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STANES STUDENTS SHOW THE WAY

BY P S SUNDAR

Over 800 residents in Bedford and Sim’s Park area of upper Coonoor have signed a pledge to reduce litter, recycle bio-degradable refuse and reuse possible wastes.

The pledge has been obtained by students of Stanes Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School which runs a regular campaign ‘Coonoor, Namma Clean Ooru!’.

“We have now launched a strategy called AGE which expands into Assisting, Getting Commitments and Educating people.  Our students assist municipality in picking up litter, get residents commit not to litter and educate residents and tourists through banners, skits, slogan and songs”, Stanes Principal Glenn Croning told me.

In keeping with this, Stanes students, armed with protective gear and metallic pokers, along with municipal sanitary staff cleaned several parts of upper Coonoor.

“Our student groups have been cleaning the town all through the year as part of our mission to make this their way of life and leave lasting impressions on clean society”, Croning added.

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