14 Feb 2015 : Valentine’s day with a difference.
The residents of Wings, Cambridge Road, took on the task of making the neighbourhood clean. Little tots and senior folks all worked to clean the street, to remove debris from the footpaths, to paint the kerbstones. We moved down to the spot near Hopcoms on Cambridge road, and cleaned up the garbage dump there. The wall was also painted.
Thanks to all those who joined us in the effort :
- the Ugly Indian for guiding us in the process and helping us with the Tere Bins that were installed.
- the shopkeepers along the street who have taken interest in keeping the road clean
- the residents of Ranka court who joined in with great enthusiasm
- Corporator Goutham Kumar who provided us great support and also organised the cleanup of the debris on the footpath
Here are a few before-and-after pics.
Its been one month since then ….
the small Tere Bins have made a difference. We need a couple of more bins in this stretch, and we will get them fixed soon. The spot near Hopcoms is clean during part of the day, but invariably gathers garbage later in the day. We never assumed that our spot-fix would be a permanent solution. It has made a difference, but we have to continue, we have to fine tune, or find alternative solutions.