Published 16:04 IST, August 6th 2020

Shraddha Kapoor urges fans to celebrate eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi, see post

Shraddha Kapoor who is an environmentalist and nature lover recently shared a post on her Instagram story advocating the use of eco-friendly Lord Ganesh idols.

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Actress Shraddha Kapoor recently shared a post on her Instagram story advocating use of eco-friendly Lord Ganesh idols for Ganesh Chaturthi. actress shared a post by Abhi&Niyu which showed repercussions of submersing huge effigies of Lord Ganesh in sea. video also talked about pollution of natural resources and killing of fishes due to harmful paints used in making idols, Aashiqui 2 actress shared video on social media and urged people to celebrate day in most eco-friendly way possible.

Shraddha Kapoor requests fans to go eco-friendly this Ganesh Chaturthi

In story, actress even wrote that since festival is just around corners, she would like to request people to watch video which shows serious effects of idol submersion in seas. actress at last also asked viewers and her fans who are planning to bring Ganpati home this year to adopt eco-friendly ways of celebrating joyous festival.

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This is t first time that actress has requested people to go for eco-friendly celebrations for Ganesh Chaturthi. Earlier, actress in an old interview with Hindustan Times had revealed that every year her family adopts eco-friendly idols soon after concept was introduced. She had even reportedly revealed that her youngest aunt Tejaswini Kolhapure, is a front runner for anything that is environment-friendly. She made sure we incorporated that change.

Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor has always been vocal about conservation of environment. On July 28, she took to Instagram to speak about new changes she has been making for ‘planet earth and mor nature’. Street Dancer 3D’ actor has been raising awareness against atrocities faced by Mor Earth because of human activities. On occasion of World Conservation Day, Shraddha took to social media to inform that she has inculcated changes within herself to conserve ‘our planet and its animals’. 

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In caption, 33-year-old actor wrote, “Making changes within myself for planet earth and mor nature. Been using a bamboo toothbrush (as an alternative to plastic ones), having bucket baths, using alternatives to single-use plastic water bottles like copper, glass, and reusable bottles. Trying also to look out for stray animals, turning vegetarian last July 21st, a year ago. I hope I continue on this journey of working on myself to love our planet and it’s animals more” (sic). 

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16:05 IST, August 6th 2020