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Not only has the wari procession passed through Pune without any glitches, the city has also emerged clean and orderly. Thanks to micro-planning efforts initiated by the(PMC), over 50 tonnes of dry and wet garbage were collected during theprocession.The annual palkhi procession ofand, that passes throughand Dehu via Pune, reached the city on Friday. Almost six lakh warkaris were in the city for two days. To ensure the city stays clean, the corporation had made special arrangements, deploying 2,000 workers in charge of maintaining cleanliness. They had also put one “Ghanta Gadi” to collect wet and dry garbage separately. There was almost one collection van every 100 metres along the palkhi procession route. Most people were offering packed food and fruits to the warkaris, which were often discarded along the route. The workers were even walking along with the warkaris to ensure that garbage was collected. The solid waste management department of the PMC had also cancelled holidays of its sanitation workers.Explaining how they pulled off this feat, Suresh Jagtap, head of the solid waste management department, said, “We kept 125 containers along the palkhi route and there were also 350 mobile toilets. Most garbage we collected had plastic and wet garbage like food. We used over 100 ‘kalash’ to collect flowers and garlands.”The city normally generates almost 1,500 tonnes of garbage daily. But, when the palkhi procession is in town, there is a lot ofon the civic mechanism.