Port Blair, Sept. 05: The Tourism Department conductedbeach cleanliness drive todayat Bharatpur Beach, ShaheedDweep, apreferred tourist destination in South Andaman frequented by a good number of National and International tourists. The Beach cleanliness drive was carried outas part of ‘Clean Coast, Safe Sea’ campaign launched by GoI.
More than 50 people including the Pradhan,Smt. Pinkey Das of Gram Panchayat, ShaheedDweep, police personals, forest officials, life guards, TSET members and Tourism stakeholderstook part in the cleanliness drive.
Around 10 gunny bags of garbage’s containing plastic bottles, rappers, glass bottles were collected during the drive from the beach and same was transported through the Panchayatfor safe/proper disposal. During the drive, the In-Charge, Hawa Bill Nest YatriNiwas,ShaheedDweep, IP&TShri M.Madhavan who co-ordinated the drive also sensitized the beach users/tourists about the fragile nature of beach ecology and sought their co-operation to keep the beach clean & healthy.
