on him, Singh plans to continue his work cleaning up the park for as long as he can and that despite the growing amount of garbage, Singh asserted.
The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of The Times School of Media.
Join exciting programmes offered by Bennett University
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