Media Release

Mangalore, Oct 3: The best way of paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi is to work on one of his favourite tenets 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness' by keeping our surroundings clean, which can be achieved only by joining hands with one another.

This was realized when the students, teachers and a few parents of Mount Carmel gathered at the school grounds at 8.30 am for a short prayer session which gave motivation for the cleanliness drive. Each class was assigned a definite portion to be cleaned up prior to the assembly.

The kindergarten children picked up the dry leaves fallen on their playground, Classes one to three cleaned their classrooms, classes four and five took charge of cleaning the school building within, while class six kept the school premises tidy and class seven and eight the public roads leading up to Padavinangady and helipad. Teachers and children with brooms and thrash bags carried out this cleanliness drive with all enthusiasm to keep India clean. After a few hours of hardwork, the students gathered once again on the school grounds to refresh themselves with soft drinks.

Students of classes nine to twelve along with their teachers gathered at Kadri Park near KPT at 8.30 am in collaboration with Rotarians and Inner Wheel club members to help clean in and around Kadri Park. The symbolic wearing of white T-shirts given by Rotarians boost their spirits to actively participate in the cleanliness drive.

The pupils at the end not only took home happy minds, but also a spark of hope in their hearts to see India as one of the cleanest nations by 2019, during 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, as announced by our Prime Minister.