Category: Cleanups
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Unforeseen Contingency
At times ‘Presumption’ overshoots and ‘Diffidence’ falls short is a well known quote by Golda Meir. Festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity, they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being. In short, they make cities better places to live – but in our presumption we assumed…
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Encouraging the Embrace of Diversity
A Neighbourhood Cleanup was organised by the Residents of Brooklands Association of Coonoor (ROBAC) in which more than 30 residents participated in cleaning up the surroundings. They were joined by employees and volunteers of Clean Coonoor and the sanitation staff of the Municipality. Today’s cleanup yielded 1090 kg of waste chiefly dumped into wayside bushes…
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Coonoor River Phase-5
A 11 day exercise aimed at a re-cleanup of the middle stream and a further widening of 500 meters of hitherto untouched ground was brought to a successful conclusion on 08 October, thanks to the funds made available from funds provided by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and INTACH Nilgiris Chapter. It is hoped that our efforts…
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Neighbourhood Cleanup
Clean Coonoor is in the process of trying out neighbourhood cleanups in its bid to keep the township and its environs litter free. A neighbourhood cleanup is just what it sounds like: residents band together to clean up all or part of their neighbourhood. The neighbourhood chosen this time was a rather small one with…
