As part of the Coimbatore Vizha events, nature enthusiasts and
concerned citizens cleaned the Thadagam Road on Sunday. According to
Manoj Krishnakumar, one of the organisers, more than 1,000 people
participated in the cleanliness drive that started at Gandhi Park and
ended at Anaikatti.

The volunteers picked up plastic and other waste between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. and the total waste collected was over 30 tonnes.

The
organisers had divided the 30-km stretch of the road into 50 segments
for volunteers to work. The volunteers assembled at the Government
College of Technology on Thadagam Road and from there the organisers
took them to the segments concerned.

A few education institutions
had lent their buses to support the cause. A few volunteers reached the
segments assigned to them in their vehicles.

They
then went about collecting the waste. Coimbatore Corporation had also
supported the cause by sending its conservancy workers and deploying
vehicles to transport the waste.

The organisers had also engaged an earth mover to clear waste in those pockets that was difficult for people to work.

Mr.
Krishnakumar said that the volunteers worked hard in the five hours to
collect over 30 tonnes waste under the programme called Tsuname Sweep.
The Coimbatore Chapter of Young Indians, Builders Association of India,
CREDAI and a few Round Table organisations and others had supported the
cause.