Pond Restoration Drive Begins in Balasore City by Municipality and Yuva Vikash Organisation
* Under the campaign “Our Pond, Our Life,” the aim is to clean all ponds across Balasore.
Balasore, 15/11 (Krushna Kumar Mohanty): A joint pond-cleaning initiative has been launched at the Chandan Pond near Chandamari Padia by Parivesh Foundation and Yuva Vikash. Volunteers from Balasore Municipality, local Swachh Sathi workers, councillors, residents and members of Yuva Vikash took part in the drive. After Kartika Purnima, large amounts of thermocol, household plastic waste, temple offerings, liquor bottles and especially betel waste had polluted and choked the pond. Volunteers cleaned the pond and also sensitised residents about adopting environment-friendly practices. Responding to local requests, the group plans to clean the Gosala Pond next Sunday.
The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Bhagiratha Behera, Professor of Economics at IIT Kharagpur. He stated that with continued public participation, similar drives would be carried out across Balasore city.
Among those who took part were Kamal Lochan Patra, Sanitary Inspector, Municipality; Swachh Sathi Sasmita Behera; Supervisors Jharana Mohanty and Damayanti Pandit; Sanjay Behera; former Councillor Raju Jena; sanitation worker Shashirekha Mohanty; Councillor of Ward 23; student volunteers; Raja Jena; Jyotsna Rani Tarei; Manorama Jena; Harapriya Das; Deeptirekha Majhi; sanitation worker Ratnakar Dalei; Kalia Jena; Chandan Nayak; Bapi Nayak; Santosh Bangari; Rabindra Jena; Chumuki Majhi, Rakhal Maity and Deepak Maharana from Parivesh Foundation; and Yuva Vikash Chairman Gobinda Dalai along with Subash Khuntia, Shubhasmita Mohanty, Dinabandhu Raut, Bhagyalaxmi Raut, Panchanan Das and Asit Kumar Dalai.
