Annamalai launches beach clean-up drive from Kanniyakumari to Thoothukudi
K. Annamalai, founder of the 'We the Leaders' organization, has initiated a 175-km beach clean-up drive spanning from Kanniyakumari to Thoothukudi. The campaign aims to mobilize thousands of volunteers to ensure long-term coastal cleanliness and foster civic responsibility.
Why it matters
The initiative represents a grassroots effort to address environmental pollution while promoting community-led social transformation in Tamil Nadu.
Founder of ‘We the Leaders’ organisation K. Annamalai on Sunday launched a 175-km beach clean-up drive from Kanniyakumari to Thoothukudi.
Addressing volunteers in Kanniyakumari, he said the organisation’s goal was to ensure that the entire 175-km coastline remained completely clean after a year. “When anyone visits the 175-km stretch from Kanniyakumari to Thoothukudi, they should say, ‘look at the transformation ‘We the Leaders’ organisation has brought about in 365 days’.”
He appealed to everyone to form groups and return on upcoming Saturdays and Sundays to continue the clean-up effort. “Today’s work is only the beginning. We have removed bottles, large pieces of broken glass and a great deal of plastic waste, but there is still much more to be done.”
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