All ‘play’ and cleaning work!

IT College students remove filth from Hazratganj, perform streetplay to sensitise people

LUCKNOW: Sadaf Ayub, 20, a student of Isabella Thoburn College skipped her classes on Tuesday morning with 49 other girls and was spotted in Hazratganj! But they were applauded by their college president ES Charles and principal Vineeta Prakash for what they did.

This BA final year student who is president of the student government association of IT College came out of the college portals with the others for a noble cause — cleaning up Hazratganj and sensitising citizens with a skit.

The initiative was part of HT’s ‘My City, My Pride’ campaign.

The students perfor med a street play on the Gandhi Ashram pavement near multi-level parking to depict the lackadaisical attitude of the people towards cleanliness.

“Another scene was enacted wherein some students take the initiative of starting a cleanliness drive while others discourage them. These and the other scenes are basically inspired from experiences of our day-today life,” said Sonal Pandey and Supriya Chandel - both B Com second year students.

These girls may not be picking up the broom regularly at home, but when it came to a noble cause, they vied with each other to keep Hazratganj clean.

Deepti Singh, B Sc final year student, said: “Cleanliness is the basic need for all the species of this earth. I wish to state that the hue and cry for human rights should be equivalent to that of human duties. It is high time for us to create a forum which talks of human duties as well.”

Sana Akhtar Usmani of M Sc Biotechnology said: “We have to cultivate a taste for cleanliness. Our psyche has compelled us to come to terms with unclean environment, which is very wrong. And this can be changed only once we start believing that the city is also our home.”

“Our college motto is: We receive to give. And this was just a humble attempt from our side to keep the city clean,” said Saumya Dwivedi, a B Sc student.

The girls were accompanied by their teachers -- Varon Tobit and Tahmeena Khan. Chander Prakash of Universal Booksellers also joined the campaign and applauded their efforts.