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Wrinkles are fine: Taking a unique initiative, scientists of the country’s premier scientific research institute Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have started the ‘WAH Monday’ campaign. WAH means Wrinkles Acche Hain (Wrinkles are good). That is, CSIR scientists have taken a unique initiative and decided that all of them will wear unironed clothes on one day a week, i.e. on Monday, even if it has wrinkles. Scientists have taken this initiative to deal with the threats of climate change.
Dr N Kalaiselvi, the first woman Director General of CSIR, said that ‘WAH Monday’ is part of a larger campaign towards energy literacy. He said, “CSIR has decided to contribute to this campaign by wearing unironed clothes on Monday. Ironing every pair of clothes emits 200 grams of carbon dioxide. Therefore, by wearing unironed clothes for one day, At least 200 grams of carbon dioxide emissions can be prevented by one person in the world.”
According to the report of NDTV, ‘Wrinkles are good’ campaign has been started in CSIR under the cleanliness fortnight between 1st to 15th May. The report said that as part of its major energy conservation initiative, CSIR is going to implement some standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reduce power consumption in all laboratories across the country. Its initial target is to reduce electricity bills at work sites by 10 percent. CSIR said that these SOPs will be implemented as a pilot trial during June-August 2024.
Let us tell you that CSIR has recently installed the country’s largest climate clock in its office located at Rafi Marg in Delhi. CSIR Director General Kalaiselvi says that this is a small effort of CSIR towards saving Mother Earth and this planet.
CSIR has 37 laboratories across the country. Of these, 3521 scientists and 4162 technical and support staff work. If these CSIR scientists and employees wear unpressed clothes once a week, they can prevent emissions of 1536.6 kg in a day, 10,756.2 kg in a week, 46,098 kg in a month and 4,79,419.2 kg in a year. .
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