Sahyadri College all Geared Up to ‘Beat the Plastic Pollution!’
Mangaluru: India has been chosen as the global host for World Environment day -2018. In this regard Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India, had planned to undertake the cleaning of beaches and river stretches in the country with the tagline of “Beat Plastic Pollution”. College of Fisheries, Mangaluru in collaboration with, District Administration, Dakshina Kannada and Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management initiated a week-long Beach cleaning campaign on 1.6.2018, at Panambur Beach and continued at various beaches of Mangaluru viz: Thanniru Bavi, Chota Bengre and Bengre.
On 5-06-2018, World environment day was celebrated by Cleaning the Panambur Beach by different line departments of District Administration and students of College of Fisheries, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Govt High school, Chitrapura, N.I.T.K high school, Srinivasapura, Govt high school, Bikampady, NMPT high school, Panambur, MCF staffs, MRPL staffs, BASF Staffs, JCI Mangalore, NGOs and general public participated actively in the beach cleaning programme.
Nearly two truckloads of plastic garbage was picked up from the beach and it was disposed of with the help of City Corporation. The function was symbolically inaugurated by Putting throwing the collected Plastic Bottles into the dustbin. Ninasum Prakarthi group performed the street Play about the plastic pollution and its impact on Environment. Dr S.M. Shivaprakash Dean in-charge, college of Fisheries, Mangaluru addressed the volunteers and explained about the cleanness of beaches and the negative impact of plastic on marine life by reciting self-composed poems. Dr S.R. Someshakara Professor, College of Fisheries, Mangalore and coordinator of this programme and well executed this event.
Mohmed Naseer, Commissioner, Mangaluru city corporation, Dr. Manjappa, Director, R&D Sahyadri college of Engineering and Management, Madhu , Mangaluru City corporation, Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Regional Director Environment, Dr Rajshekar Puranik, Environmental officer and Jayaprakash S Naik, KSPCB, Mangalore, Dr. Uttappa S, ACF Mangalore, Mahesh Kumar U, Deputy Director Fisheries, Yateesh Bikampady, coordinator Beach Management Coordinator, officials from various school and colleges, Industrial establishments, Press and Media personals present and lend their hands in cleaning the beaches
Sayhadri College has all the resources in addition to the people who can help many others and monitor all the required precautions for a cleaner environment for better health and welfare of people. Institutions such as sahyadri has a clear vision how to groom the right sources within their Organization to review some of the future requirements that could help maintain unpolluted environments and avoid usage of any material including plastic that could bring more damage or harm to the existing areas of daily usage. All the precautions and preventions are ultimately focused on cleaner atmosphere so that people may… Read more »