Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission carries out 7th Cleanliness Drive in city

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Mangaluru, 03 Jan 2017: Ramakrishna Mission, here carried out 12th week of 7 cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans on Sunday, Jthe 1st January at 7 different venues in Mangalore.

Mangaladevi – Members of Nivedita Balaga and Bhagini Samaja took up the cleanliness drive in Mangala Devi locality. About 65 dustbins were distributed among shopkeepers in Mangala Devi area on experimental basis. MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik distributed the dustbins on behalf of Ashram. All the shopkeepers were asked to purchase the dustbins to instill in them a sense of responsibility for the cleanliness. Shanthi Pai and Vijayalakshmi Bhat jointly flagged off the drive. Since 2 weeks, members under the guidance of Rathna Alva and Vijayalakshmi visited door-to-door in the area creating awareness among the locals. Later the members cleaned the surroundings of Cascia High School. Umanath Kotekar welcomed the gathering. Sathyanarayana K V coordinated the team.

 

 

Mangalore Central Station – Students of Saraswat Education Trust carried out the drive on roads in front of Mangalore Central Station. Vittal Shenoy and Amith Ariya jointly flagged off the drive. More than 300 student volunteers cleaned the roads and drains side by. Students of Parijnana PU College, Kotekar, Ganapathi PU College, Ganapathi English Medium High School joined the team of volunteers in the cleanliness drive under the leadership of Mahesh Bondal. Sri Suresh Shetty coordinated the team. 

Kutthar Junction – Members of Deralakatte - Rotary Club carried out cleanliness drive from Kutthar Junction to Yenapoya Hospital. MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik and Ravindra Shetty jointly flagged off the drive. P D Shetty welcomed the gathering. Dr Satish Rao, N T Ramakrishna Naik and several others actively participated in the drive. Students of Vidyarathna English Medium School and Nithyadar English Medium School participated in the drive. The team cleaned both sides of the road and removed about four loads of dumped garbage using JCB and tipper.  Vikramadatta and Latif coordinated the team.

 

Bejai – Members of Mangalore Senior Citizens Forum carried out the cleanliness drive in Bejai area. Ranganath and Vinod Shenoy jointly flagged off the drive. The team cleaned the surroundings of Bejai Market and the surroundings of Bejai Church. Local corporator Prakash Salian and president of Senior Citizens Forum Ramesh Rao actively participated in the drive. Students of Srinivas Engineering College helped the team. Mehboob and Ramkumar Bekal coordinated the team.  

 

Kotekar – Members of Ayyappaswamy Bhajana Mandira carried out the cleanliness drive in Kotekar area. Swami Dharmavratananda and Guruswamy Lingappa Gatti jointly flagged off the drive. Using JCB road leading from Kotekar to Someshwara was thoroughly cleaned. Dhanalaxmi Gatti, Uday Kumar Shetty, Rajesh Uchchila and others actively participated in the drive.

Mulihithlu – The members of Sri Amba Maheshwari Bhajana Mandira took up the drive in Mulihithlu area. Latha Prakash Shetty & Smt Hema Balakrishna flagged off the drive. Under the guidance of Sri Dilraj Alva the garbage dumping place has been beautifully converted into a garden in that area. An Awareness board was put up this time. After such a successful experiment, another dumping place is slowly being converted into a garden in the same area. Sri Niketan Shetty coordinated the team. 

Yekkur – The members of Ayyappaswamy Mandira and Hindu Yuva Sene took up the drive in Hindu Nagar of Yekkur area. Yashodhara Chowta and Hemalatha Manohar flagged off the drive. Chitra Vijayan, Sri Ravichandra Yekkur, Rajgopal Yekkur and about 70 members actively cleaned the area for about 3 hours.

 

Swacch Puttur -  Under the Guidance of Ramakrishna Mission, Swacch Puttur team carried out the second drive in Puttur on Sunday. Drive was organized in the surroundings of Manjalpadpu petrol pump area. Shivashankar Bonanathaya and Vivek Shenoy flagged off the drive. A circle near Puttur Bypass and the road leading to main road which was neglected for years was renovated and repainted by the team led by G Krisha. Volunteers of Ramachandrapura Mutt, Omkar Friends, Kallare, Janajagruti Samiti, Puttur and more than 250 people of Puttur actively participated in the drive. Srikrishna Upadhyaya and Shyama Sudarshana Bhat coordinated the volunteers.

 

MRPL and Nitte Education Trust are patronizing this 3rd phase of Swacch Mangaluru.