WE MEAN TO CLEAN: 4th Anniversary

OUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY!

We turned FOUR this October 2! Quite an extraordinary feat for us - a group of ordinary citizens trying to do their bit for the betterment of Delhi's environment.

We celebrated the day in our usual style - by conducting a cleanliness drive. We have been working quite actively in Rani Bagh for the past two years. We have planted various native trees on a median (road divider) here.

Government agencies clean public places such as parks, roads etc. but medians are ignored for some reason. Further, this median is a victim of brutal levels of local garbage dumping.

So we decided to clean this place to ensure a healthy environment for our saplings, so that they ensure a healthy environment for us.

We also engaged locals around, who were very cooperative in assisting us during the drive not only with actual work but also with kindness to treat all of us with refreshments.

We began by tying some banners pin the median grill. These banners have quotes that on garbage dumping and plantation.

Then our team quickly sprung into the main action - we cleared about 15 large sacks of garbage from this median. The stretch isn't even a kilometre!

We nourished our saplings with home-made compost.

Thanks to our volunteers who helped us with this. And thanks also to Mahindra for supporting us with printed banners for this cleanliness drive.

BONUS! We also planted a peepal sapling at a nearby but a secret location!

Here's the video to watch our volunteers in action:

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