Dear Lovers of Saligao,
Continuing on the momentum of the first plastic drive on the 26th of
January of this year, a second drive just before the onset of the
monsoon is planned to rid the village of as much plastic waste as
possible before nature does its washing act.
*When*: Sunday June 3rd at 9:30 am
*Where*: Saligao Panchayat starting point
*What do I get along:* Clean cement bags if possible to collect *plastic
waste only*, Water bottles, caps/sunglasses are suggested. shirts and
banners will be provided.
Note - this drive is to collect the Plastic waste only and NOT garbage.
Given the huge task ahead of us, this time the group intends to focus on
just the four main arterial roads of the village that divide it into 4
equal parts.
Once again the ANHC has come forward in their usual optimistic style and
generously donated garbage bags and plastic gloves that will be used
during collection. A well wisher has come forward and generously
sponsored some vegetable samosas for the volunteers. Yet another
well-wisher has come forward and will bring along "tetra packed"
refreshment drinks which will be taken away by yours truly at the end of
the drive for recycling separately. the AYS (Adarsh yuvak sangh) of
which Eknath the sarpanch is also the president has previously donated
T-Shirts for use for the drive.
The plastic collected on this day will be taken away for baling and
incineration at ACC's factory in Karnataka.
This initiative has been backed by village individuals coming together
with a vision of a better tomorrow for saligao. It is NOT a political
initiative or driven by the panchayat - even though this drive has been
largely put together by the now sarpanch of Saligao - Eknath oraskar in
his personal capacity.
_On this day also, we intend to form smaller "ward level" committees
which can meet locally and take this message to the people. This should
ideally than be ratified at the gram sabha._
Once again we appeal to people to come out from their homes, go for an
earlier mass on Sunday so that you can be available for this drive and
come join us, be a part of mission clean up saligao as we set in motion
a larger plan for the next year - that of education , segregation and
recycling - culminating in a dream of a clean Saligao Village.
I would also like to take this opportunity to personally convey my
thanks to Eknath for his initiative and zeal to take this up on a larger
scale on the panchayat level.
Eknath has also indicated that he will revive the garbage drive from the
panchayat end the following Sunday. However, given the lack of funds
available with the panchayat, we have requested that this issue (of
funding and garbage) to be figured prominently in the next gram sabha.
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Kind regards
Ashley Delaney
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