Mangaluru: The ‘Clean India’ drive, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has prompted many youngsters and residents in and around Mangaluru to keep their locality clean. On Sunday, residents of Prashanth Nagar, Derebail, Christians belonging to St. Sebastian Church, Bendore and BIG FM, a radio house in Mangaluru kept ‘Swach Bharath Abhiyan’ on the move.

92.7BIGFM, Mangaluru in association with ‘Panchamukhi Balaga Urwa’ swept the locality at Urwa Marigudi Temple. They were joined by more than 100 locals.

Manohar Boloor managing trustee at Maariyamma temple pledged to conduct Swacha Bharath Abhiyan on the third Sunday of every month. Rj Varsha of BIG FM promised to join hands with association on cleaning the city.

Boloor asked everyone to join the campaign to keep the city clean. He said, “If everyone takes part in the campaign, keeping the city clean will not be a big task”. While, RJ Varsha spoke on the importance of cleanliness. She said, “It’s the individual duty to keep the city clean. She urged the MCC to place more dustbins in the city”.

For residents of Derebail, sweeping the road of their locality has been a Sunday affair. Earlier, Dr. Aloysius Paul D’souza gave a call to join the drive and support the campaign by cleaning the ‘respective locality’.

Besides, members of St. Sebastian Church, Bendore swept the road, which falls right in front of the church. They were led by the parish priest.

Previously, the officials of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) and Kankanady Market Traders Association carried out cleanliness drive at Kankanady Market, Mangalore.

MCC environmental engineer Madhu S M, MCC health officer Dr Manjayya Shetty, MCC Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak, Ward Corporator Naveen D’Souza, Kankanady Market Traders Association president Ali Hasan, Kankanady Market Traders Association secretary Roshan Patrao and shop owners joined hands in cleaning the area.

More importantly, The Ugly Indians (TUI), a group of citizens, have been silently and anonymously taking on the task of beautification of “ugly” spots in the city, even before the call by Narendra Modi on cleanliness.

The concept of TUI has become popular in Bangalore, and later expanded to Chennai, has now come to the coastal city that prides itself on being among the top 10 cleanest cities in the country.

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