Friday, September 25, 2009

Karwar Beach Clean Up

About 286 people, from all walks of life, got together at Tagore Beach, Karwar, on this September 19th, at 8-00 AM for Cleaning Up the Tagore Beach, and took part in the International Coastal Clean Up Day, called for by the Ocean Conservancy . Org.

The participants were from local Schools and Colleges, viz.,
  • St. Joseph's High School (National Cadet Corps' Units)
  • Hindu High School
  • Bapuji College (National Service Scheme Units)
  • Shivaji College, Baad
  • Marine Biology University
  • Karavali Youth Adventure Club (R)
  • Sri Krishna Sports Club, Sadashivgad
  • Rotary Club Seaside, Karwar
  • Karwar City Municipality, etc.
B. S. Pai Co-ordinated the event, with Infra support from the Karwar City Municipal President Ganapati Ulvekar and his Councillors/Staff.

Dr. V. N Nayak of the Marine Biology University gave instructions and sensitized the participants on Ocean Pollution.

The Clean Up event went on up-to noon, and the Sun God favored the participants by taking cover under the Clouds.

My Earlier post on International Coastal Clean Up here...

P.S. - Suffered a nasty Crash, and formatting the pc wiped off many of my pictures... :-( sic..... so couldnt use the pc for 3 days.....

1 comment:

WR said...

Good for them! What a good project. Sorry to hear aobut your computer problems...annoying isn't it!