Grassroot environmentalists

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21 Apr 2012, 12:54 pm

<p>A cycle repairer with his mobile workshop, ensures that wheels keep moving without polluting the surroundings <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders' target='_blank'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

A cycle repairer with his mobile workshop, ensures that wheels keep moving without polluting the surroundings

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>In a small town in Gujarat villagers make their living by making earthen pots for drinking water storage and refrigerators. These cooling boxes can be used to store drinking water as well as storing food. They call these cooling boxes mitticool <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

In a small town in Gujarat villagers make their living by making earthen pots for drinking water storage and refrigerators. These cooling boxes can be used to store drinking water as well as storing food. They call these cooling boxes mitticool

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>Waste pickers at the Okhla landfill collect garbage and segregate it into recyclable and non-recyclable waste <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

Waste pickers at the Okhla landfill collect garbage and segregate it into recyclable and non-recyclable waste

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>A battery operated electric rickshaw in Dwarka, covers short distances without polluting. Its a battery operated vehicle with advanced technological features. These e-rickshaws are zero-carbon emitters <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

A battery operated electric rickshaw in Dwarka, covers short distances without polluting. Its a battery operated vehicle with advanced technological features. These e-rickshaws are zero-carbon emitters

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>A gardener at a nursery in Delhi not only cares for the plants, but is responsible for the green belt that purifies the air <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

A gardener at a nursery in Delhi not only cares for the plants, but is responsible for the green belt that purifies the air

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>Plastic refuse collected near Rajghat after segregation, which again goes to Punjab for recycling <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

Plastic refuse collected near Rajghat after segregation, which again goes to Punjab for recycling

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>Almost invisible, the road cleaners sweep Delhi’s roads before the busy traffic on M G Road litters them again <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

Almost invisible, the road cleaners sweep Delhi’s roads before the busy traffic on M G Road litters them again

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>It is their job to sift through countless wrappers, cardboards, paper bags and plastic for recycling <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

It is their job to sift through countless wrappers, cardboards, paper bags and plastic for recycling

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>Cyclists cross the Guru Ravidas Marg in south Delhi every morning, leaving no trace of carbon <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

Cyclists cross the Guru Ravidas Marg in south Delhi every morning, leaving no trace of carbon

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

<p>A farmer in Rajasthan prepares the desert soil and turns it into a fertile ground for growing crops <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Sayantoni Palchoudhuri<br /><br /><strong>Also read:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/earth-crusaders'>Earth crusaders</a></p><br />

A farmer in Rajasthan prepares the desert soil and turns it into a fertile ground for growing crops

Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri

Also read: Earth crusaders

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