Floating Devices Designed To Help Clear Mumbai's Rivers Of Their Garbage
With the city’s rapid rate of development, population growth and soaring mountains of garbage, Mumbai’s four rivers are struggling now more than ever. Along with Mithi, the Oshiwara, Dahisar, and Poisar rivers have been dealing with an enormous amount of trash—mostly non-biodegradable. As a consequence, the rivers are now (obviously) tremendously polluted. As they flow into the Arabian sea, they take this flotsam along, thereby increasing this pollution issue exponentially.
As an effective solution is clearly the need of the hour, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced the implementation of floating mechanisms in the city’s rivers, through its new pilot project that aims to clean them up. According to this report by Hindustan Times, the devices will be placed in locations across these rivers that are prone to garbage accumulation. An official told HT that, “The floating barriers may include different components to suit the requirements of still and moving water.”
Further, waste such as plastic bottles and bags that will be collected over time by the floating devices will be cleaned up by the workers, thereby preventing it from further entering the sea along with river water. The Better India reported that these floating devices function efficiently not only in flowing but also in stagnant water. Hopefully, this pilot project shall decontaminate the water bodies that are so central to maintaining a stable ecosystem.
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