RKM’s Swacchata Abhiyan’s 6th Shramadan carried out at KPT and surrounding area
Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan’s 6th Shramadan was carried out at in the surroundings of Karnataka Polytechnic College (KPT) on 13th January 2019. The Shramadan was flagged off at 7.30 am at KPT junction by Madhu S Manohar, Environment Engineer of MCC and Sooraj P H, NSS Joint Coordinator of KPT.
Speaking on the occasion, Madhu S Manohar said, “Even after MCC had arranged for collection of garbage from houses, 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 a marginal decrease in such cases of people throwing garbage on the streets. MCC is spending 4 Rs. on disposal & management of 1 kg of garbage which is coming 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 MCC but also be a source of income for the public. Hence MCC 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 & guests. Swami Ekagamyanandaji, Coordinator of Abhiyan guided the volunteers. Jayakrishna Bekal, Usha Amritkumar, Gurudatta Shenoy, Smt. Mani Rai, Jagan Kodikal, Santosh Suvarna and others were present.
NSS students of KPT under Rajendra Subrahmanya cleaned the area in front of KPT gate, Airport Road and footpaths nearby. Vasanthi Nayak & members of Nivedita Balaga removed the plastic papers & garbage on the road & footpaths from KPT towards Padua. Masahiro & other senior volunteers cleaned the KPT circle & surrounding areas. Lecturer Subhadra Bhat & other youths cleaned both the sides of the 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 Mangalore & other volunteers. Overgrown grass & weeds in the circle were removed and heaps of sand were also removed.
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 & other volunteers removed 6 tippers loads of garbage using 2 JCBs & 4 tippers. Heaps of mud were 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 & Punith Poojary and others maintained several blackspots now converted into small parks in different parts of the city. Shashikanth, Sumith Devadiga, Lakshmish Srinivas & others of Hindu Warriors participated in the Abhiyan. MRPL & Nitte institutions are sponsoring these drives.
Under the guidance of Ramakrishna Mission, Swacchata Abhiyan was organised in the premises of Govt. Hospital in Market Road in Puttur. Johar Nissar Ahmed & 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 a facelift. Puttur Town Municipal Member Jagannivas Rao, Sandeep Lobo, Zavier D’souza, Principal of Women’s College, Shankar Mallya, Suresh Kallare & many others joined hands in the Swacchata Abhiyan. G Krishna coordinated the Abhiyan.
Swami Chidambarananda (Chief Convener)
Swami Ekagamyananda, convener
Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan
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