Mangaluru: The 10th month’s shramadan of the second phase of the Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan was initiated at Kuloor Crematorium on 14th July 2024 at 7:30 am by Sri Prashanth Baliga of MRPL and Prof. Dhanesh Kumar of Nitte Physiotherapy College. The Abhiyan is sponsored by MRPL. Present at the occasion were Sri B. Gopinath Rao, Assistant Professor Prakash, Kamalaksha Pai, K.V. Sathyanarayana, Umanath Kotekar, Ranjan Bellarpady, and others.
Sri Prashanth Baliga praised the efforts of Ramakrishna Mission in transforming the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan into a mass movement that reaches the common public. Following the inauguration, senior volunteers of the Abhiyan, including Sowraj Mangalore and Aniruddh Nayak, along with NSS officers Mithun Venugopal and Naveen from Mangala College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, guided students in cleaning the surroundings of Kuloor Hindu Crematorium. They cleaned the road leading to the crematorium, removing plastic and other garbage.
Volunteers Avinash Anchan, Vijesh Devadiga, Rajeevi Chandrashekar, and Sajith led volunteers from Vidyanagar Sharada Seva Trust, Hindu Yuva Sene (Vidyanagar branch), and staff from the crematorium, along with students from Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy, under the leadership of Professor Jayesh, in cleaning the inner premises of the crematorium.
Facelift for Bus Shelter
The bus shelter at Panjimogaru-Vidyanagara, erected during the first phase of Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan in 2019, was in disrepair. Recognizing the need for improvement, volunteers from Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan, Vidyanagara Sharada Seva Trust, and Hindu Yuva Sene (Vidyanagar branch) arranged for new flex and seating arrangements. This renovated bus shelter was dedicated on 14th July by Sri Prashanth Baliga of MRPL, in the presence of volunteers from Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan, Hindu Yuva Sene (Vidyanagar), and other dignitaries including Umesh, Sukumar Pujari, Harish, Ramesh Sandeep, and Umesh Vidyanagar.