Ramakrishna Mission carries out 36th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan at Kodialbail locality

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 25 Jan 2016: Ramakrishna Mission here carried out 36th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan at Navabharath Circle in Kodialbail locality here on Sunday January 24 from 7.30am to 10.30am.

 

Mangaluru south former MLA N Yogish Bhat and local corporator Premananda Shetty flagged-off the 36th drive in the presence of Swami Jitakamananda, president of Ramakrsihna mutt here on Sunday morning.

 

MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik, Professor Mahesh K B, volunteers from Nivedita Balaga, students of Government First Grade College, Car Street, students from St Aloysius College under lecturer Alwyn Dias, members of Art of Living under Sadashiva Kamath, members of Rotary Club of Highland under Ranjan, Satish Bhat, Professor Sheshappa Amin, K V Sathyanarayana, Sujith Pratap, Captain Brijesh, Vittaldas Prabhu, Dr Satish Rao, Ramkumar Bekal, Suresh Shetty, Dilraj Alva and several other eminent persons were present. About 150 volunteers participated in the Abhiyan.

 

 

Volunteers were first divided into four groups. The team under Captain Brijesh cleaned the interiors of Navabharath Circle, The team of students from Aloysius College cleaned the road leading from Passport office to Bishop House, members of Art of Living cleaned the road leading to Dongarkeri, and the fourth team cleaned the surroundings of the Navabharath Circle.

 

Due to poor maintenance, Navabharath Circle had lost its beauty and was only being used to paste posters, banners and advertisements. Hence the team under Yogish Bhat rooted out all the weeds and cleaned the periphery of the circle. All the posters were removed from the grills and railings of the circle and the railings have been painted anew after washing.

 

The road leading from Navabharath Circle to Dongarkeri was piled up with garbage and waste. Volunteers were shocked to see that even after clearing heaps after heaps still they could not exhaust. Hence with the help of earthmovers and dumper trucks, the dirt, broken glass and garbage have been removed and cleared.

 

The drainage in the area was used for throwing garbage by the local public. The one in front of Hotel Ocean Pearl was an example for this. The volunteers from Rotary Highland under the leadership of Ranjan cleaned the garbage and helped in easy movement of drain water.

 

Volunteers also distributed handbills on Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan to generate awareness among the locals in the area.

 

MRPL, principal patron of the event sponsored the drive.