The NSS and the NCC members of Surana College and Karnataka Rajya
Dalitha Kriya Samithi members took part in the K R Market cleanliness
drive organised by the BBMP here on Monday.

Mayor B S
Sathyanarayana, who also participated in the drive, said “We are in the
fourth week of the cleanliness drive. But the vendors and shopkeepers at
K R Market have not made up their mind to keep the surroundings clean.
It is only students who are cleaning the premises. It is a bad sign”.

Expressing
disappointment at the vendors’ lukewarm response, he told them, “Won’t
you feel bad when your own children come and pick plastic at public
places?”

The Mayor said fruit sellers on Sethu Rao street throw
waste on footpaths even after being warned, putting the public to
inconvenience.

Y R Gowramma, chairperson of the BBMP’s Standing
Committee on Markets, said,  “Cleanliness drives will not be successful
unless shopkeepers, the administration and the public work hand in hand
to maintain surroundings. If this happens, all problems at the market
will be solved shortly.”

Sri Rajinikanth Samithi and Sri Jyothi International College will participate in the drive on October 14 and 21 respectively.