Students of ADAPT participate in a cleanliness drive in Mumbai.
Mumbai:
'Swachh Bharat' saw a whole new level of participation
when students and staff members of ADAPT (Able Disabled All People
Together), a non-profit organization, participated in a cleanliness
drive in Mumbai on Friday. Armed with brooms, the students aimed to
clean the roads and spread awareness about the importance of hygiene and
its link with health.
Actor-Director Nagesh Kukunoor who also
swept the streets told NDTV, "There are two reasons for us being here.
One is simply the fact that if systems don't work we will step in as
normal citizens. The other thing, which is much more important, is that
ADAPT wants to reiterate that even the differently abled are very much a
part of society and want to be included in programmes like these. If
there is a drive to clean up the streets, it should not be only the
'normal' people that should be out here cleaning."
Bandra (West)
MLA Ashish Shelar in whose constituency the programme was organized told
NDTV, "The students of ADAPT are responding to the message of the Prime
Minister and their message is that our neighbourhood needs to be clean
for our nation to be clean."
Mr. Shelar himself joined the students in their endeavor.
Varsha
Hooja of ADAPT told NDTV, "We are not doing this as a photo
opportunity. This has been made a part of the curriculum. Students are
cleaning the classes, the school and the neighbourhood. This is to show
that the disabled can be a part of mainstream society. Nothing can stop
them from participating in all mainstream programmes like this one which
the Prime Minister has begun."
Source : NDTV , 15th Nov 2014
Source : NDTV , 15th Nov 2014
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