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A group of volunteers of the Chennai Trekking Club, who are otherwise accustomed to working in air-conditioned cubicles, took on some hard physical labour on Sunday, all in a bid to clean the city.
Wearing gloves and carrying heavy metal rakes and big gunny bags, the volunteers, mostly working in IT and engineering companies, removed garbage dumped in the Nanmangalam Reserve Forest located near Medavakkam.
Volunteers of the club, in small groups, removed all kinds of wastes, predominantly plastic and broken liquor bottles, dumped inside and along the perimeter of the forest.
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The architect of Serene Chennai is Gouri Shankar, a TCS employee. He found his initiative when he discovered he could not recognise the college campus because of its filthy and creeper-ridden walls. “When we approached the college, they were sceptical about the entire thing initially. However, now, as we have finished 70 per cent of the work, with the help of students, the authorities are happy with the result”, he said. Clearly, awareness should begin with students, because the results are also more effective, Mr. Gouri reasons.
The group, which hopes to clean all public walls in Chennai, does the sensible thing by getting to work on Saturday mornings before the temperature soars.
Small steps to a clean Chennai - The Hindu
Wearing gloves and carrying heavy metal rakes and big gunny bags, the volunteers, mostly working in IT and engineering companies, removed garbage dumped in the Nanmangalam Reserve Forest located near Medavakkam.
Volunteers of the club, in small groups, removed all kinds of wastes, predominantly plastic and broken liquor bottles, dumped inside and along the perimeter of the forest.
.........
The architect of Serene Chennai is Gouri Shankar, a TCS employee. He found his initiative when he discovered he could not recognise the college campus because of its filthy and creeper-ridden walls. “When we approached the college, they were sceptical about the entire thing initially. However, now, as we have finished 70 per cent of the work, with the help of students, the authorities are happy with the result”, he said. Clearly, awareness should begin with students, because the results are also more effective, Mr. Gouri reasons.
The group, which hopes to clean all public walls in Chennai, does the sensible thing by getting to work on Saturday mornings before the temperature soars.
Small steps to a clean Chennai - The Hindu
