Weekend coastal clean-up

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThis weekend, the shorelines in and around the city were abuzz with people  walking around with garbage bags and pouncing on stray bits of rubbish with the enthusiasm of spotting baubles of gold. International Coastal Cleanup Day was organised by the Indian Coast Guard Region (East) and got underway to an extremely early start by 7 am. People from various walks of life joined hands and collected garbage all along the Chennai Coastline right from Marina Beach to Marakkanam in Villupuram district.At Marina Beach and Elliots Beach around 1,500 personnel from various units of Coast Guard, students from various schools, colleges and NGOs and volunteers from general public spread themselves across the area and enthusiastically collected four tonnes of garbage at Marina and one tonne at Elliots Beach. The clean-up drive was inaugurated by Gunasekaran, Chief Wildlife Warden of Tamil Nadu.Gunasekaran stressed that keeping the beaches and sea clean and free from all kinds of pollution will have an impact in the future. He also requested the public to keep the coast safe, hygienic and secure to enable more tourists to visit the beach and enjoy its beauty being the second largest beach in the world and thanked all the participants who executed the task.Meanwhile, a massive coastal clean-up drive was held in the fishing hamlet of Pulicat lake (Pazhaverkadu). As many as 177 volunteers from corporate companies and locals schools turned up and managed to gather about 1,580 kilos of garbage from the place.first published:September 18, 2012, 08:09 ISTlast updated:September 18, 2012, 08:09 IST 
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