Mangaluru, Jan 22: Sixteenth week of cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru took off on Sunday, the January 22 at 7 different venues in Mangaluru taluk.
186 Yeyyadi- Meryhill – Members of Friends Forever team took up the cleanliness drive in Maryhill & Airport road. Swami Jitakamanandaji & Sri Ashok Hegde jointly flagged off the drive. Under the guidance of Shubhoday Alva, team of employees of Shalimar paints cleaned the heaps of stones & mud beside the main road. Under the guidance of Sri Sujith Bhandary, another team cleaned the Maryhill circle area. Sri Mahabala Marla, Ex-Mayor, Sri Prabhakar Padavinangady, Sri K V Prasad & others actively participated in the drive.
187 Karangalpady – Members of Sri Subramanya Sabha carried out the cleanliness drive in Pintos Lane. Sri Salvador, Friar of Capuchin Church & Sri M R Vasudev jointly flagged off the drive. The compound walls of Capuchchin Church have been beautifully painted with Swacch Mangaluru paintings and awareness message. Srikanth Rao & team of 45 members cleaned the Pintos Lane & the adjoining drains. Dr A P Krshna, Dr Thippeswamy, Sri Srinivas Shetty & others took an active part in the drive.
188 Capitanio – Members of Team Garodi carried out the cleanliness drive in Capitanio area. Sister Leena D'Souuza, Headmistress of Capitanio School & Sri 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 have been put. Students of Capitanio School cleaned the road and the adjoining drains. The members of Garodi Excel gym, Sri Ashwin, Sri Madhuprasad & several others participated in the drive. Sri Sandeep, Sri Prakash & Sri Brijesh coordinated he team of volunteers.
189 Mangaladevi – Members of Nivedita Balaga took up the cleanliness drive in Monkey stand area. Sri 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. Sri Shishir Amin & Sri Mehboob coordinated the team.
190 Car Street – Students of GFGC Car Street took up the drive in car street area. Prof. Shivaram & Prof. Ravikumar flagged off the drive. Students of the college cleaned the road leading from School Book Company to New Field Street. Prof. Sheshappa Amin coordinated the team.
191 KPT Circle – The NSS students of KPT took up the drive in KPT area. Students Welfare Officer Sri Narasimha Bhat & NSS Officer Sri 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. Sri Suraj p & Balakrishna Bhat actively participated in the drive.
192 Konaje – The students of Mangalore university took up the drive in Konaje. Prof. Sudip & Prof. Yatish jointly flagged off the drive. PG students cleaned the bus shelter in the area and the roads leading to th stand. They went from door to door creating awareness and distributing the awareness literature. Sri Girish, Sri Manoj Mogaveer & several others participated in the drive.
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Hats off!
But, if general public, NGOs, School children are doing cleaning all the time, what are those paid cleaning staff of MCC doing?????????
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