Flowers offered at Ajmer dargah to be turned into compost
Jaipur, July 28 : Flowers offered at the dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti in Ajmer city in Rajasthan will be used for making organic compost, the shrine's management said on Saturday.
Two recycling machines manufactured by Hindustan Zinc Limited and installed on the holy premises were inaugurated on Thursday by District Collector Aarti Dogra.
Dargah Committee President Ameen Pathan Ameen said that around 25 kg compost can be manufactured from 100 kg flowers.
The machines can churn out more compost during days on which there are more footfalls of pilgrims at the shrine.
The machines will be operated by the Dargah Committee and staff is being trained for the purpose, he said, adding that the compost will be used for cultivating crops, vegetables and fruits.
Dogra said said that the recycling of flowers will help in many ways. "The beauty and cleanliness of the dargah will improve. The devotees will also feel content."
Hindustan Zinc Spokesperson Pavan Kaushik said: "Our company is proud to be associated with such initiative. We have always been in the forefront for the greater good of society."
Flowers in large quantity are offered daily by thousands of devotees who visit the shrine to pay obeisance to 12th century saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti.
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MP boat tragedy: Death toll climbs to 13; body of last missing person recovered
Jabalpur (PTI): The bodies of a five-year-old boy and his uncle were recovered from Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Sunday morning, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy to 13, police said.
The boat, around 20 years old and operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening.
"The bodies of Mayuram (5) and his uncle Kamraj (around 50), an employee of the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, were found floating and were fished out of the dam," Bargi Sub Divisional Officer of Police Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI over the phone.
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All 13 missing persons identified have now been accounted for, he said, adding the bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem.
Teams comprising around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, along with personnel from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, were involved in the search operation, the police said.
Of the 41 identified passengers on board the vessel, 28 were rescued after the incident, according to the police.
The CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the boat, though the identities of 41 passengers have been confirmed so far, they said.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the incident and dismissed three crew members. It also banned the operation of similar vessels in the state.
