While a significant majority of us so called elders seem to be the living embodiment of the age old dictum "hum aisi hi hain aur hum nahin sudhrenge", a group of school kids from one of Pune's most prestigious schools have taken the onus of overturning this rather archaic dictum by saying "ki hum in logon ko sudhar kar hi rahenge".........
Be it by coercion, suggestion, visually or then by any other means; callous and indifferent elders who felt or rather had cultivated the feeling that littering Pune's Shivajinagar Railway station was their birthright were made to eat humble pie by a group of about 65 students or so who were utterly fed up with the callousness and indifference of the grown ups and wanted them to l;earn the value of hygiene and cleanliness at public places.......
This afore mentioned group of about 65 students or so not only thoroughly and painstakingly cleaned up the station premises, but also performed a skit that highlighted the importance and significance of keeping our public places sparkling and free from all forms of litter and human waste.......
Their crowning glory however came when the very same group of kids spilt themselves into groups of 5 or so and went around distributing thank you cards to conscientious and public spirited citizens who had made the effort to throw their litter in the dustbins provided for the purpose rather than throwing it around themselves as seemed to be the prevalent norm.......
This timely and much required novel initiative kicked off at around 10:30 am on a bright and sultry Thursday morning when the divisional operating manager of the Pune Railway Station Ashok Kumar Tiwari formally inaugurated the same.........
Lo and behold these enterprising and innovative students soon had the travellers and others assembled at platform number 1 of the said station literally eating out of their hands as they firstly performed a 20 minute long skit earmarking the necessity of keeping both the station premises as well as trains clean and tidy and also put up a series of colourful banners and cards that illustrated the very same message in an easy to understand and extremely user friendly manner.........
Saee Mehandale (11) a class VI student of the Vision English Medium School described the experience as one of the most illuminating and uplifitng instances in his short but eventful life and was more than optimistic about the fact that the skit and messages disseminated by him and his fellow students would certainly have provided the travellers with adequate food for thought and forced their hand into discharging their responsibilities as both travellers and concerned citizens.........
While Atharv Tole (12) a class VII student from the very same school was thrilled to bits when he saw passengers who were waiting for their respective trains take a leaf out of the children's book and voluntarily join them in their effort to make the best of an otherwise chaotic and haphazard situation.........
The immensely proud and visibly gloating principal of the Vision English Medium School Kanchan Satpute could not stop gushing at the unprecedented success of the initiative and pointed out the fact that this measure was primarily initiated to make the students aware of their social responsibilities as well as spread this message amongst fellow Indians.......
Lauding the success and timeliness of this welcome measure, Harsha Shah, president of the Railway Pravasi group and more than enthusiastic participant in the programme lamented the fact that travellers and passengers failed to keep their surroundings clean despite the railway authorities pumping in immense funds into various cleanliness drives and hoped that this initiative by the children would prove to be both an eye opener as well as conscience mover and shaker.........
Here's wishing this bunch of enterprising kids who not only did Pune but the entire country proud with their adorable actions and antics all success in many more such initiatives, way to go BETA, you are the future of our motherland and you and only you can take it to the pinnacle of success and glory........
Be it by coercion, suggestion, visually or then by any other means; callous and indifferent elders who felt or rather had cultivated the feeling that littering Pune's Shivajinagar Railway station was their birthright were made to eat humble pie by a group of about 65 students or so who were utterly fed up with the callousness and indifference of the grown ups and wanted them to l;earn the value of hygiene and cleanliness at public places.......
This afore mentioned group of about 65 students or so not only thoroughly and painstakingly cleaned up the station premises, but also performed a skit that highlighted the importance and significance of keeping our public places sparkling and free from all forms of litter and human waste.......
Their crowning glory however came when the very same group of kids spilt themselves into groups of 5 or so and went around distributing thank you cards to conscientious and public spirited citizens who had made the effort to throw their litter in the dustbins provided for the purpose rather than throwing it around themselves as seemed to be the prevalent norm.......
This timely and much required novel initiative kicked off at around 10:30 am on a bright and sultry Thursday morning when the divisional operating manager of the Pune Railway Station Ashok Kumar Tiwari formally inaugurated the same.........
Lo and behold these enterprising and innovative students soon had the travellers and others assembled at platform number 1 of the said station literally eating out of their hands as they firstly performed a 20 minute long skit earmarking the necessity of keeping both the station premises as well as trains clean and tidy and also put up a series of colourful banners and cards that illustrated the very same message in an easy to understand and extremely user friendly manner.........
Saee Mehandale (11) a class VI student of the Vision English Medium School described the experience as one of the most illuminating and uplifitng instances in his short but eventful life and was more than optimistic about the fact that the skit and messages disseminated by him and his fellow students would certainly have provided the travellers with adequate food for thought and forced their hand into discharging their responsibilities as both travellers and concerned citizens.........
While Atharv Tole (12) a class VII student from the very same school was thrilled to bits when he saw passengers who were waiting for their respective trains take a leaf out of the children's book and voluntarily join them in their effort to make the best of an otherwise chaotic and haphazard situation.........
The immensely proud and visibly gloating principal of the Vision English Medium School Kanchan Satpute could not stop gushing at the unprecedented success of the initiative and pointed out the fact that this measure was primarily initiated to make the students aware of their social responsibilities as well as spread this message amongst fellow Indians.......
Lauding the success and timeliness of this welcome measure, Harsha Shah, president of the Railway Pravasi group and more than enthusiastic participant in the programme lamented the fact that travellers and passengers failed to keep their surroundings clean despite the railway authorities pumping in immense funds into various cleanliness drives and hoped that this initiative by the children would prove to be both an eye opener as well as conscience mover and shaker.........
Here's wishing this bunch of enterprising kids who not only did Pune but the entire country proud with their adorable actions and antics all success in many more such initiatives, way to go BETA, you are the future of our motherland and you and only you can take it to the pinnacle of success and glory........
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