The Hindu 07.02.2011
Engineering students help in cleaning up Chamundi hills
For a cause: Students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering help in
cleaning Chamundi Hills in Mysore on Sunday. — PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
Students of the Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering in the city lent a
helping hand in cleaning up Chamundi Hills and removed a large amount
of garbage from the area.
Nearly 200 students of the college participated in the
effort held as part of the Entrepreneurship Week-2011. The participants
hit the hills at the crack of dawn and Mayor Sandesh Swamy, corporators,
health officials from the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) were among
those who were present and assisted the student community in the
voluntary work.
Though Chamundi Hills has been declared a no-pastic
zone, the tourist and pilgrim rush generates large amount of garbage,
most of which is not disposed. In addition, there is a tendency among
travellers to dispose large chunks of waste material like beer cans and
plastic bottles that tend to accumulate and degenerate.
The garbage was collected in large sacks and disposed
off in a truck to the sewage farm in the city. ‘Clean Chamundi Hills’ is
a regular event organised by various environmental groups and
educational institutions and has helped reduce pollution to a large
extent. Chamundi Hills is stated to be ecologically sensitive and
fragile and is under constant stress of growing urbanisation and
encroachment. Such drives help bring the issue into focus.