KORAPUT: As Anna Hazare broke his fast by sipping coconut water mixed with honey at the Ram Lila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday, thousands of miles away youths in Malkangiri celebrated it in a unique way.
Thirty youths of Ram Krushna Nagar in Malkangiri cleaned the roads, drains and removed the unwanted bushes from the roadsides. They have formed the Anna Sports Club inspired by the anti-corruption crusadet. "We have decided to celebrate the historic occasion by doing some social service and not just confine it to distribution of sweets and bursting of crackers. The drains and roads of our area had not been cleaned by the municipality since long so we decided to do it ourselves," president of the club Gourang Haldar said.
A portrait of Anna Hazare was placed in the middle of the road and club members started their cleanliness drive at 10 am that continued till 1 pm. They cleaned up two roads and lifted a huge volume of garbage and filth from drains. Unwanted roadside plants were also uprooted.
"We had formed the club after being inspired Anna Hazare to fight against corruption. Initially, the club was formed with 10 members but in a week's time the number of members increased to 30," said secretary Apu Haldar. "In the coming days, to make people aware of corruption, we will spread Anna's message in the remote areas of the district and continue with our social work," he added.
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