Delhi has 22 drains carrying 2500 million litres of waste and polluted water into Yamuna river daily. One of the drains popularly known as Bara Pullah drain emanates near Ashoka Hotel and flows through Lakshmi Bai Nagar, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Kale Khan, Bara Pullah and merges into Yamuna River. All these drains emit deadly gases and foul smell.
With the blessing of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji, a project to clean Bara Pullah drain was undertaken in October’15 through Ecozyme; (an Enzyme). Awareness was created among the Art of Living volunteers, public and in schools/colleges and method of preparation was explained to them. It is totally organic and prepared with brown sugar, kitchen green waste and water over a period of three months. By Feb’16, The Art of Living volunteers and other enthusiasts prepared about 15,000 litres of Ecozyme. One litre can clean 1,000 litres of waste water, so it is expected that 15,000 litres of Ecozyme will clean 1.5 crores litres of waste water in Bara Pullah drain.
Pouring of Ecozyme commenced on Feb. 16, 2016 near Bara Pullah. Daily data is as under
Pouring Enzyme dated Feb. 16, 2016 (60 ltrs)
Pouring Enzyme dated Feb.18, 2016 (500 ltrs)
Experience
After 6 days of pouring Ecozyme into the drain, foul smell has started reducing in the drain. As soon as Ecozyme is poured, bubbles start coming out in the drain. It is the reaction with heavy metals and chemicals and decomposing process.
Secondly, the workers constructing floating bridge on Yamuna near World Culture Festival venue; which is about one km down the stream from the pouring point felt that there was lesser foul smell and they could sleep in better air.
Thirdly, amazing experience was that birds / ducks have started coming to that area. Cattles who dared not to enter any drain in Delhi have started entering Barapullah drain. The pictures shown here are taken on March 2. They show a bird enjoying sitting over a buffalo. It happened when these birds/ducks sought fish or insects in the water as their food. In fact fish/insects will appear only when polluted water is getting cleaner.
Full view of Barapullah Drain with bridge over it (Dated March 2, 2016)
Bird enjoying sitting over buffalo in the drain (Dated March 2, 2016)
It is the joke of the year when people say that the Art of Living is polluting the Yamuna! (1)
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) March 3, 2016
The Art of Living should be lauded & rewarded for even choosing such a polluted place for a prestigious international event. (2)
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) March 3, 2016
It takes enormous courage & commitment to ready a place where once, one could not even breathe due to the stink. (3)
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) March 3, 2016
Thanks to the efforts of over 100,000 Delhi households who for 3 months prepared enzymes to clean nallahs, methane emission has reduced.(4)
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) March 3, 2016
Villagers have said that buffaloes who never ventured near the water are now entering the water. Even the buffaloes recognize! (5)
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) March 3, 2016
Jai Gurudev !
More Detailed Report here
Aruna
Only Art Of Living can do such Great Events
Manoj
It’s really amazing to know it:)
Samadhan
“The Art of Living”, by the grace of Guruji, will always be on the path of Seva, come what may…..!
Neeraj Gupta
No one talks of the great Sewa being done by the Art of Living family- uniting people and their hearts and cleaning the atmosphere. It is easy to criticize. One should first know the facts and figures before criticizing. One has to take responsibility for doing self less Sewa.
Dr Anju Jagasia
Amazing amalgamation of Science and Spirituality for the benefit of Humanity.
Our salutations to the great Master H.H.S.S Ravishankarji and his dedicated Volunteers.
Dinesh
I think the critics are fooling people and government. They haven’t done detailed study about art of livings work at yamuna. They have got vested interests in raising issues like this.
Ravinder Kaushik
I am happy to see some completely false print news about a.o.l. is polluting yamuna river. Fact is that a.o.l. is taking responsibility to clean the river by choosing such place for world biggest celebration of mankind. Thanks full to media who has taken bad karma of a.o.l volunteers who are in seva for this noble cause of cleaning yamuna. It is blessings for a.o.l volunteer’s. Move ahead with smile.
Seema
Art of living has actually transformed the unusable ground to an international event venue,by inspiring people and without any government funding or any huge expense.There will always be people with vested interests to blindly ignore the good
Neena sakhardande
Great work done by aol volunteers under pujya guruji’s guidance ;laudable efforts by several households cleaning Yamuna by ecozymes! We salute these soldiers with pride who have faught against pollution
Shyam Agarwal
Art of living family does everything with utmost care & concern by the grace of our wonderful Gurudev.Irresponsible people keep criticising. Nothing can stop us.Jaigurudev.
Dr S K Dhingra
Amazing idea of cleaning the waste through waste. The ecozymes are prepared from kitchen waste. Thanks to volunteers of Art of Living for taking up the noble cause.
Sandip Pawar
Jai Gurudev,
Thank you, we value your support for the cause.
Dr Pradeep Inamdar
Great work
Visweswara
Some people will only talk. But we AOL ites do and show them.
Sunila gupta
It’s an example for others to follow, aol’s are not just talking, they are doing something to reduce pollution.
Satyavir Naulakha
Those who feel responsible for cleaning Yamuna should join hands and take it to masses for excellent result in 90 days.
