<p class="title">The Mangaluru City Corporation, Youngsters Panambur and Youngsters Yuvaka Yuvathi Mandala, Baikampady, members cleaned a stretch of beach from Panambur to Baikampady-Meenakaliya on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The volunteers, including students, cleared all the garbage that was on the shore. More than three truckloads of garbage were collected during the drive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yathish Baikampady, former CEO, Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project, said “The drive was organised to create awareness on cleanliness. The youth clubs of the area organised a campaign on the beach stretch from Panambur to Meenakaliya. The residents want the beach stretch free from slums and keep the area clean.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Those who have constructed huts on the government land illegally by the side of the beach and collect rent from migrant labourers’ have not provided basic facilities. As a result, open defecation has become common on the shore. The drive was to bring the issue to the notice of the authorities concerned,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We do not want any illegal activities to take place on the shores of the beach in Mangaluru,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar informed <span class="italic">DH</span> that notices would be served to those who were residing in illegal slums on the beach to vacate them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A survey will be conducted to identify the illegal slums that have cropped up on the shore,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several huts have come up on the stretch of beach from Panambur to Meenakaliya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials and local residents, huts are rented out for migrant labourers without providing toilets and other basic amenities. As a result, families are forced to defecate in the open and litter on the stretch of the beach, resulting in unhygienic conditions prevailing in the surroundings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The huts were constructed using asbestos sheets by a few local residents and they were collecting Rs 800 to Rs 1000 from the migrant labourers as rent. They lack toilets and bathrooms. As a result, sewage directly flows into the sea, alleged residents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr Kumar and MLA Dr Y Bharath Shetty and the DK Working Journalists’ Association members were present.</p>
<p class="title">The Mangaluru City Corporation, Youngsters Panambur and Youngsters Yuvaka Yuvathi Mandala, Baikampady, members cleaned a stretch of beach from Panambur to Baikampady-Meenakaliya on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The volunteers, including students, cleared all the garbage that was on the shore. More than three truckloads of garbage were collected during the drive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yathish Baikampady, former CEO, Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project, said “The drive was organised to create awareness on cleanliness. The youth clubs of the area organised a campaign on the beach stretch from Panambur to Meenakaliya. The residents want the beach stretch free from slums and keep the area clean.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Those who have constructed huts on the government land illegally by the side of the beach and collect rent from migrant labourers’ have not provided basic facilities. As a result, open defecation has become common on the shore. The drive was to bring the issue to the notice of the authorities concerned,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We do not want any illegal activities to take place on the shores of the beach in Mangaluru,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar informed <span class="italic">DH</span> that notices would be served to those who were residing in illegal slums on the beach to vacate them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“A survey will be conducted to identify the illegal slums that have cropped up on the shore,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Several huts have come up on the stretch of beach from Panambur to Meenakaliya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials and local residents, huts are rented out for migrant labourers without providing toilets and other basic amenities. As a result, families are forced to defecate in the open and litter on the stretch of the beach, resulting in unhygienic conditions prevailing in the surroundings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The huts were constructed using asbestos sheets by a few local residents and they were collecting Rs 800 to Rs 1000 from the migrant labourers as rent. They lack toilets and bathrooms. As a result, sewage directly flows into the sea, alleged residents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr Kumar and MLA Dr Y Bharath Shetty and the DK Working Journalists’ Association members were present.</p>
