Annamalai engages in clean Vaigai campaign
Former BJP leader K. Annamalai has launched a month-long environmental campaign to clean the Vaigai river. He emphasized the need for community participation and criticized the current state of waterbody management in Tamil Nadu.
Why it matters
The campaign highlights the intersection of political activism and environmental advocacy in regional Indian politics.
Former State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and We The Leaders Chief Mentor K. Annamalai engaged in a cleaning campaign in Vaigai river here on Monday.
Speaking to participants at the campaign here, he said, “We have initiated environment-centric works from August 1 to August 31.”
He advised, “It should not be like we came for a day and took photos; one person should allocate one hour. It cannot be cleaned in a single day; there is garbage accumulated over years.”
He said the information must reach out to college students and they should be brought along by creating WhatsApp groups.
When people go to Singapore or Dubai, they don’t litter; but because it is littered here, they throw garbage, he observed.
“We are not like that; change is needed”, Mr. Annamalai stated.
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