Hampankatta is now a clean place: More about this

Hampankatta is now a clean place: More about this

July 1:  The 30th Shramadan under Swacchata Abhiyan by Ramakrishna Mission (RKM)  was carried out in Hampankatta area on Sunday, June 30. The Shramadan was jointly flagged off at the Old Bus Stand by Rajashekar Puranik and Jayaprakash Nayak, who are officers of the State Pollution Control Board.
The volunteers identified four black spots at the beginning after which the volunteers were divided into four teams. First team led by Sowraj Mangalore removed big heap of garbage from the Bus stand using JCB and cleaned the spot. It was also levelled using mud. Second team of volunteers led by Mehboob Khan cleared the building construction debris and other garbage from a corner in K S Rao Road. Sandip Kodikal, Satish Kenkanaje & other volunteers cleared the heaps of garbage lying in front of the sub office of Health Department and loaded into tipper. Shubhakar Shetty, Prashanth Yekkur & other members of Team Swacch Yekkur removed the plastic, bottles and other dirt from inside the bus stand. Dilraj Alva & other volunteers moved the old vehicles & Auto rickshaws randomly parked to a corner so that much space is available for the regular vehicular parking. Pots with flower plants have been placed in the spots beautified.

Students of Sri Sharada Vidyalaya under the guidance of Prof. Satish Bhat and  Kodange Balakrishna Naik, visited several shops in Hampankatta/ K S Rao Road and created awareness by distributing Awareness Handbills and urged them to keep their surroundings clean.
Capt Ganesh Karnik spoke about the importance of cleanliness. Nallur Sachin Shetty demonstrated on pot compost and spoke about wet waste management in households