The people of Malampuzha conducted a cleaning drive on Sunday as part of an ongoing Save Malampuzha campaign with the objective of conserving the Malampuzha forest and water resources.
The Forest department, the Biodiversity Management Committee of Akathethara grama panchayat, Malampuzha grama panchayat, National Cadet Corps (NCC) 27 Battalion, Palakkad, Natural History Society of Palakkad, and Sahyadri Nature Organisation of Palakkad joined the drive.
As many as 270 people volunteered in the cleanliness drive. They collected six tonnes of waste, mainly plastic, from Malampuzha, Kava, Kanjikode Road, and South Malampuzha areas. The waste was handed over to the Haritha Karma Sena of Malampuzha grama panchayat.
