Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan: Ramakrishna Mission carries out 24 Cleanliness Drives in City

Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan: Ramakrishna Mission carries out 24 Cleanliness Drives in City

Mangaluru: Twenty-fourth week of 24 cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru took off on Sunday, 19th March 2017 at 24 different locations in the city.

261) Pandeshwara – The police staff of Pandeshwar police station carried out the cleanliness drive in Pandeshwar police station premises voluntarily. Swami Jitakamanandaji and Circle Inspector Belliappa jointly flagged off the drive. Police sub inspector Ananth Murdeshwar and Satya coordinated the team.

262) Mangaladevi – The members of Sharada Mahila Vrinda carried out the cleanliness drive in Mangaladevi and Monkey stand area. Ravishankar and Satyavathi jointly flagged off the drive. They also visited door to door distributing handbills on awareness of cleanliness.

263) Kavoor – The residents of Kavoor undertook cleanliness drive in the Kavoor area under the guidance of Sudhakar. Randeep Kanchan and Ramachandra Rao flagged off the drive. They cleaned the surrounding areas of Kavoor circle and removed the banners that were ruining the beauty of the place. They also cleared the plastic and bottles dumped in the area. Sachin, Mohan, Sadanand Rai and several others participated in the drive.

264) Falnir – The Members of the Lions Club carried out cleanliness drive in Falnir area. Taranath Shet and Suresh Rai flagged off the drive. The roads and the adjoining drains were thoroughly cleaned. Sadashiva Rai & Suresh Shetty coordinated the volunteers.

265) Kottara – Kumar Gym friends took up the drive in Kottara Chowki area J Krishna Palemar and Pravin jointly flagged off the drive. The cleaning of the pillars for Kottara flyover was being done since 2 days and on Sunday, artwork depicting the significance of hygiene and cleanliness were drawn on the pillars helping in creating awareness among the public. Harish and Dayananda and about 70 volunteers took part in the drive.

266) Forum Mall – The employees of Forum Fiza Mall volunteered to carry out cleanliness drive at the Nehru Circle, three roads leading to the circle, road dividers and the adjoining drains. The drive was flagged off by Capt. Ganesh Karnik and Manoj Singh in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji. Ashwith Kumar Shetty and Sunil K S coordinated the drive.

267) Pumpwell – The young members of Team Garodi carried out the cleanliness in Pumpwell area. Subhash Padil and Satish Pumpwell flagged off the drive. The road and dividers leading from Pumpwell to Kankanady were cleaned. Volunteers also cleaned the paper and plastic pieces from the area. Pujaraj, Ashwin Naik, Prakash Garodi and several others participated in the drive.

268) Derebail – The members of Prashanth Nagar Association carried out the drive in Prashanth Nagar. MCC councillor Rajesh and N L Rao flagged off the drive.
269) Carstreet – The students of GFGC car street carried out cleanliness in car street area. Rajashrkar Hebbar, Principal of GFGC flagged off the drive. Students under the guidance of Prof. Sheshappa Amin cleaned the car street. They also distributed ha bills of awareness to street vendors and shop owners.

270) Bejai Church Road – Under the auspices of Sri Subramanya Sabha volunteers took up the cleanliness drive in Bejai Church Road- Kodialguthu area. Prabhakar Shetty and Uday Kumar flagged off the drive. M R Vasudev guided the volunteers in cleaning Kodialguthu road and nearby pathways and drains. Srikanth Rao guided the volunteers.

271) Karangalpady – The students of St Aloysius College took up the drive in Karangalpady area. Lecturers, Chandrashekar Shetty and Dr Ravindra Swamy jointly flagged off the drive. Lecturer Premalatya Shetty guided the volunteers in the drive.

272) Urwa – The employees of MCF Mangala took up the drive in Urwa area. MCC councillor, Radhakrishna and Prabhakar Rao flagged off the drive. Sai Friends and Spandana Friends joined hands in the drive.

273) Yekkur – The members of Sri Ayyappa Swamy Bhajana Mandir and local residents took up the drive in Yekkur area. Jayanthi Anand and Vimala flagged off the drive. The volunteers cleaned the cross roads of Yekkur and area around Bhajana Mandir. Jyothi, Prema, Gautham and many others actively joined the drive.

274) Bolar – The members of Nivedita Balaga took up the cleanliness drive from Bolar level to Mangaladevi area. Usha Dinakar and Chandran flagged off the drive. Volunteers distributed awareness handbills door to door.

275) Chembugudde – Under the auspices of Jai Veeramaruti Vyayama Shala took up the drive in Chembugudde area. Ramachandra and Purushottam flagged off the drive. The members of Sri Vithobha Rukmayya Bhajana Mandira, Amma Bhagavan Manava Seva Samithi, Jagat Friends Circle, welcome group, the devotees of Sri Uma Maheshwari Temple participated in the drive. Vedithkumar guided the volunteers.

276) Yeyyadi – The members of Team Friends for Forever took up the drive in Yeyyadi area. Dinesh Alva and Aravind flagged off the drive. Anil Bekal, Prabhakar, Sujith and others participated in the drive. Shubhoday Alva coordinated the team.

277) Merlapadavu – The students of Srinivasa Enginerring College took up the drive in Merlapadavu area. Village Panchayat member Ashok and Rajesh Shetty flagged off the drive.

278) Airport Road – The students of KPT took up the drive in Airport road. They cleaned the airport road and footpath and removed the posters stuck to the polytechnic compound wall.

279) Goodshed Road – Gopalakrishna Kumble led the team of volunteers in Neereshwalya Road Devaraj Kamath Madhava Shetty flagged off the drive.

280) Konaje – The NSS students of Mangalore University took up the drive in Konaje area. Dr. Sudeep and Srilatha flagged off the drive. Ashok, Shashank and others students participated in the drive.

281) Nanthur – The members of DK Havyaka Sabha took up the drive from Padua junction to Nanthur. Thimmappayya and Noojibail Ramesh Bhat flagged off the drive. Handbills on awareness were distributed to more than 200 households. Venugopal Bhat and Dr Rajendra Prasad coordinated the team.

282) Ganeshpura – JCI members took cleanliness drive in Ganeshpura area. Ganapathi Shet and Vijay flagged off the drive. The premises of the temple at Ganeshpura was cleaned. This was followed by the cleaning of post office walls and nearby bus stand.

283) Padil – Youth Centre & Auto Drivers association took up the drive in Padil area. Surrounding areas of Padil junction were cleaned. Later handbills were distributed on awareness. Uday kumar K P coordinated the drive.

284) Kondana – Sri Seetharam guided the team in cleanliness work in Mitranagar area. Ravindra Shetty and Prathima Hebbar flagged off the drive. They went from door to door distributing the awareness handbills and message. Pushpakala Beeri and Praveen Kondana and about 70 volunteers participated in the drive.

Swami Chidambaranandav- Convener
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