Bunts Hostel Circle, Karangalpady area wear a new look after cleanliness drive

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Ramakrishna Mission’s Swacchata Abhiyan completed ninth week’s shramadan on December 31 at Bunts Hostel circle and Karangalpady area in the city. Srinivas Patil of KPES Institution, Dharwad and Madan, SI of Bunder Police Station jointly flagged off the drive. Dr Satish Rao, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Prabhakar Shetty and more than 100 volunteers were present on the occasion.

Cleanliness Drive: Volunteers under the guidance of Sri Shobhoday Alva & Dr Satish Rao carried out the drive from Bunts Hostel circle. They cleaned both sides of the road and removed the grass & weeds from the footpaths. Sri Prakash Garodi & team of volunteers removed the posters and handbills pasted on the walls and bus shelters of the Bunts Hostel and the walls were cleaned and painted anew. A spot in front of Karnagalpady market area was full of dirt & garbage thrown by the shopkeepers and public. That spot was thoroughly cleaned off the garbage & dirt and the wall was washed and cleaned. Flower pots have been kept in that spot and the shopkeepers have been urged not to throw garbage in that spot and to maintain the cleanliness and water the plants. Sri Dilraj Alva led the group of volunteers.

Erection of railings: The barricade put up in front of Karnagalpady Auto stand was badly maintained and was being shifted from time to time. It was occupying more space and was posing nuisance to traffic police & two wheelers. Dirt & garbage had piled up below the barricade and was an eyesore to the onlookers. Hence volunteers under Sri Kirankumar Poojari experimentally set up a thin railing which not only serves the purpose but also occupies less space.

Swacchata App Drive: Downloading & using Swacchata App is a major component of the public participation in the Swacch sarvekshan being undertaken by the Central Government. There was a very poor response from the citizens of Mangalore last year due to lack of awareness. Hence the volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission not only downloaded and started using themselves but are also urging all the public since last 4 days. Till last week, only 363 apps were downloaded and after the volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission took up the task, about 2500 apps have been downloaded till yesterday and the number may cross 3500 before the deadline of 31st December sets in. Today being the last day, volunteers are focusing public visiting City centre Mall, Forum Fiza Mall, Corporation Bank Head Office, Sahyadri College, SDM College and other places. They are also visiting door to door urging the public to download the app and start using. Young volunteers under the guidance of Souraj, Shishir Amin, Dhanush Shetty, Abhishek V S, Amit J, Anil and others were actively involved in this drive. Sri M R Vasudev & Sri Umanath Kotekar led and coordinated the efforts.

Swacch Gram: Ramakrishna Mission Swacch Kayarthadka was flagged off by Swami Jitakamanandaji at Kayarthadka. President of Village Panchayat, Smt. Sharada, President of Sri Umamaheshwara Temple Sri Balanna Gowda & President of the local mosque Sri Abdulla participated.  Members of Yuvashakti Kayarthadka, Kombashree Yuvaka Mandala & public participated in the cleanliness drive that lasted for nearly 3hours. Sri Yogish coordinated the drive. Drives were also carried out in Malavoor, Yedapadavu and other places. MRPL is sponsoring this drive.