Thiruvananthapuram: Another spot in the city where garbage had piled up is set to transform into a beautiful garden. The student volunteers of S N College, Chempazhanthy, joined hands with the volunteers of the C Power 5 project to remove the garbage that had accumulated at Thampuran Mukku, near General Hospital. The volunteers also removed the garbage from the road from Thekke Kotta to Padinjare Kotta as well, and placed growbags in that locality.

The assistant collector Priyanka G, who inaugurated the cleaning, called upon the youth and students to take initiative in cleaning up their neighbourhoods. Tara Residents Association of Thampuran Mukku had also participated in the cleaning programme, supporting the volunteers.

C power 5, which denotes ‘Change can change climate change’, has members who are part of an internship programme launched by Thiruvananthapuram district collector Dr K Vasuki.

The cleaning programme has been already implemented at six spots in the city, including Jawahar Nagar, Mettukada, Thycaud, Karamana and Kannammoola. After removing the garbage, flowering plants are arranged at the spot in growbags. Beautication is also carried out by creating art on the walls.

C Power 5 project is implemented by the district administration with the support of voluntary organisations, experts and students promote an environmental friendly lifestyle that would help secure the future of the coming generations. Its activities cover empowering the society to tackle global warming, reducing the use of plastic, promoting organic vegetable cultivation, creating an ecofriendly attitude and bringing out products that are not harmful to nature.

Three initiatives are being implemented under the project. They are Udyanam, Samrudhi and Sthithi. The initiative at Thampuran Mukku was under the Udyanam scheme.