Mangaluru: Civic body joins Ramakrishna Mission in promoting Swacchata Abhiyan

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 14 Jan: Ramakrishna Mission carried out 6th voluntary cleaning under Swacchata Abhiyan near Karnataka Polytechnic (KPT), here, on Sunday, January 13.

 

The Shramadan was flagged off at 7.30am at KPT Junction by Madhu S Manohar, environment engineer of civic body and Suraj P H, NSS joint coordinator of KPT.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Madhu said, ‘Even after civic body arranged for collection of garbage from houses, a few people had continued the bad habit of throwing it off on the streets. Thanks to the Abhiyan by Ramakrishna Mission, awareness is setting in people and we are seeing marginal decrease in such cases of people throwing garbage on the streets. The civic body is spending Rs 4 on disposal and management of 1 kg of garbage which works out to about 30 to 40 crores per year. If pot compost being promoted by Ramakrishna Mission is used by the common public, this will not only reduce the burden on civic body but also be a source of income for public. Hence, civic body is eager to work with Ramakrishna Mission in promoting pot compost and we are also thinking of introducing subsidy in garbage cess for the houses which manage wet waste.’

 

 

Captain Ganesh Karnik welcomed volunteers and guests.

 

Swami Ekagamyananda, coordinator of Abhiyan guided the volunteers. Jayakrishna Bekal, Usha Amritkumar, Gurudatta Shenoy, Mani Rai, Jagan Kodical, Santosh Suvarna and others were present.

 

Cleanliness: NSS students of KPT under Rajendra Subrahmanya cleaned the area in front of KPT gate, Airport Road and footpaths nearby. Vasanthi Nayak and members of Nivedita Balaga removed the plastic papers & garbage on the road and footpaths from KPT towards Padua. Masahiro and other senior volunteers cleaned the KPT circle and surrounding areas. Lecturer Subhadra Bhat and other youths cleaned both the sides of highway. Students cleaned both the bus shelters on the airport road. About 2 tippers of plastic waste were removed from the area. Direction board which was broken was repaired, cleaned and reinstated in KPT circle by Uday K P, Souraj Mangaluru and other volunteers. Overgrown grass and weeds in the circle were removed and heaps of sand was also removed.

 

Continued Work: Huge loads of building debris lying scattered on both sides of Padua – KPT highway were removed in the last Shramadan. As the task was not completed last Sunday, the work was resumed on this Sunday too. Akshith Attavar and other volunteers removed 6 tippers loads of garbage using 2 earthmovers and 4 tippers. Heaps of mud was levelled. The street vendors in the area were urged not to throw garbage in the area and were made to clean the area around their shops. Sudhir Noronha and Punith Poojary and others maintained several blackspots now converted into small parks in different parts of the city. Shashikanth, Sumith Devadiga, Lakshmish Srinivas and others of Hindu Warriors participated in the Abhiyan. MRPL and Nitte institutions are sponsoring these drives.

 

Swacch Puttur: Under the guidance of Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan was organised in the premises of Govt. Hospital in Market Road in Puttur. Zohar Nissar Ahmed and Dr M S Bhat flagged off the drive. Circle near Children’s Park and its surroundings were cleaned. The circle was painted and was given facelift. Puttur town municipal member Jagannivas Rao, Sandeep Lobo, Xavier D’Souza, principal of Women’s College, Shankar Mallya, Suresh Kallare and many others joined hands in the Swacchata Abhiyan. G Krishna coordinated the Abhiyan.