Good morning friends. There will be a school kids on lake will have a clean up drive, since the school opening is near. It’s good that they have that kind of activities as they cant do that much when the school starts. And also it’s good for the health of the schoolers.
Morning walkers at Rabindra Sarobar were greeted by an unusual sight on Sunday. Braving the light drizzle, there were about 50 schoolchildren cleaning the surroundings and urging others to follow their lead.
The schoolkids from Modern High School, South Point, Ashok Hall, Birla High, Sree Jain Vidyalaya an Julien Day School were participating in a clean the lake’ drive, and they didn’t mind getting themselves dirty to do their bit. They plucked weeds and plastic packets, removed garbage from the ground adjacent to the lake and urged visitors to follow their example and keep the lake clean.
For the lake regulars, it was a sight for sore eyes. Bidyut Sarkar (65), a resident of Lake View Road, could not conceal his emotion at seeing the young hands in action. “I was pleasantly surprised. This is quite inspiring and, given an opportunity, I wouldn’t mind extending a helping hand to clean up the mess at the lake,” Sarkar, who has been a regular morning walker at Rabindra Sarobar, said.
Rupendra Mohun Lakhotia, the chairman of the rowing committee of Bengal Rowing Club, felt similarly inspired. “It was a wonderful effort by the students and we are indebted to them in many ways. This dedicated bunch has successfully created awareness about the urgent need to clean up the mess around the lake,” he said.
Frequent deposition of garbage, plastic waste and other non perishable materials has made the lake shallower. According to Lakhotia, in the past three decades, the depth of the lake has been reduced from 35 feet to 10 feet. “It is high time we concentrated on dredging the lake,” he added. – The Times of India
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