Taking a cue from the Prime Minister’s call to observe October 2 as ‘safai divas’, mountaineers under the banner of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation ( TSAF) embarked on a cleaning drive on Friday at Dimna Area from 8 am onwards.
Starting out from Brick Kiln area, the cleaning drive covered the open ground in front of the kiln , the dam area, the Management Development Centre area, the guest house area, the picnic area, the vehicle cleaning area by side of the lake and the area by the side of the road coming from lake back to the starting point.
led by legendary mountaineer Bachendri Pal, a 35-member TSAF team comprising staff together with few volunteers equipped with collection bags , tongs and face masks collected all the strewn garbage of the non-biodegradable kind. A mini pick up was arranged to bring back the garbage for proper disposal.
TSAF sources said that such efforts would be made periodically from time to time keeping in mind the PM’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) – a movement that seeks to create a Clean India. The cleanliness drives by TSAF from time to time would be a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi as cleanliness was very close to his heart. It is a noble work on the part of TSAF and its purpose is to spread awareness among masses.
An official of TSAF informed that environment education was an integral part of its Outdoor leadership Courses conducted in Jamshedpur and in the Himalayas. TSAF had previously carried out cleaning exercises in the river Ganga, in the Himalayas and in other places in and around Jamshedpur.