Police personnel conduct massive drive to clean the town.
“Ooty is the Queen of the Hills. It is not enough if we just tell it but should treat her like one”, said Superintendent of Police (SP), of The Nilgiris, Murali Rambha, who led a team of nearly 220 police personnel in a massive drive to clean the town on Tuesday. He added that keeping the tourist destination clean is also an important task on par with other policing duties.
Since the tourism season is on, flex boards have been erected with the emergency helpline numbers of the police officers. The cleanliness drive - though planned quite sometime ago – could be executed only now as the election got over.
“It was also an opportunity for us to build a positive image among the public and set an example for the local population and tourists on their responsibility to keep the place clean. Tourists come here for the environment and climate. They are also important stake holders who should keep the place clean,” he said.
According to him, the one-day drive was an extension of the weekly cleaning drives on their police station premises, on Saturdays.
Leaving behind their regular khaki uniforms, the police personnel in tracksuits and t-shirts removed the piles of plastic carry bags and bottles among a stock of other polluting wastes from the bushes and shrubs along side the road. Starting at 7 a.m. the drive went on till 10 a.m.
The drive made many heads turn and realise the need for proper garbage disposal. During the three-hour cleanliness drive they cleared piles of garbage from the bus stand and Government Botanical Garden.
The police are also planning to conduct such cleanliness drives at Coonoor, Masinagudi and Pykara before curtains come down during this tourism season.
“We are also planning conduct such cleanliness drives periodically,” Mr. Murali Rambha added.
“Ooty is the Queen of the Hills. It is not enough if we just tell it but should treat her like one”, said Superintendent of Police (SP), of The Nilgiris, Murali Rambha, who led a team of nearly 220 police personnel in a massive drive to clean the town on Tuesday. He added that keeping the tourist destination clean is also an important task on par with other policing duties.
Since the tourism season is on, flex boards have been erected with the emergency helpline numbers of the police officers. The cleanliness drive - though planned quite sometime ago – could be executed only now as the election got over.
“It was also an opportunity for us to build a positive image among the public and set an example for the local population and tourists on their responsibility to keep the place clean. Tourists come here for the environment and climate. They are also important stake holders who should keep the place clean,” he said.
According to him, the one-day drive was an extension of the weekly cleaning drives on their police station premises, on Saturdays.
Leaving behind their regular khaki uniforms, the police personnel in tracksuits and t-shirts removed the piles of plastic carry bags and bottles among a stock of other polluting wastes from the bushes and shrubs along side the road. Starting at 7 a.m. the drive went on till 10 a.m.
The drive made many heads turn and realise the need for proper garbage disposal. During the three-hour cleanliness drive they cleared piles of garbage from the bus stand and Government Botanical Garden.
The police are also planning to conduct such cleanliness drives at Coonoor, Masinagudi and Pykara before curtains come down during this tourism season.
“We are also planning conduct such cleanliness drives periodically,” Mr. Murali Rambha added.