The Dehradun based, pocket money funded, students activist group, Making a Difference by Being the Difference (MAD) undertook a successful community sensitisation and cleanliness programme at Dehradun’s tea gardens. The campaign began on Friday with students visiting neighbouring homes of the citizens who live in area adjoining Dehradun's tea gardens. After two successive days of interacting with the local people, MAD volunteers were able to get enough support from them for their clean-up drive scheduled on Sunday.
On Sunday morning, close to two dozen MAD volunteers first assembled at Astley Hall, their activity meet up point and then headed towards the tea gardens for the clean-up drive. On reaching the tea gardens, local people who had shown interest in participating were already present over there and they along with MAD members cleaned a considerable stretch of the tea gardens.
The garbage that was collected included plastic carry bags, packaged plastic, vegetable waste and various non-recyclables.