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The Road Cleaning Drive Outside our Apartment Complex

Like the plastic ban which took place a month back, this month there was a road cleaning drive in our main road. Many residents along with their family and children took part in this drive. The apartment housekeeping staff also took part enthusiastically.



We used equipment like wheel barrows, shovels and spades. As there was a lot of dry mud along the road that had accumulated over the past several months, it took a lot effort to take it off the ground. All of us were working in groups - one would collect all the mud, the others would  take it and put in the wheel barrow and a few would push the wheel barrow to the vacant land next to the apartment complex(all this mud would be taken away later).



While some of the residents were doing the cleaning and transporting of debris, the others supported them by supplying water and refreshments.

My group consisted of three members ( my brother, a friend of mine and me). I did the spade work, my brother and friend collected and dumped it in the wheel barrow and finally all of us pushed the wheel barrow as it was quiet heavy.



This drive by our society was a contribution to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan initiated by our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. We had great fun taking part in this drive, I am now looking forward to the next one.

Below there is a picture of the clean road:


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