Week the 8 of 40 Shramadan ’Swacchata Abhiyan’ in city

Week the 8 of 40 Shramadan ’Swacchata Abhiyan’ in city

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Dec 25, 2017: The  Shramadan Programme of Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan was carried  out in Hampankatta area. T R Suresh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner and Swami  Dayadhipanandaji of Ramakrishna Mission Hardwar jointly flagged off the drive in the presence  of Swami Jitakamanandaji, President of Mangalore Ramakrishna Math. Captain Ganesh Karnik,  MLC, Dr Satish Rao, Swami Prakashanandaji, Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashrama,Ranebennur were present on the occasion.

City Police Commissioner T R Suresh speaking on the occasion lauded the efforts of Ramakrishna Mission in creating awareness among young minds about cleanliness. He also  highlighted the importance of Mission’s initiative in Swacch Manas, training young minds and  Swacch Gram, Awareness programme among villages. He also appreciated the all- inclusiveness of the programme as people irrespective of caste, creed, religion and colour are supporting the initiative.

Swami Dayadhipanandaji regretted that the nation that believed in the dictum of “cleanliness is next to Godliness” had to start an Abhiyan like this as it forgot the importance of hygiene and wished the programme success.  Swami Prakashanandaji appreciated the consistent efforts by Ramakrishna Mission for the last  3 years and its present expanded form including students, youth  and  villagers. 

Swamijis and guests took up the broom and cleaned the main road in Hampankatta area. A  group of 50 volunteers removed illegally pasted posters from the compound walls of Taluk  Panchayat office to the Govt. Offices in A B Shetty circle and cleaned the compound walls.  These walls were also painted thus giving them a much needed facelift. They also cleaned the  roads and road dividers from clock tower to RTO. Smt. Sudiksha & Sri Kiran Poojari actively  participated with their one-year daughter “Naksha” which was a special attraction.  Road leading from Town hall to Mangalore central station was also cleaned. Volunteers  removed the construction debris and glass pieces from the corner of the road. All the grass and  weeds that had covered the drains were removed. The footpath frequently used by the  pedestrians was damaged posing danger. This was repaired with the help of expert masons and steps have been erected in its place.

Illegally put up posters have been ruining the beauty of the city. Volunteers have been actively  involved in removing them since last 4-5 weeks. Today also volunteers removed the banners  and wall posters in Pandeshwara,  Hampankatta area.

Nearly 250 students of Ganapathi High School and P U College cleaned the area near Central  railway station under the guidance of Ramakrishna Mission. Sri Ramachandra Rao,  Sri  Mahesh Bondal of Saraswat Education Society were present. They cleared nearly 2 tippers of  garbage and dirt from the area and the roads leading to station. Smt. Ranjitha, headmistress  and teachers actively participated in the drive. Sri Suresh Shetty,  Sri Kodange Balakrishna
Naik guided the volunteers.   Sri Masahiro Monoyi from Japan and Sri Mohammad Shameem volunteered in the Abhiyan.  About 90 youths from 17 institutions participating in the residential youth camp, “Prerana” at Ramakrishna Math also actively participated in the drive under the guidance of Sri Ranjan B U. MRPL is sponsoring this drive.

Contact – Swami Ekagamyanandaji, Convener, Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan at 9448353162 for more details,