Its been a long gap to my blog. Last time i was posted was in 2012. CTC
inspired me to write a post to my blog. This post is for the Chennai
Trekking Club Adayar River Bank Cleanup Phase-14.
I was part of Chennai
Trekking Club for a long time(almost 4 years). First time I got to
know about Chennai Trekking Club via my college friend Yashwanth for
Chennai Coastal Cleanup. After that I got to know about their
Trekking, Running and Cycling events and participated in the events
in 2012. After i joined M.E in part time i didnt find time to
participate the events conducted by CTC. I used to participate only
in the Coastal Cleanup. So it was a long Gap for 3 years. After i
finished my Degree, I got time and started participating in Swimming
, Sapling Plantation and Weekday Treks.
No one forget the Rain
which was poured out in Chennai in last year. CTC has did a massive
job during the flood by rescuing and providing shelter and food to
the affected people. I Joined them in the camp in tambaram for
seggregating the goods.
I also joined with my
cousin Dr,Bijivin to provide the medical needs and went to
villivakkam area and got Infected for 3 days. So i stopped going to
the flood affected area because i was afraid that i will get sick
again. CTC started the Cleanup activities in and around Chennai with
the ambition to clean the city. I wannted to go to the cleanup
activity but afraid of infection and didint register for the event
eventhough they conduct the clenup activity twice in a week. When i
see the photos of the cleanup and how they cleaned the dirty place, i
felt ashamed of myself that i am giving blame excuse by myself not to
attend the cleanup activity. So i decided to attend the upcoming
cleanup activity.
I have registered for
the Adayar River Bank cleanup Phase-14. Today (02-MAR-2016) morning i
kept alarm at 5AM and Woke up at that time at started from Ambattur
to Kotturpuram. When i reached the Meeting point, i saw few faces
used to see in Swimming . We started from the place at 6AM and
reached the adayar river bank. The gloves and the bags were
distributed to everyone and we started cleaning the place. Everyone
stared collecting the garbage in the bags provided. Some people have
finished their night shift and joined the cleanup. Most of the
Younsters came for the activity was engineers, doctors and corporate
employees.
When i started cleaning
all i found was Plastic carry bags and Biscuit covers. Most of the
dumps were plastics and few clothes. Me and another one friend found
a water tunnel was blocked as there is no place for the water to go.
So we started digging the place and all we found is Carry bags and
plastic covers. They blocked the way for the water flow and it smell
was too bad. At that point i understood the impact of using the
plastic carry bags. Then we digged and took all the garbage's outside
and made way for the water flow. In the mean time, Others too filled
their bags with garbage's and the time was 7:30. It was the leaving
time. I got a satisfaction that at least we cleared a block in the
tunnel and made way for the water flow.
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| Volunteers with Peter Van Geit and Ahamed Hanifa |
When taking to another
one person who is a regular volunteer for the cleanup activity said
that before they start the cleanup activity, The localities used the
river bank for their nature calls. Once CTC started cleaning the
place they realized that is wrong and its their responsibility to keep
the bank clean. So stopped using that place for their nature calls. I
wondered how CTC changing people life style by taking an initiative
like this. I felt proud to be part of Chennai Trekking Club. A Big Change in the Society happens with the small step and CTC has taken that small step and it started growing.
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