World Earth Day: In online quiz, Pune civic body highlights fast fashion’s pollution capacity

“There is a trend among youngsters to change clothes according to season. They go for fast fashion and use cheap quality clothes, which they throw away in two or three months. It is not good for themselves, the environment or wildlife. There are various adverse effects like, while washing these clothes, microfibres are released and they become part of the food chain,” said Ashwini Yadav, education officer, PMC garden department.

Citizens group Pune Samvaad have been demanding compensatory tree plantation on KP North Main Road for felling of trees that took place in January so that the road can be widened. Activist Rupesh Kesekar said, “Our demand was compensatory tree plantation at the same location and planting trees at distances recommended under the Maharashtra Tree Act. The PMC planted a tree on Friday. We are doing follow ups of the process.”

Closely following the tree plantation’s implementation, the citizens group met on Sunday at KP North Main Road.

The follow-up involves demanding the protection of a grill cover for saplings planted, as well as a hole on the side of the footpath for water to percolate from the road towards the footpath. The group also demanded proper implementation of tree transplantation.

“A tree is to be transplanted with root ball branches with its leaves intact to help maintain its ability to produce chlorophyll, which is crucial for its survival and adaptation to a new environment. The trees, if at all have to be moved, should be within Koregaon park and not outside,” their follow-up plan stated.