Rally In R.S. Puram To Create Awareness
The Coimbatore Corporation on Saturday took out a rally in R.S. Puram to create awareness on the need to eradicate plastics. The rally that started from the Corporation’s West Zone office wound its way through TV Samy Road and D.B. Road before returning to the zonal office. Mayor R. Venkatachalam, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra and Deputy Commissioner V. Shantha along with elected representatives, zonal chairmen and standing committee chairmen took part in the rally.
More than 500 school children, members of Rotary Clubs and Lions Clubs took part in the rally. Members handed out pamphlets on the ill-effects of plastics and distributed over 2,000 cloth bags to the public and passers by. Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra, addressing the participants of the rally, said that the Corporation has planned to take out such rallies in every zone in the coming weeks. Such programmes would also be planned at the ward level, he said.
