Lucknow celebrates jayanti with prayers, cleanliness drives
STUDENTS JOIN ‘GANDHI SOLAR YATRA’
As many as 713 students of the City Montessori Schools participated in ‘Gandhi Solar Yatra’, an event organised in coordination with the Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai at the CMS Gomti Nagar Extension campus. There were 411 students from the Gomti Nagar Extension campus, 175 from the Kanpur Road campus, 111 from the Aliganj campus, nine from the Rajajipuram-I campus and seven from the Rajendra Nagar-III campus. The students assembled the solar study lamps under the guidance of their teachers. ‘Environment coordinators’ Shiksha Tripathi, Saloni, Sonali Chaudhary and Kailash Kesarwani attended the event.
SPECIAL KIDS DANCE TO BAPU’S BHAJANS
The Uttar Pradesh State Services Tribunal, Indira Bhavan, Lucknow, invited Drishti Samajik Sansthan’s multiple challenged children to perform at their auditorium to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. These special kids presented two dances on Bapu’s bhajans (devotional songs) and also sang ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ much to the delight of the audience, who appreciated them with an applause. Drishti’s director Atharva Bahadur and joint director Shalu Singh led the team.
CLEANLINESS AWARENESS BY LKO METRO
The Lucknow Metro on Wednesday organised several programmes in memory ‘Bapu’ and celebrated his message of cleanliness, kindness and truthfulness. Managing director LMRC, Kumar Keshav, attended the event organised at the Charbagh metro station in which melodious renditions of ‘Aaj ka din bahut hai khas’ and ‘Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye’ were performed by members of the Artists’ Association. They also rode on a train, singing songs during the journey to honour Gandhi. A musical instruments performance and a ramp walk by school children was also held at the Hazaratganj metro station. After this, the children travelled from Hazratganj to the Sachivalaya metro station where they saw a photo exhibition that shed light on Gandhi’s life. This was the first time that such activities were undertaken on trains and commuters greatly appreciated the idea, said LMRC officials. Besides, the Lucknow Metro, in collaboration with the Jaipuria Institute of Management, also rolled out a signature campaign at 21 of its stations to generate awareness about cleanliness.
‘PLASTIC-FREE VILLAGE’
The English and Foreign Languages University, Lucknow campus, declared Sonwa village in Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow, a ‘Plastic-free village’ as part of the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign conceived by the Government of India and launched by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Prof Rajneesh Arora, director of the Lucknow campus, handed over the certificate declaring the village ‘Plastic-free’ to the gram pradhan of Sonwa. The EFL University, Lucknow campus, organised a range of activities during this campaign, including public lectures by environment experts, poster-making competitions and street plays on the theme ‘Say No to Plastic’. The varsity’s Lucknow campus had adopted Sonwa as part of this campaign. Children of the village were involved in efforts to make Sonwa plastic-free. Students, teachers and other members of the varsity visited the village on September 26, 2019 and interacted with the people there. They apprised them about the environmental hazards of plastic usage. The students also enacted a street play, displayed educational posters, collected plastics and distributed cloth bags to villagers.
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti , the ‘Plastic-free India campaign for environment conservation’ was rolled out at the Manak Nagar railway station. It was a joint effort of ‘I care India’ and ‘Ye Mera India community movement’. People were made aware about the hazards of single-use plastic through a street play at the event. They were also informed about the benefits of using utensils made out of ‘mahua’, banyan and banana leaves.
REMUNERATION HIKE
The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has decided to hike the remuneration of its contractual drivers and conductors with effect from October 1, 2019. The UPSRTC will pay out additional Rs 19.53 crores annually on this remuneration hike. The move will benefit more than 34,000 drivers and conductors apart from improving services in festive month, said officials.HTC