A Deadliest white graveyard can create creative grounds !!
A thrilling experience at Chitrakut Nagar, Udaipur. Yes, this is true, marble slurry has become a big problem in several local regions, where it is being thrown at several places without any consideration. The marble slurry dumping yard at Chitrakut Nagar, Udaipur was shocking experience for ecowings team during the site visit. It is creating a dead land like graveyard of green hills and creating big trouble for farmers and living creatures. Ecowings group observed as how hills have been demolished to prepare for dumping. It is spoiling the beauty of Udaipur and several habitats...
It was notices as around 90% of
the world's production of marble comes from India 's
production is received from Rajasthan and almost all mining and processing
activities are concentrated around Udaipur.
Current environmental problems due to marble slurry :
(a) Air pollution
Most of the slurry is processed
to recycle the water, this water gets contaminated and thrown away
after several processes.
It is
very hard to grow vegetables in slurry impacted areas where the land
has changed it basic properties which is needed to cultivate the farming.
Due to heavy
mass production and waste, running factories
of gang-saw and marble processing have created visual clutter in the
heritage place and spreading its destructive arms rapidly.
Large
amount of waste is demanding open areas where marble slurry can easily be
dumped, due to this, huge amount of farming land is being occupied without any
consideration.
The green lands with trees are
converting into dead lands, posing several problems for flora and fauna. The
wild life is getting impacted due to barren land and food. Ecowings team
has taken few positive steps to cope us this problem and took this challenge to
solve it upto some extent. There are couple of solutions are
exemplified to create mass awareness such as sculptures made out of marble
slurry can create one solution to make people aware about it. The team is
working on the ground level and will put forth more innovative solutions in upcoming months.
Challenge :
>The amount of waste marble slurry is in tons which is a big challenge to recycle for the further processing.
>In several open areas, most of the land has become dead and barren, which is again causing a big problem for the villagers and wild life creatures for their upcoming generation.
>Breath related challenges are there which is coming like consequences and sequels.
What could be the possible solutions :
The below sculptures have been developed by ecowings artisans by using marble slurry material. These highly detailed sculptures are a fair example of transformation of marble slurry which could be a potential material to enrich the lifestyle and can uplift the culture through new eco innovations. The team is working on various ideas, concepts models, permutation and combination to seek out new opportunities and finding new ways of lifestyle products
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| Product name : Nirvana (Buddha head) , Made out of marble slurry material |
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| Ganesha : Made out of waste marble slurry |
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| Rajasthani elephant style : Sculpture made out of waste marble slurry |
Conclusion :
>Marble slurry in industry is discarded as
a waste which does not have any use but for an artist it can open several channels
of livelihood.
>Through simple innovative ideas, small
steps towards the creativity can really strengthen the weaker section areas and
provide them entrepreneur opportunities where design can play vital role to
uplift the lifestyle.
>This material can reduce the consumption
of natural resources and can bring major transformation in life style product
industry.
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