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Joining the nation in the cleanliness drive on Gandhi Jayanti today, a month-long sanitation-cum-awareness campaign was launched in Kerala, roping in government and voluntary agencies.
Leading from the front, chief minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the plastic removal drive in the state capital.
The programme, chalked out by the local administration department, is being carried out with the help of various state agencies and voluntary outfits.
Besides government agencies like Suchitwa Mission and civic bodies, participation of women empowerment movement Kudumbashree, political parties and voluntary agencies down to the level of residential associations have been enlisted for the drive, panchayat minister MK Muneer said.
Meanwhile, children from a Thiruvananthapuram-based school emerged winners at an inter-school wildlife quiz competition across the country that was aimed at increasing the environmental awareness among youth through various themes associated with conservation.
The quiz, for middle school students was organised by Discovery Kids along with WWF-India and conducted by MTV VJ Cyrus Sahukar.
