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Plogging & plantation drives mark environ day in Ludh
Ludhiana: Plogging, plantation and cleanliness campaigns were undertaken across the city Thursday to mark
. Several social and industrial groups, besides, of course, the municipal corporation, came together to make it all possible.
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As part of the initiative, a plogging/cleanliness drive – Plogathon – was launched from outside the office of UCPMA on Gill Road. It was flagged off by mayor Inderjit Kaur, and organised in collaboration with NGO Switch For Change, Round Table India, Federation of Industrial & Commercial Organisation (FICO), among others.
It saw an overwhelming response from students, NCC cadets and volunteers.
Similar drives were also organised at BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh Road; School of Eminence to Sector 32 Chowk, Chandigarh Road; SDP College to Gandhi Nagar Market; MC's zone 'A' office to Bhadaur House to name a few.
Over 3,000 residents/volunteers participated in the various events, and about 1,400 kg of waste was collected during the plogging drives.
MC joint commissioner Ankur Mahindroo, assistant commissioner Neeraj Jain, health officer Vipal Malhotra, CSO Ashwani Sahota and CDO Maheshwar Singh also came forward to lend the citizens a helping hand during the plogging/cleanliness drives.
The celebrations at Gill Road saw social activist Col JS Gill, FICO president Gurmeet Singh Kular, among others.
Later in the day, MLA (Ludhiana East) Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal and the mayor took up a plantation drive under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign during the event organised on Chandigarh Road. MC assistant commissioner Neeraj Jain was also present.
Lauding the NGOs, residents, and civic body officials for their enthusiastic participation in the World Environment Day celebrations, mayor Kaur appealed to the public to do their bit and support the authorities in keeping the city clean and green. She said the civic body is doing its best, but a pollution-free environment and cleanliness cannot be achieved without the help and support of the residents.
