Lucknow Residents Start The Uphill Task To Clean River Gomti In Lucknow

Lucknow, April 28 (TNA) Pipra Ghat Gomti river cleaning campaign started under the aegis of Naman Vasundhara Trust on Sunday. A group of youth committed to environmental protection engaged in Shramdaan from 5 am. More than fifty young volunteers including doctors, CAs, theatre actors, environmentalists, social workers, and students joined hands in the cleaning campaign on the banks of river Gomti at Pipra Ghat.

The Trust expects the number of volunteers shall grow into thousands, in the coming seasons. The Municipal Corporation also extended its cooperation with the Trust giving some hand tools and gloves. A garbage disposal vehicle also arrived at the spot during the cleaning exercise.

Naman Vasundhara Trust expressed its heartfelt gratitude to all the volunteers who dedicated their time, energy and resources. Talking about the long-term impacts of this campaign, the Trust hopes that this initiative will ensure a clean and healthy environment not only for today but also for future generations.

The lead group of committed volunteers comprised of Dr Sameer Ahmad, Dr Siddharth J. David, Theatre actor, Akshay Dixit and Vikram Katyal, Advocate Mani Prakash, Banker Shivam Malik, Construction Businessman Sharad Chauhan, Social activist Khushnaaz Homawazir, Shubham Srivastava Sankalp Srivastava (software engineer), Fahad Musheer, a digital media manager, social worker Molly Malhotra, Trustee Shahabaz khan and Founder Trustee Snehil Lal.