Our Bt Brinjal awareness drive kicked off at Futala Lake in Nagpur on Sunday. The entire idea was to do something to make people take notice of the issue and attend the consultations scheduled on 27th January.
Volunteers inform people about the harmful impacts of Bt Brinjal in Nagpur
As a part of our activity we hired a road side food cart owned by Baba Thakur, who has been selling food in the area for the psat 10 years, to serve brinjal pakodas. As soon as we told him about Bt Brinjal he said, “I will not serve GM food, and will do whatever I can to stop the entry of these foods into our food systems.” He decided to play his part in the mission to stop the entry of genetically modified food by treating the Sunday evening crowd to hot brinjal pakodas.
Several women and kids also joined the activity organized by Greenpeace India and YUVA, Nagpur to raise awareness about Bt Brinjal and its impact. Donning Brinjal costumes they moved around serving hot pakodas and handing over leaflets. Eight year old Atharva Tapas, a std III student of Narayana Vidyalam , youngest among the “desi brinjals”, was the focal point of attraction. Everyone was so impressed by his enthusiasm and knowledge on the topic.
The activity was long and fruitful and set a good precedent for the consultations scheduled on Wednesday. We will keep you updated about the results of the consultations. Keep an eye on this space.
Signing off,
Team Nagpur.
The brinjal pakoda cart with anti-Bt Brinjal messages in Nagpur
hey this is great!!