Delhi University students from the Northeast participating in a cleanliness drive on the South Campus on Saturday.
While most Delhiites remained busy on Saturday preparing
for Raksha Bandhan, student members of the Northeast Students’ Society
Delhi University spent a better part of the day cleaning the
university’s South Campus. This was a part of an initiative to promote
cleanliness in the city.
With the theme of ‘I love
Delhi University’, the drive was in continuation of the movement started
in June this year when the students decided to clean the university’s
North Campus.
The Northeast students from all over
the university participated in the awareness programme. The drive was
carried out from Motilal Nehru College to Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam
College in collaboration with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
What
made the whole affair more meaningful was its timing. The programme was
organised at a time when there is an outrage over repeated attacks in
Delhi on people from the Northeast.
“Our objective is
to set an example so that others are motivated towards keeping their
city clean and also instil in them basic civic sense and the feeling of
belonging to the city,” said Saveio Khole, president of the Northeast
Students’ Society Delhi University.
He added that
they also wanted to send across the message of ‘One India’ and that they
too care as much for the Capital as anyone else.
“When
we came to Delhi for the first time, we were shocked to see the city so
dirty. We must all work towards a cleaner Delhi,” said Thutan, a
student.
Students other than those from the
Northeast Society also participated. “We are proud of our friends from
the Northeast for taking up this noble cause,” said Nitin Arya, a
student of Motilal Nehru College.
The college staff and teachers commended the efforts.
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