SWACHH BARATH


SWACHH BARATH-2017:
In association with Swachh Barath Scheme, Dry Waste Management Plan was planned by the Erode Corporation. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a campaign by the Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. The Volunteers of National Service Scheme of Kongu Engineering College involved in creating awareness among the people to collect dry waste such as plastic bags, water bottles etc., from their surrounding .
 An orientation program was  arranged by the Erode Corporation on 14.07.2017 in Kongu Engineering College to instruct regarding the Dry Waste Management  at 4.30 p.m to the NSS volunteers. Officials such as Mr.Thangaraj,SO. ,Mr.Jaheer,SO., explained regarding the awareness and also Mr.Roshan, Founder, Mr.Shakil Muhammad, Organiser, of 'No Food Waste', an NGO, also  joined to specialize this session. The program ended by 5:30 p.m.   
15.07.2017:
            The NSS Volunteers reached the Paneerselvam Park, Erode at 9:30 a.m. Around 24 volunteers involved in this event. Mr.Thangarajan,SO instructed the areas to be covered, for the day. All the volunteers got split into various groups and went through various wards of Erode city which included Netaji Street, Kacheri Street, Agraharam street, Periyar Street and its surrounding areas of Zone-4  to create awareness among the people.

            They distributed notices that described the Dry Waste Management Plan to each and every house and shop and also explained it. They insisted the public to collect dry wastes such as plastics, bottles, waste clothes, card boards, books , tyres, and electrical wastes in a common place of their street ,so that every Tuesday the waste would be disposed by the Corporation workers. About 900 houses and 200 shops were awared with the plan.

           
            At  1:30 p.m ,the volunteers were left for lunch. Then again, they began their work. The work lasted till 4:30 p.m. Our Programme Officers Dr.A.Manimaran, Mr.S.Praveen Kumar and Dr.R.DeviPriya were been a great support to the volunteers. 
  

16.07.2017:
            At 9:30 a.m. all the NSS Volunteers reached Erode Court. There, Mr.Thangarajan, SO, instructed the areas to be covered for the day. About 20 volunteers made their presence in this event. They got split into groups and started their work.
             They distributed the notices and explained it, following the previous day and also got verified by getting signatures from the people. The volunteers were guided by the senior NSS Volunteers. All the volunteers showed their full involvement in this program. At  11:30 a.m. refreshments were provided to the volunteers.
           After that, they started their work and covered areas such as Sambath nagar, Rani street, Raja street, VIP colony, Arunachalam street ,Sanjay nagar et., of Zone-2 under Erode Corporation.After lunch at 1.30 p.m. again they continued their work. The program continued till 3.30 p.m. All the volunteers returned college with a satisfaction that they had been a part of Clean India Movement.

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