Around 500 NCC Cadets from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar and Mizoram have joined the coastal beach tracking in Puri.
NCC Director Commander Salendra Singh flagged off the beach tracking that started from the Puri beach. The cadets cleaned the beach from Puri to Nuanai sea-mouth and spent a night there in a temple and took up the drive to Konark.
Among others, Brahmapur Group Chief Commander Rabindra Sindhe, 6th Battalion Administrative Officer Rabindra Patra, Col Saroj Kumar Majhi and Suvendu Mishra were present.
After beach cleaning, they are scheduled to gather in Bhubaneswar for cultural programmes. The aim of the drive is to keep the beach clean along with exchanging of cultural relations among various States.