Rajesh, with his wife and 3-year-old daughter, had came all the way on their moterbike, from Perumbakkam, to join OMR Greens Padur Walk some weeks back. A software professional with an IT company on OMR, Rajeshkanna is a proactive green enthusiast who responds to other people's call, when he is not organizing an event of his own. He is now in the midst of a beach clean-up campaign at Akkarai (Sholinganallur) on Sundays. The six-week drive would continue every Sunday evening ( 4.15 p m till 5.15 p m) till May 12.
I would let Rajeshkanna describe their work in his own words:
Dear Friends, 2 Weeks back we went to Akkarai, ECR Beach with our Apartment kids and saw lots of plastic bags and garbage littered on the Beach...On a Sunday(Mar 23rd 2013) we decided to clean the beach with 6 kids and started the cleanup to create awareness among people visiting the beach.
In My apartment all the kids showed interest .... on Sunday, March 31, we have done the cleanup again with 11 kids and 4 Parents. We will be going to AKKARAI beach every Sunday 4PM for next 6 weeks...We will be talking to the people on the beach....you could please join with us. Also We are approaching the Panchayat for placing dustbins and for regular garbage removal.
Really Hats off to them, Last sunday I have joined them, they are doing a wonderful job, hope we would expect more initiative from more volunteers.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Sureshkumar M.