Let us share it max.
Satyavir Naulakha
I fee great to be part of it.
lakshmi devi
Really awasome n excellent job ever anyone can do. Jgd
Balkrishna
JGD
Excellent work done
Tarun
Great work by AOL Volunteers!!
Pramod Bagaria
Jgd
I bow down to the great task done by aol volunteers
Great job done
Jgd
Anon
I have total faith in AOL and Sri Sri. Yamuna is cleaner than before. Anybody can visit the area and see the such a nice and big difdernece themselves.
Neerav
This is simply amazing. One should get deep into the things and verify facts before commenting. And yes it requires a lot of courage and confidenceto choose Yamuna banks as the place to invite the world.
Rajendra Dhawan
Delhi Volunteers have shown strong will and determination to clean drains and Yamuna River under the guidance and blessings of Sri Sri.
Geeta Goyal
AOL has proved it…..how can it harm anything or anyone… Jai Guru Dev
Roopali Jain
Only Miracles follow our Guru ji. Jai Guru Dev.
Shivaji karale
Amazing
sukhada.thorat
Some ppl r there to criticize….but aol volunteers are more ahead….!!I salute guruji vision…!!jai gurudev
Vimal
Only possible with Guru ji’s blessings – Jai Guru Dev
Preeti Dakhole
Superb work. Enormous effort have been put by Art of Living volunteers to clean the river.
Krishan Kohli
Wow what a great initiative. Simply super.
Jai Gurudev
Daljit
Great job
mamta agarwal
The great result of 0f positive thought in positive action by positive people under guidance of our positive guruji
Ravi Ranka
Can we replicate the cleaning through ecozyme all over India ? I am prepared to start in my locality.
Sujala
This is excellent ! Cheers to the Art of Living volunteers who have taken this up. Now Delhi Govt should this up at a larger scale. Thanks to Indian media who will never report such positive news
Ashok K Dhingra
JGD , thanks for making this IMPOSSIBLE as I-M-POSSIBLE and uniting the whole world as ONE FAMILY bonded with Love thread..
Love you Guruji.
Ashok K Dhingra
Raja
Its a wonder and this is this is what is needed at this moment. Everyone in this country should join hands to make it in all over India.
Great and Godly action.
Mahesh Rajput
Wow kudos to the volunteer team. Excellent work, if this is successful, can be immulated to many more cities in India. Keep up the good work.
vikrant
Nothing is impossible again proved by our Art of living team…congratulations to all who are doing seva for this project
Shikha Prajwal
Jai Guru Dev. To the people who think WCF will pollute yamuna: we are glad that you’re concerned about the nature. As you can see, we are too. So why don’t we join hands to make this world a better place to live? Sanghachchadhwam
Anju chopra
Actually nobody should even doubt when Guruji is there
Anju chopra
Fantastic work by Art of Living family.
Anju chopra
Excellent job
VIMAL
EXCELLENT WORK BY ART OF LIVING WITH ITS DEDICATED AOL FAMILY – JGD
G K Bhatnagar
Excellent work done by Aol volunteers. Others should take lesson rather than talking some thing else.I salute to all saving the yamuna and making it free from pollution.!!!
Rangarao MRK
Excellent work by AOL volunteers.
Sukant pal Chauhan
What a phenomenal work done by Art Of Living !!! Great initiative by Sri Sri ji to unite all cultures of the world. Bringing entire world together is the need of the time !! All must join hands to act and make positive changes in the society. Hats off !!
Ashok K Dhingra
Yes , it takes a lot of courage to invite 35 lac people from 155 countries adjacent to a stinking Yamuna river and hope that suddenly without doing any thing , a miracle will happen and there will be no stink.
The attention of the whole world will be on this miracle..
Long live Sri Sri..
It’s not the Gunnies book of world records where WCF 2016 of AOL will be included but God’s book of all the 4 YUGAS where WCF will be listed ..
AOL should get the ecoenzyme process patented..
Narendra
In the time of violence, Sri Ravishankarji is bringing prople together thro a message…
” ONE WORLD ONE FAMILY ”
Its not easy to bring 155 counties on single platform thro such message whichbis need of this hour .
Ajay kumar
Really its a great initiative by shri shri Ravi shankar ji, Art of living. And very nice quotation “One World One Nation”. I think We all should appreciate him.
Sparrow John
Photographs of buffaloes count as evidence now? I cannot believe it is legal to pour 15000 liters to “ecozyme” into the river (even if it is just the Yamuna). I cannot find one evaluation of this product or an analysis of dumping 15000L into the river,
Kanishka
And I’m sure you guys will be the first to go back and criticise the sycophants in our political parties. When you are all nothing but a bunch of self-aggrandizing lunatics.
The detailed article: http://srisriravishankar.org/yamuna-and-the-world-culture-festival/
makes even more ridiculous claims about your enzyme. Any peer-reviewed studies you’d care to cite?
Ashok Dhingra
http://www.instructables.com/id/Garbage-Enzyme-Multipurpose-Uses-amp-Safer-and/