The School of Communication of Doon University here has adopted a village Dudli, located approximately 5 km away from the University. The adoption is as per the recent directive of the Governor of Uttarakhand.
As part of the awareness programme, the students of the university enacted a street play at the panchayat Kendra of the village on the theme of cleanliness and personal hygiene. The street play also highlighted the pollution issue of river Susva. After the play, the students started a sanitation drive in which the village children also participated enthusiastically.
The Head of the Department, School of Communication Rajesh Kumar said that the project will focus on the issues which are being faced by the villagers since many years. The Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Aabshar Abbasi said the street play was the first step towards this mega programme.
“This entire project is divided into several stages. Further, the School of Communication would organise debates, discussion and interactive sessions, screening of the movies and documentaries will be done on other social issues”, she claimed. The villagers were very enthused by the step of the university. The village pradhan Heera Thapa said the entire village would support the initiative of the University.