The Friends of Bharathapuzha (FOB), an organisation working towards the conservation of the Bharathapuzha and its tributaries in Palakkad, began a clean-up drive at Kalpathy on Wednesday.
The Kalpathy river, one of the tributaries of the Bharathapuzha, has been in a bad condition with tonnes of waste dumped into it behind Kalpathy and Chathapuram agraharams.
About 100 bagfuls of plastic waste were collected on the first day’s drive. “We are planning to intensify the clean-up drive in the next three days by employing more workerforce and bringing in more equipment,” said V.L. Natarajan, a senior member of the FOB.