more-inThe Tara Tarini hill shrine would be made completely polythene-free during the annual Chaitra festival celebrated on Tuesdays of the Hindu month of Chaitra. Cleaning up of the hill shrine ahead of the Chaitra festival was formally started on Wednesday. Cleaning of the hill shrine was started from the foothill and in the coming days the whole hill is expected to be cleaned up. TTDB secretary Pramod Panda said it has been decided to make the hill shrine completely polythene-free during the festival. All visitors to the hill shrine would also be requested to refrain from throwing polythene bags and other non-biodegradable materials in the hill shrine region.

Source: The Hindu March 01, 2017 21:42 UTC