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Mangalore Regional Centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), nether the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, organised a bid of cleanliness, awareness, and assemblage outreach activities arsenic portion of Swachhta Pakhwada observed from December 16 to 31, 2025.
The activities were aimed astatine promoting hygiene, biology responsibility, and sustainable discarded absorption practices connected the institute field and astatine Tannirbavi Beach successful the city.
A Swachhta consciousness presumption was organised for unit members, focusing connected the due disposal of single-use plastics, beverage cups, and different commonly utilized materials connected the campus.
On December 23, Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day) was observed by inviting farmers to the institute to interact and stock their agriculture-related issues.
Recognising the increasing menace of integrative contamination to coastal ecosystems, sportfishing activities, and section communities, ICAR-CMFRI organised a large-scale Plastic Waste Shramdaan and assemblage mobilisation programme astatine Tannirbavi Beach connected December 29. The inaugural highlighted the adverse impacts of integrative discarded connected marine life, sportfishing gear, and food resources, peculiarly affecting sportfishing villages. A signature run was conducted during the formation clean-up, wherever participants pledged their committedness towards maintaining a cleanable and plastic-free beach.
The Swachhta Pakhwada activities were conducted nether the enactment of the Centre’s caput Sujitha Thomas, a merchandise from the institute said.
