Mangalore: Swacch Bharat campaign kicks-off at AIMIT, Beeri

Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 02 Oct 2014: St Aloysius Institute of Management and Technology (AIMIT), Beeri, here witnessed Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan to clean up India and maintain sanitation facilities on Thursday October 2 at 10.00am. The staff and students gathered around the administrative block of the campus.

 

Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development (CHD) and who is also with the department of community medicine, Yenepoya University here was the chief guest of the occasion.

 

Dr Edmond invited all students to participate in that moment of history which jump starts the clean India initiative, Praising PM Modi for this noble venture, he said, ‘As we have reached Mars, it is important that we clear up internal challenges we face as a nation.’ Cleanliness he said was not a matter of instinct but more a matter of commitment to conscience and country. He urged the youth to inculcate the spirit of volunteering and encouraged them to find time apart from academics towards nation building. He stressed upon the importance to maintain safe hygiene and sanitation.

 

 

The formal function started with the welcome address by Professor Rakesh who spoke about the origin of the campaign way back in 1986.

 

Dean of the IT department Professor Santhosh Rebello also spoke on the occasion.

 

Fr Pradeep Sequeira SJ-administrator of AIMIT addressed the gathering and came up with the slogan, ‘Namma Baratha, Swacha Baratha.’  He also spoke to the students about keeping the hostels and college campus clean.

 

After the formal function, students along with Dr Edmond Fernandes, Dean and other faculty proceeded to the back gate of the college and cleaned the garbage around the garbage bin. They cleaned the roads and cleared the mess in front of the gate .Also walked up till the front gate cleaning the roads and the campus.

 

In this way, with the kick start of Swach Barath Abhiyaan in AIMIT, Students became aware of the need to keep their own selves clean, their home, their surroundings, and their society and on the whole India clean.