The Hindu 21.09.2009
Creating awareness about cleanliness
Staff Reporter
NGOs launch campaign at Malleswaram, Banashankari
Do not wait for BBMP to do your work, residents told
BANGALORE: “Can we reclaim our beautiful city and restore it to what it was?” Of course, say two non-governmental organisations, Youth for Seva and Anonymous Indian.
More than 300 volunteers and citizens took part in a clean-up campaign launched by these organisations on Sunday at Malleswaram, Banashankari, G.M. Palya and Vijayanagar here.
At Malleswaram, the volunteers marched with drums and slogans to create awareness about cleanliness. Residents came out of their houses in response to the campaign and many of them joined the volunteers to clean up the neighbourhood. The volunteers explained to them how to segregate waste and the right way of disposing it.
The volunteers asked the residents at Banashankari to bring out garbage and showed them how to separate wet waste from dry waste. Many volunteers and residents participated in the campaign at G M. Playa and Vijayanagar also.
Tarusha Saxena, volunteer, Youth for Seva said, “We want the people to understand their responsibilities and send out the message that we should not wait for Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to do everything; people’s participation is necessary if they want to see the city clean.”
Myriam Shankar, Programme Manager, Anonymous Indian, said, “It is our vision to make every household a zero-waste household.”
