The Hindu 30.03.2010
Rally to create awareness on sanitation
Staff Reporter
- Photo: M. Balaji 
Students of various Corporation schools taking out a Health Awareness rally organised by the Tirupur Corporation and Chikkanna Government Arts College in Tirupur on Monday.
Tirupur: Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M. P. Saminathan flagged off a rally organised by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Tirupur Corporation and Chikkanna Government Arts College to create better awareness on sanitation and hygiene, here on Monday. The students, lecturers and members of self help groups constituted the rally, which was taken out from near the Railway Station to Corporation office.
Chikkanna College Assistant Professor Mohan Kumar, who coordinated the event, said that the promotion of good sanitation and personal hygiene practices was essential to make the society healthy.
Water
The rally gained greater significance in the city like Tirupur where the public face enormous difficulties to gain access to good quality potable water, which prevents many of them from properly washing their hands after defecating.
Federation of Indian Export Organisations president Arumugam Sakthivel, Mayor K. Selvaraj, Chikkanna College principal Mohammed Kani were among those present at the starting point.
