Mangaluru, Feb 7: With the 40-week long Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan on its home stretch, Ramakrishna Math, chief organisers of the campaign in association with MRPL, principal patron of the event carried out a special weekend of cleanliness. While volunteers cleaned up the Central market area on Saturday, they targeted the Karangalpady Jail road area and Chilimbi area respectively for the 38th and 39th Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan respectively on Sunday.
Swami Dharmavratanandaji of Ramakrishna Math, Mangaluru and Deepa Pai, managing director of Hangyo Ice creams Ltd, Rajashekhar Hebbar, principal, GFGC, Car street were present at the special drive at Central market. Volunteers not only cleaned Central market area with brooms but also heaps of dirt and garbage that had filled the nooks and corners of the market were thoroughly cleaned. They also distributed awareness handbills to all shops and customers in the market.
The 38th abhiyan was carried out in Karangalpady Jail Road area on Sunday. Jacintha Vijay Alfred, Mayor and Lily Pinto flagged off the drive in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji, president, Ramakrishna Math. The Mayor cleaned the premises of DIET with broom. Volunteers were divided into three groups and each one cleaned Jail Road, C G Kamath Road and Lions Park under the guidance of Dr Satish Rao, Ramkumar Bekal and Satish Bhat.
Branches of trees pruned by authorities and that lay unattended along the roads were cleared using earth excavator machines helping the pedestrians. Worn out direction boards were repainted and awareness handbills were distributed among different households. The 39th Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan was carried in Chilimbi area. Ganesh Karnik, MLC briefed volunteers about the abhiyan. Volunteers cleaned different areas in and around Chilmbi for almost 3 hours later.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Great and Godly work.Keep up the same spirit.I request schools and colleges to have atleast half an hour cleanliness classes for students.
Lets not be lifeless towrds our surroundings.
In Japan, they involve students from 5th grade and above in farming in the school premises.Potatoes,tomatoes are grown by students in the farm.Same vegetables are taken to school canteen for lunch .We need to implement farming classes in schools so that child gets encouraged in the agriculture field and help the farmers with new farming technologies etc.
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