About 900 students and traders participated in a drive to clean K R Market to mark the 60th birthday celebrations of spiritual leader Mata Amrithanandamayi here on Sunday.

The event was organised by the Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram as part of the Amala Baratham programme.

The students swept the market and loaded rotten vegetables and fruits to lorries. Within a few hours, the garbage that was littering all over the market was cleaned and disposed of in accordance with the norms.

Lokayukta Y Baskhar Rao and BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana visited the market to supervise the cleaning works. The Lokayukta praised the students for their enthusiasm and asked the traders to keep the market clean. Lakshminarayana directed the officials concerned to improve the drainage facilities in and around the market.