“Every Citizen has a major role in the beautification & the maintenance of cleanliness in the country” said Dr Rajamohan Rao, Convener of Nagareeka Salahaa Samithi & Swachh Surathkal Abhiyan. He was speaking at the Swach Soch seminar organized by the Red Cross & NSS Units of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in Association with Shri Ramakrishna Mission Mangaluru, on 22 February, 2019 at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru. This was an awareness program for the College students organized under the 5 phase of Ramakrishna Mission Swachatha Abhiyaan 2018-19. “Youth have a major role in transforming India into a clean country, which can boast of clean cities like Singapore” he added.

Mr Ranjan Bellarpady, Chief Coordinator, Swachh Manas, Swachh Soch & Youth Programs, explained to the volunteers, how it was possible to minimize wastage by segregating them into dry and wet waste. He also demonstrated how to manufacture compost from wet waste using a specially designed clay pot.

Chief Guest of the program, Mr Gopinath Rao, active volunteer of Swachh Abhiyaan Team, Shri Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru inaugurated the seminar by lighting the traditional lamp. Red Cross Officer Premalatha Shetty welcomed the gathering. Ms. Likhitha compered the Program.

Volunteers and the officers of Red Cross and NSS units pledged the oath of cleanliness. president of the program, Dr. Ishwar Bhat, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Physics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru administered the oath. NSS Officer , Alwyn D’Souza proposed the vote of thanks. Red cross Officer Arjun Prakash, NSS Officers Harshith, Prerma Tauro and Floring Shelomith Soans were present at the program.

More than 250 volunteers of Red Cross and NSS units of the college participated in the program.