Mangaluru: The 29th Shramadaan of Mangaluru Ramakrishna Mission’s Swachhta Abhiyan targeted the central parts of the city on Sunday wherein Hampanakatte and its surroundings were cleaned.

Flagged off in front of Milagres Church, the drive continued in the surroundings with volunteers being divided into four groups. While one group cleaned road dividers near Hampanakatte Circle and surrounding areas; another group comprising students of Nitte College of Physiotherapy cleaned both sides of Milagres-Attavara Road.

Another group removed posters pasted at the Milagres bus shelter and another cleaned the place in front of Islamic Trust Complex. Volunteers also removed sand and muck on footpaths to facilitate easy movement of pedestrians.

Volunteers had cleaned a black spot that had been littered by public on V.T. Road earlier. The same spot was given a facelift by civil repair works using stones and plastering. Another black spot on the corner of Milagres-Attavara Road, next to IMA Building, was identified where loads of garbage and construction debris was dumped. Volunteers, using an earthmover, cleared three tipper-loads of dirt from this location.

Volunteers also cleaned the road divider railings between Hampanakatte and Light House Hill Road, removing illegal advertisements and posters. Later, the railings were given a fresh coat of paint.

Members of Nivedita Balaga and students of Nitte College of Physiotherapy visited several households and shops in Milagres Church, Hampankatte, and surrounding areas and distributed awareness handbills and urged them to keep the area clean.