Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission carries out cleaning at Tannirbavi Beach

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 27 May: Ramakrishna Mission carried out 25th voluntary cleaning under 5th from 7.00am to 10.30am.

 

It was jointly flagged-off by S S Nayak, CEO, OMPL and Naveen Suvarna, president, Youth Sports Club - Tannirbavi.

 

The officers of OMPL, P P Chainulu, Keshava P, corporator Raghuveer, Satyanarayan K V, Prashanth Ubarangala, Mallikarjun Kotiwale, Surendra Nayak, Sreelatha U A, Shubhakar Shetty, Veena Mangala, Shubha Bhat, Kiran Rai, Prashanth Yekkur and others were present.

 

Captain Ganesh Karnik, mentor of the Abhiyan welcomed the gathering and briefed them.

 

 

Speaking on the occasion, S S Nayak said, ‘Its every citizen’s responsibility to maintain cleanliness and then only we can keep our nation clean. Such Abhiyans as this helps all citizens to contribute their mite towards nature and in keeping their surroundings clean. If more and more people participate in these Abhiyans the dream of Swacch Bharath can be realised soon.’

 

Another guest Jaideep Ghosh, head, HR, OMPL said, ‘Participating in such shramadans instils in the minds of volunteers a sense of identification that this nation belongs to them. As we get everything from this nature, it becomes our bounden duty to keep it clean. We are proud that the Abhiyan by Ramakrishna Mission is consistently working in this regard and we appreciate their efforts.’

 

Cleanliness on Tannirbavi Beach: After the inauguration, about 250 volunteers were guided by Swami Ekagamyananda in carrying out cleanliness work on Tannirbavi beach. Senior volunteers of Abhiyan, Mohan Bhat, Vittaldas Prabhu, Kodange Balakrishna Naik, P N Bhat, Kamalaksha Pai guided the NSS students of Sahyadri College and students of Fisheries College, students from KMC and Nitte Physiotherapy College in picking up the plastic waste, papers and dirt from the Tannirbavi beach area. Staff and employees of OMPL and MRPL under the guidance of CEO, S S Nayak removed the garbage from the sea shore and filled in tipper vehicles. Shivu Puttur, Punith Poojary and other volunteers cleaned 3 black spots by removing garbage. Members of Rotary Club under Floric Lobo joined hands in the Shramadan. Shubhoday Alva coordinated the Shramadan.

 

Removal of 5 loads of garbage: Another team of volunteers under Dilraj Alva cleaned the roads leading towards Tannirbavi beach. Construction debris, garbage and heaps of sand & stones were removed using JCB and tippers. Satish Kenkanaje, Ravi K R, Vijay Shetty, Vikhyath and others helped in loading the garbage into tippers. About 5 loads of garbage were removed from the surroundings of Tannirbavi beach.

 

Special Awareness Programme for Lorry Drivers: In association with Indian Oil Corporation, Ramakrishna Mission carried out a special awareness programme for lorry drivers and conductors in IOCL terminal on May 25. DGM Ajay Singh, Annette Monterio, Veera Sequeira and others were present. Umanath Kotekar, coordinator of Abhiyan spoke about Swacchata Abhiyan and role of citizens. Suresh Shetty spoke about role of individual in nation building process. Stage programme was followed by an hour of Shramadan programme by lorry drivers and cleaners. Bharath Shetty coordinated the programme.

 

MRPL is sponsoring these drives.