Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission carries out 16th week of Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 23 Jan 2017: Ramakrishna Mission, here carried out 16th week of 7 cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans at different localities on Sunday, January 22.

 

Yeyyadi - Meryhill – Members of Friends Forever team took up the cleanliness drive in Mary Hill and Airport Road. Swami Jitakamananda and Ashok Hegde jointly flagged off the drive. Under the guidance of Shubhoday Alva, team of employees of Shalimar Paints cleaned the heaps of stones and mud beside the main road. Under the guidance of Sujith Bhandary, another team cleaned the Mary Hill Circle area. The former mayor Mahabala Marla, Prabhakar Padavinangady, K V Prasad and others actively participated in the drive.

 

 

Karangalpady – Members of Sri Subramanya Sabha carried out the cleanliness drive in Pintos Lane. Fr Salvador, Friar of Capuchin St Ann’s Friary and M R Vasudev jointly flagged off the drive. The compound walls of Friary have been beautifully painted with Swacch Mangaluru paintings and awareness message. Srikanth Rao and team of 45 members cleaned the Pintos Lane and the adjoining drains. Dr A P Krshna, Dr Thippeswamy, Srinivas Shetty and others took an active part in the drive.

 

Capitanio – Members of Team Garodi carried out the cleanliness drive in Capitanio area. Sr Leena D’Souza, head teacher of Capitanio School and Srikar Prabhu jointly flagged off the drive. Two bus shelters were thoroughly cleaned and renovated. Roofs of the shelters were replaced and awareness of Swacch Mangaluru message has been put. Students of Capitanio School cleaned the road and the adjoining drains. The members of Garodi Excel Gym, Ashwin, Madhuprasad and several others participated in the drive. Sandeep, Prakash andi Brijesh coordinated he team of volunteers.

 

Mangaladevi – Members of Nivedita Balaga took up the cleanliness drive in Monkey Stand locality. Shantesh S K flagged off the drive. They cleaned the road and adjoin drains of the debris and heaps of garbage. They went from door-to-door trying to create awareness among public regarding garbage segregation and disposal. Shishir Amin and Mehboob coordinated the team. 

 

Car Street – Students of Government First Grade College, Car Street, here took up the drive in Car Street area. Professor Shivaram and Professor Ravikumar flagged off the drive. Students of the College cleaned the road leading from School Book Company to New Field Street. Professor Sheshappa Amin coordinated the team.

KPT Circle – The NSS students of KPT took up the drive in KPT area. The students welfare officer Narasimha Bhat and NSS officer Santosh Kumar P guided the students.  First group cleaned the KPT Circle area. Second group cleaned the road leading to airport. Huge log of wood lying on the footpath since more than 3 years was posing nuisance to the pedestrians. This was cleared by the volunteers thus helping the public. Suraj P and Balakrishna Bhat actively participated in the drive.

 

Konaje – The students of Mangalore University took up the drive in Konaje. Professor Sudip and Professor Yatish jointly flagged off the drive. PG students cleaned the bus shelter in the area and the roads leading to the stand. They went from door to door creating awareness and distributing the awareness literature. Girish, Manoj Mogaveer and several others participated in the drive.

 

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