You tell us where to clean, we do, but then its littered again
We began here…
Goa University: In order to inspire the
youth and tidy the campus before the arrival for the new academic year, on
Friday, June 7, 2019, the Goa University team, Herald, Drishti and a
Kolkata-based social enterprise banglanatak dot com working in Goa, got down to
work. 740 kgs of garbage was clear. Garbage has piled up at the campus again.
Your zeal
inspired us, here are the fresh pictures sent by you, of garbage strewn in the
open
New
pictures have come in from the garbage sentinels. The pictures include places
like Betalbatlim Beach, Mandovi, Margao KTC, Mapusa, Caranzalem, Siolim and
Torda Badem. The pictures sent will be analysed, the place will be checked and
then the team will head out to clean.
All we ask of you is:
a) If you’ve sent a photo and identified the pace, please be
there when our team goes to clean
b) Spread the word in your locality that the Herald- Drishti
team is arriving and ask people to turn up, if not to lend a helping hand, then
to show support by their presence
c) Create awareness and guard against dumping garbage after the
cleanup operation as has been observed. Report immediately and take pictures of
those trying to litter the place again
The most recent
cleanup…
Margao: In one of our most
recent Herald-Drishti clean-ups, the team marched to Margao bypass, Near Maruti
Mandir Davorlim, on June 17, 2019. The total weight of the garbage collected
was 360 kgs, that’s close to 40 bags of garbage collected on a
150-200-metre-stretch of road. There was a lot of garbage, but just few people.
Many locals and garbage sentinels were expected for the clean-up,
disappointingly, only a few turned up. Also, it was horrifying to see the garbage
again back on the roads.
Garbage
Sentinels
1) WHATSAPP photos
HERALD CAFÉ WITH #TRASHTAG ON 7666098851
2) Send a message on
WhatsApp or through SMS on 7666098851
3) Call 7666098851
4) Email Herald café
at cafe@herald-goa. com with subject: Garbage Sentinel #Trashtag
5) It is Important
that garbage sentinels sending an image should be present at their location to
witness the clean up drive on the appointed day.
Note: Only images of
garbage on streets or beaches are valid.
