HOW KERALA TRAIN STATION USES FLOWERS GROWN IN RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES TO HELP PREVENT ACCIDENTS
Aluva is a quaint little town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, but it’s now known for something you wouldn’t visualise on an Indian train station.
Neha Venkatesh was transiting through the station when she noticed plastic bottles painted yellow and white with China Rose flowers growing out of them.
She later found out that it was the efforts of the Station Master and the Health Inspector whose plan was threefold: to recycle plastic bottles thrown out of train compartments, to beautify the station and to discourage people from crossing over the tracks.
If you do travel by train, you would have noticed several callous fools tossing plastic water bottles out of the window, thereby littering the tracks beneath. These bottles are collected by the cleaning staff and are then used to grow flowers.
The bottles are then suspended from the barricades separating the tracks which not only add a decorative effect but prevent people from crossing the tracks to get to the opposite platform.
