What can be cooler than visiting all 7 wonders of the world at a single place? South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has built a theme park using scraps to add aesthetic value to the city and process waste under meaningful projects.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the ‘Waste to Wonder Park‘ which is spread across an area of seven acres in Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan area.
Delhi is home for some of the world’s best monuments. It also one of the oldest and largest city growing with a speedy transition in all sectors of life. With the span of growth rate, rising Delhi now faces many modern day problems of large population, turbulent traffic, life-threatening pollution and mounting garbage.
Park Overview
To contradict the certainties of Delhi, five artists, seven supporting artists and 50 labourers from across the country came together. Worked for almost six months to create replicas of the world’s famous monuments in ‘Waste to Wonder.’
The estimated cost to build “architectural wonders for the city” is Rs 7.5 crore. The park is created from 150 tonnes of scrap and waste materials like old bench, typewriter, scrap metal, discarded auto parts, fans, rods, iron sheets, nut-bolts, bicycle and bike parts, defunct sewer lines and old-aged appliances.
The SDMC said, replicas have been fabricated artistically and the park has been opened within six months while the expected time of completion was assumed eight months initially.
SDMC also said plans have been made to illustrate the journey of building the wonder park from scrap materials through a light and sound show.
The seven replicas are installed in this landscaped park. Taj Mahal (20 ft), the Great Pyramid of Giza (18 ft), Eiffel Tower (60 ft), Leaning Tower of Pisa (25 ft), Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer (25 ft), Rome’s Colosseum (15 ft) and New York’s Statute of Liberty (30 ft).
‘Go Green, Go Clean’
Besides, creating a park from recycled waste materials, the SDMC has also taken measures to cut down its carbon footprint with the use of solar panels, windmill and even solar trees.
Solar panels have been installed on the washroom’s rooftop to meet electricity needs. The Windmill generates electricity for itself to add to the park’s capability.
This self-sustainable park has now set an example to many other cities in ways to recycle their garbage. Not only setting up a park but also to show a tribute to nature and at the same time increase tourism as well. Now, this is a very Swacch Bharat Abhiyan!
