Mangaluru, 06 Feb 2017: Ramakrishna Mission, here carried out 18th week of 4 cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans at different locations across city on Sunday, February 5.
Karangalpady – The local residents and auto rickshaw drivers took up the cleanliness drive in Karangalpady Junction and C J Kamath Road. Swami Jitakamananda of Ramakrishna Mission flagged off the drive. M R Vasudev divided 60 members into 2 teams and guided them in the cleanliness work. Local residents cleaned the C J Kamath Road and auto rickshaw drivers cleaned the Karangalapdy Junction and market under the leadership of K V Satyanarayana. Kudpi Vidya Shenoy, Lilly Pinto, Dr Anasuya and several other women, especially housewives actively participated in the drive.
Yemmekere – NSS students of KPT took up the cleanliness work in KPT area. Swami Ekagamyanandaji, convener of the Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan and Santosh Kumar P, NSS officer jointly flagged off the drive. Students were divided into 3 teams under the guidance of Suraj P, lecturer, KPT. First group cleaned the KPT circle. Second group removed the weeds and grass that had covered the compound and front portion of KPT. Third group carried out the cleanliness work in Airport Road. Rajendra D S, Jithesh, Pratiksha and several other students voluntarily participated in the drive.
Jeppu – The inmates of Bhagini Samaj and local residents carried out the cleanliness drive in Jeppu locality. Sudhamani, industrialist and teacher Gracy Roche jointly flagged off the drive. Volunteers under the guidance of Vijayalakshmi cleaned the Jeppu Market circle, Morgan’s Gate and area in front of Bhagaini Samaja. Volunteers under Rathna Alva visited about 350 houses distributing handbills on hygiene and sanitation. The compound walls near Bhagini Samaj have been cleared off the posters and white washed. In coming weeks, art work about hygiene and message carrying Swacch Mangaluru will come up on the walls. Suresh Shetty coordinated the team.
Kotekar – Members of Ayyappa Bhajana Mandira carried out drive in Kotekar Junction. Guruswamy Lingappa Gatty and Ravishankar, taluk panchayat members flagged off the drive. Kotekar junction and the bus shelter in the area were thoroughly cleaned. Jithendra coordinated the volunteers.
Swacch Puttur – Abdul Khader, director of children rights group and lecturer Harini Putturaya flagged off the Swacch Puttur drive in Bolwar area. All the three roads of Bolwar were cleaned. Adjoining drains were cleared and open drains were closed with concrete slabs. Padmanabha Prabhu, Shivaprasad Bhat and more than 85 volunteers actively participated in the drive. Srikrishna Upadhyaya and Shyam Sudarshan Bhat coordinated the drive.
Special Work – On successful completion of 200 drives of Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan, the work of painting and beautifying the wall stretching from Hampankatta traffic signal to Clock Tower which is more than 1,000 feet long is being carried out. In association with Aditattwa Arts, the painting of walls is being carried out since last 2 days by Vikram Shetty, Shailesh Kotian and more than 25 artists of Mahalasa School of Arts. The compound walls were washed, cleaned; white washed and is being beautified with painting depicting the rich cultural heritage of Dakshina Kannada region along with messages of Swacch Mangaluru and hygiene. This will be completed by next Sunday.
MRPL and Nitte Education Trust are patronizing this 3rd phase of Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan.