Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Delivers Powerful Message On World Environment Day
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Sudarsan Pattnaik's followers and other Twitter users liked the art and lauded the artist's effort in raising awareness about the environment.
On World Environment Day, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Monday tweeted a photo of an art he made on Odisha's Puri beach to raise awareness about reducing the use of plastic. The Odisha-based artist made a sand sculpture of a turtle and the impact of discarded plastic bottles on marine life. The World Environment Day is observed on June 5 as an occasion to remind people about their shared responsibility to protect and nurture the environment. Plastic has been labelled as one of the biggest pollutants, both on land and in sea.
"On the occasion of #WorldEnvironmentDay2023 , My SandArt on a turtle by using 2320 plastic bottles with the message "#BeatPlasticPollution " #UnPlasticIndia, at Puri beach in Odisha. India," Mr Pattnaik said in his tweet.
The sand art image carries two hashtags - #BeatPlasticPollution and #unplasticindia - based on this year's theme.
His followers and other Twitter users liked the art and lauded the artist's effort in raising awareness about the environment.
