Alwar: In Alwar district of Rajasthan, the fight against the growing use of single-use plastic started long before the current nationwide campaign.
Every Sunday, the citizens across the district gather to initiate a cleanliness drive in various lanes, streets and colonies, in a Clean Alwar movement.
According to reports, the organisation 'Helping hand' is carrying out this drive for the last five years and has its presence outside the district too.
Helping hands Alwar is a youth-oriented self voluntary organisation reportedly formed around 5 years ago with many volunteers and contributers.
The movement is running successfully since then and has clocked 106 weeks of the relentless cleanliness drive.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Vimal, a volunteer, said that we had a wish to beautify our cities and villages and ensure that they are clean.
"For the last five years, we at Helping Hand gather on every Sunday at a public place like a park to clean the place as the administration here has not taken any action even after repeated requests," Vimal said.
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Around 250 volunteers like Vimal join the drive every Sunday all across the district.
Another volunteer, Rajender said that all the waste collected including plastic waste is handed over to the municipal corporations.
Speaking about the materials used to carry out the drive, Rajender said that all materials including the brooms are brought with the donations from the team members.
The 'Helping Hand' campaign has proved to be a positive step towards the campaign to get rid of single-use plastic.
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