Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission carries out 30th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan

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Mangaluru, 13 Dec 2015: Ramakrishna Mission here carried out 30th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan at the stretch of road from St Agnes to Mallikatta here on Sunday December 13 from 7.30am to 10.30am.
 
Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishat and former corporator Padmanabha flagged-off the 30th drive in the presence of MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik.
 
A group of Art of Living under Dr Shivaram and Sumana Kamath, students of Government First Grade College under Professor Mahesh K B, volunteers from Nivedita Balaga under Rathna Alva and Sheela Shetty, students of Vivekananda Coaching Centre under the leadership of Vijayalakshmi actively participated in the Abhiyan.

 

 
K V Sathyanarayana, Dilraj Alva, Shubhoday Alva, Suresh Shetty, Umanath Kotekar, Ramkumar Bekal, Jayakrishna and several other eminent personalities participated in the Abhiyan.
 
Volunteers cleaned roads and footpaths near St Agnes College Road leading to Mallikatta were also cleaned. Heaps of garbage lying in the premises of Central library in Mallikatta was cleared. Construction debris like sand and jelly which had covered the road thus obstructing the path disturbing the pedestrians was removed.
 
Abhiyan volunteers also cleaned two bus shelters, removed the posters etc. stuck on the walls, and painted the bus shelters thus giving a makeover beautifying the shelters. The railings of the shelter and the platform in the shelters used by public were cleaned and painted.
 
A circle in front of Vas Bakery on St Agnes College Road was dilapidated and ignored. It was an eye sore for the people using the road. The circle was cleaned-off the weeds and debris of garbage and railings were re-laid using cement and concrete and were painted. A display board having an outline of Mahatma Gandhi seen with a broom and cleaning the surroundings has been installed to motivate the onlookers along with the message for Swacch Mangaluru.
 
Two to three direction boards in the Bendore church area were faded and were no longer serving the purpose. They were cleaned and repainted thus giving a makeover.
 
Volunteers also distributed handbills on Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan to generate awareness among the locals in the area.