Agara Lake Protection and Management Society (ALPMS) along with Lake Development Authority has organised World Environment Day to create awareness about the Plastic Pollution and how Plastic is hugely responsible for Pollution of Water Bodies and is also impacting Water Life.
As the theme of this year World Environment Day is #BeatPlasticPollution, the program also focused and getting people to take a pledge to stop using 'single use plastic'. Walkers, Joggers and Runners participated, took pledge to #BeatPlasticPollution, also planted Saplings and took home free Saplings given by the organizers.
Over 150 Children and 120 College Students also participated in the event to know more about Agara Lake and took a pledge to #BeatPlasticPollution, and also took home a Sapling each.
'From ALPMS we want to reach out to as many citizens of all age groups and create awareness about the importance of Lake and how to keep the Lake and Water Bodies free from Plastic Pollution, and these kind of events will be held all through the year' said Kavitha Reddy, VP of ALPMS.