Mangaluru: India has been chosen as the global host for World Environment Day-2018. In this regard, the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India, has planned to undertake the cleaning of beaches and river stretches in the country under the tagline of “Beat Plastic Pollution.”
The College of Fisheries, Mangaluru in collaboration with the District Administration, Dakshina Kannada, and Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, initiated a week-long beach cleaning programme that was launched on June 1at Panambur beach which continued at various other beaches of Mangaluru viz, Thanniru Bavi, Chota Bengre, and Bengre.
On June 5, the World Environment Day was celebrated by the cleaning of the Panambur beach by different line departments of the District Administration and students of College of Fisheries, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Government High School, Chitrapura, N.I.T.K High School, Srinivasapura, Government High School, Bikampady, NMPT high school, Panambur, MCF staff, MRPL staff, BASF staff, JCI Mangalore, NGOs and the general public.
Nearly two truckloads of plastic garbage was picked up from the beaches and disposed of with the help of the Mangaluru City Corporation.
To raise awareness among the public Ninasam Prakarthi group performed a street play about plastic pollution and its impact on the environment. Dr. S.M. Shivaprakash, Dean in-charge, College of Fisheries, spread the messages of environmental protection by reciting some of his poems to the volunteers.
Dr. S.R. Someshakara, Professor, College of Fisheries, and coordinator of the event, Mohmed Naseer, Commissioner, Mangaluru city corporation, Dr. Manjappa, Director, R&D Sahayadri college of Engineering and Management, Madhu of Mangaluru City Corporation, Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Regional Director Environment, Dr. Rajshekar Puranik, Environmental officer and Jayaprakash S Naik, KSPCB, Mangalore, Dr. Uttappa S, ACF Mangalore, Mahesh kumar U, Deputy Director Fisheries, Yateesh Bikampady, coordinator beach management committee, officials from various school, colleges and industrial establishments among others joined hands in cleaning the beaches.
