Environmental activists have criticized Karan Johar's Dharma Productions
for their shoot in the Nerul Village in Goa.
The shoot was of an untitled film starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi & Ananya Pandey.
This month the crew of the film left after completing the shoot without clearing the garbage.
They had littered the village with a huge load
of used PPE kits, face protectors, sanitary napkins, etc.
See the video here.
You saw in the video how the whole Nerul village was littered.
The local people were outraged over the foul-smelling and rotting garbage,
and they started circulating pictures and videos of it on social media.
Lokhancho Ekvott Goa, a group to save Goan heritage, complained about the garbage.
After the complaint, the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) came to know about the issue
and issued a show-cause to the production house on 25th October.
Flynn Remedios, spokesperson of Lokhancho Ekvott Goa said that
they would approach the Court soon against Dharma Productions,
for breaking the laws and not even saying sorry.
If Dharma Production do not apologize,
the garbage would be parceled to Karan Johar’s house and the production company's office.
Directorate of Health Services, medical gear should not be dumped or buried.
It must be disposed of using incinerator which destroy medical waste by burning it. This will help protect the environment.
Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said,
“Since long film shoots were stalled due to the COVID outbreak.
Now we have given approval for shooting but there should be rules to dispose the waste as well.
Production company should know that its their responsibility to dispose off the garbage safely.
These rules are there and Dharma Production should abide by it.
Goan actor Poonam Karekar Govekar said it was shameful.
I am surprised that the media in India has not covered this news about Dharma Production.
Would Karan Johar's production do this in any city like Dubai, London or Mumbai?
How can they do it in a village then?