Mangaluru: Twenty-first week of 10 cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru held on Sunday at 10 different locations in Mangaluru city.
The team members of Swach Yekkur carried out cleanliness drive in Yekkur area. Swami Jitakamanandaji and Bharath Shetty jointly flagged off the drive. Drive was carried out around Chamundeshwari katte. Boards carrying the message of awareness about cleanliness have been written. Members of Hindu Yuva Sene, Ayyappa Bhajana Mandira and Nandadeepa Bhajana Mandir participated in the drive. Jayalatha, Monisha and more than about 100 people took part in the drive.
The devotees of Sri Chakrapani Temple took up the cleanliness work from Chakrapani temple to Attavara katte. Jayakumara and Devadas Kottari flagged off the drive. Members of Sri Patanjalai Yoga Shikshana Samiti, N V Friends and students of Sarojini Madhusudan Kushe School participated in the drive.
The students of Srinivasa Engineering College and local residents of Valacchil cleaned the highway and adjoining areas in that region. The Members of Amba Maheshwari Bhajana Mandira carried out the drive in Bolar – Mulihithlu region. Lokayya Shetty and Ajay Alva flagged off the drive. The drains adjoining the roads were cleaned and heavy log of wood lying in the footpath for many days was removed. Members also visited door to door and distributed awareness literature in the area. Direction board that was worn out was repainted.
Drive was carried out in Bharati Green Park road in Malemar. The drains in the area were cleared. Worn out banners and flex were removed. Students of KPT carried out the drive in front of KPT and adjoining areas of the highway.
Local members of JCI under the guidance of Dr Sampath Kumar took up the drive in Ganeshpura area. Chiranjeevilu and Raghuram Tantri flagged off the drive. The precincts of post office and main roads were cleaned. The members of team Swacch Shivabagh carried out the drive in Shivabagh area. Dr. Malini Hebbar and Vinutha were falgged off the drive. Sheela Jayaprakash and others coordinated the drive.
The devotees of Sri Gokarna Mutt carried out the drive from Ashwatha Katte of Car Street to Flower Market. S P Acharya and Damodar Bhat flagged off the drive. They also removed the posters stuck on the walls. Sri Kamalaksha Pai coordinated the drive. The team members of Swacch Garodi carried out the cleanliness work around Capitanio Government School. Harish Achar and Ritesh Naguri flagged off the drive. The campus of the school and surrounding area were cleaned.