‘Mindset of People has to be Changed’- Swami Jitakamanandaji on 5th Phase of Swacchata Abhiyan
‘Mindset of the People has to be Changed’- Swami Jitakamanandaji-Head of Ramakrishna Mission during a press Meet held on 29 November at the Math briefing on the 5th Phase of Swacchata Abhiyan
Mangaluru: Addressing the media persons during a press meet held at Ramakrishna Math regarding the launch of the 5th Phase of Swacchata Abhiyan, Swami Jitakamanandaji, the Head of Ramakrishna Mission said, “It gladdens our heart to share with you that Swacch Bharath Abhiyan launched by our Ashrama in response to special appeal made by the Honorable Prime Minister is entering the 5th & final phase. Thanks to the wholehearted support of thousands of our volunteers and cooperation from hundreds of NGOs, the Abhiyan has become a mass movement awakening a sense of responsibility among the citizens and the change all around is tangible”.
Swami further said, “To transform this awakening into a strong indelible habit among the people which will result in Swacch Bharath, we have planned five different domains in the 5th phase. Focus will be on training each and every awakened household to convert their waste into wealth through various means thus tackling the problem of waste generation in the root level by using Pot Compost. More details about Pot-compost will be shared during this press Meet. We are planning to launch the 5th phase of Swacchata Abhiyan on 2nd & 4th December. We are trying our best to keep Mangaluru Green and Clean, but most of all the mindset of the people has to be changed. They need to use their common sense in keeping their surroundings clean, only then we can expect a clean Bharath, as well as Mangaluru. I look forward for the support from all the citizens to make our 5th phase of Swacchata Abhiyan a success. Let’s make a difference”.
Swacchata Sampark Abhiyan:
Cleanliness drives are more effective if awareness campaigns go together. Hence about 500 groups and NGOs are being approached to carry out 300 Swacchata Awareness Campaigns in different parts of Mangaluru City every evening for 90 minutes. Awareness about cleanliness & hygiene, Duties and responsibilities of citizens in keeping their surroundings clean, Practical demonstration of pot compost in the backdrop of ‘our waste is our responsibility”, distribution of awareness handbills and pots for pot compost are the main features of this daily Abhiyan. Volunteers from Ramakrishna Mission address the members of these NGOs and groups in different localities daily. Already 400 NGOs have shown interest and four months programmes have been chalked out. About 5000 pot compost units will be disbursed among the interested citizens.
Swacch Mangaluru for Swacch Bharath Shramadan:
About 3 hours of Shramadan will be carried out for the next 44 weeks in different parts of Mangaluru city. About 200 volunteers will clean the streets, drains and public toilets, Fixing and renewing direction boards, fixing and renewal of bus & auto shelters, transforming dumping yards into small parks or gardens, beautification of fly-overs, removal of illegal flex banners and hoardings, distribution of awareness handbills etc. benefitting the common public.
Swacch Manas:
To create awareness among the students who would be future citizens Swacch Manas programmes will be carried out in 100 selected schools for five consecutive months starting from June 2019. 100 students each from 100 schools will be selected and given special training as Swacch Ambassadors and they will be motivated through several workshops and activities to work towards Swacch Bharath.
Swacch Soch :
Workshops in 50 Colleges: Swacch Soch Seminars & workshops will be held in selected 50 colleges of Dakshina Kannada & Udupi Districts from 2018 December to 2019 February. Trained resource persons will address & interact with the youths through practical demonstrations, lectures & Question and answer sessions. This will be followed by University level and District Level Seminars/Paper Presentations.
Swacch Gram Abhiyan:
Swacch Dakshina Kannada/Swacch Udupi: In the last phase Swacch Gram Abhiyan were carried out in about 100 villages of Dakshina Kannada Dist. This will be expanded to 100 more villages of Udupi Districts too in this phase. 2000 Abhiyans will be carried out in 200 villages of D.K. and Udupi Districts with the support & cooperation of Zilla Panchayats and District administrations. About 100 people from each village will be selected and one of them will be made convener to coordinate the cleanliness drives once in a month for the next 10 month starting from December 2018. Ramakrishna Mission will support them with T-shirts, cleaning equipment etc.
Launching 5th Phase of Swacchata Abhiyan:
5th Phase of the Abhiyan will be launched in Ashrama on Sunday, the 2nd December at 7.30 am. Swami Shivapremanandaji, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal will be inaugurating the 5th phase by lighting the lamp. Dr. N Vinay Hegde, President, Nitte Education Trust and Venkatesh M, MD, MRPL will be Chief Guests. Bhaskar K, Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation will be launching Swacchata Sampark Abhiyan. MLA Vedavyas Kamath will launch the Sunday Shramadan. Sasikanth Senthil, DC, Dakshina Kannada Dist. will be flagging off the first Shramadan of the 5th phase. Swami Jitakamanandaji will be present on the occasion. Captain Ganesh Karnik will be special invitee.
Launching Sawcch Soch Seminars:
Swacch Soch Seminar will be launched on Monday, 4th December at 9 am at Ramakrishna Mission in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, Mangalore and Swami Bodhamayanandaji, Director, Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Hyderabad. It will be inaugurated by B H V Prasad, GGM, MRPL, Mangalore. Vishal Hegde, Pro Chancellor, Nitte university will be the Chief Guest. Captain Ganesh Karnik will be Special invitee. The inaugural programme will be followed by 2 interactive sessions, by Swami Bodhamayanandaji on topic, “Transforming self to transform society” and Dr Vivek Modi, Corporate Trainer, Hyderabad on the topic, “Practicality of Purity in Modern Times”.
Capt Ganesh Karnik, the adviser of the Swachhata Abhiyan welcomed the media and briefed about the Abhiyan, while Swami Ekagamyanandaji briefed about the five programmes, which were also backed up by the coordinators Dilraj Alva, Umanath Kotekar and Ranjan Bellarpady, who also gave in details about each of the programmes. Sachin, an Engineer by profession, and a volunteer at Ramakrishna Mission demonstrated about Pot Composting, which is a very good method to recycle waste into manure for plants. While the Pot Compositor in the market is sold at Rs 2000 plus, Ramakrishna Mission is offering it at Rs 500.
For more details and how to be a volunteer in Swachhata Abhiyan please contact Swami Ekagamyanandaji at 9448353162
