Eco-Friendly Pens With Seeds Inside Come As Souvenir In Ekamra Walks

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Bhubaneswar: Organiers of Ekamra Walks today distributed of eco-friendly pens containing seeds to the participants.  The use-and-throw pens made of waste newspapers have seeds inside so that when a user will throw them out, the pens, while decomposing will also turn into trees as the seeds would germinate.

Ekamra Walks is an initiative of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in association with the Department of Tourism and Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) to reinvent the way the locals and tourists reconnect with the Temple City on every Sunday.

BMC officials said that 124th Ekamra Walks Old Town circuit witnessed the participation of more than 40 participants, who also took the pledge to plant more trees as the cyclone has almost wiped out more than 50 percent trees from the city skyline.

Pancham P. Taank, an engineer with SMS Group, a world leader in steel engineering came with his family and took part in the walk. He said that after coming to the Old Town walk and the Khandagiri and Udayagiri walk he brought the family so that they know the rich heritage of the city.

“The idea of the distribution of eco-friendly pens to participants of the heritage walk is a wonderful idea and I hope we all should also care for the green heritage of the city as the Temple City was known for its green cover and trees which was partially lost after Fani,” he added.

The eco-friendly pens with seed inside are developed by a city-based startup LIKHAN by two students of a Bhubaneswar based private University. They are students of the School of Vocational Education and Training of the University.

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