Sunday, April 22, 2007

April 14 2007 - Mega Acitivity @ Muttathi


First Trip of this magnitude and this splendour : From all walks of life and diverse organisations involvement - Sun volunteers, parents of Sun employees, family, friends, students from three colleges [BMS, RNSIT and RV], KK Plastics with their team of four and their own vehicle, Jungle Lodges and Resorts.
The convoy : two bus loads of volunteers, 1 car with breakfast following, 1 tempo for garbage. 1 more car for lunch later.
The word Splendour is used to describe the trip because :

  • The whole community at large - the concerned community from Bangalore all rolled off so early in the morning to work towards a cleaner environment to help conserve Forests
  • Coordination during a hectic work week for all concerned : Sun volunteers working to arrange the transporation, the food arrangements, all the other logistics.
  • KK plastics continues to participate in the Clean and Green activities
  • The Forest Departments involvment and commitment to the Clean and Green volunteer represented by the RFO Mr Kempe Gowda and his staff participating in the cleaning activity
  • Jungle Lodges and Resorts exntending their support and hospitality during the trip.
  • The coordination of the entire trip was well executed.
  • There is no hestiation to mention a few names from each of these organization and express our small note of gratitude
    • Sun Microsystems who have worked tirelessly to make this event a success :
      • Vidya Srinivasan
      • Ramesh Naidu
      • Atishay Kumar
      • Vidya Sakar
      • Ganesh.Hiregoudar
    • Special thank you to KNR and Ravindra for their whole hearted participation in the activity with their families.
    • Hospitality extended by Mr Pampapathy from Jungle Lodges and Resorts (washrooms and water), and providing a Trekking Guide for the trekking enthusiasts in the team.
    • Mr Rasool Khan and Mr Sameer from KK Plastics and their team for their untiring, committed work
  • A special thank you the Temple pujari and his family for his continued hospitality to Clean and Green member.

Plastic Collected : 301 Kgs !

2 comments:

Kusum said...

Wow ! Cleaning Muttatti ! Must be a major project. I had been there sometime in 2004. It is a very beautiful place but, was full of trash then. Glad to know the plastic is gone !

Keep up the good work ! Way to go ...

Reluctantly willing said...

Congratulations to all involved - this is truly inspirational. All of you should be very proud of yourselves - it is people like you who make this world a better place to live in!

All the best and keep it up!

Rgds,
Vinaya