PANAJI
Aimed at visitors to Goa especially domestic tourists, the campaign called ‘TeraMeraBeach' is a 150-day beach awareness campaign to a cleaner Goa and is being held in association with Taal Inc. will educate visitors on waste generation and waste management through music and art.
"Starting mid-November daily drum circles and a community art installation at Baga beach, one of Goa's most popular beaches will be organised every evening between 5 to 6:30 pm in an effort to create an awarenes
s on beach clean-up and teach people about the importance of waste segregation," Ravi Shankar, CEO, Drishti Marine said speaking about the campaign.
The drumming activity lead by musicians from Taal Inc. will be followed by each participant of TeraMeraBeach adding one piece from the collected waste to the community art installation. The art installation will consist of bottles, cans, papers, cloth etc. collected by the participants during the clean-up drive.
TeraMeraBeach aims to make visitors responsible and aware of the necessity to use bins along the beach, segregate waste and participate in beach clean-ups and is supported by the Goa Tourism Department, Nestle, Video Volunteers, Museum of Goa and Veab to raise awareness on keeping Goa's beaches clean.
Drishti Marine was roped in back in December 2016 as a stop gap arrangement to improve the cleanliness on Goa's beaches after the previous two agencies contracts were terminated.
Accordingly, Drishti Marine has offered its assistance and mobilized manpower and equipment for clearing garbage from the beaches of Goa and the same is transported to the Saligao Waste Management plant. The agency has an existing framework which includes infrastructure and management capability to effectively carry out the exercise along the beaches.
Since December 17, 2016, till October 31, 2017, the agency has collected and transported over 7,54,970 kgs of garbage from along the state's coast and cleaned the beaches.
The collection of the garbage takes place during the day between 9am to 6pm. Workers are given gloves, masks and safety jackets as a part of the process laid down by the company.
The drumming activity lead by musicians from Taal Inc. will be followed by each participant of TeraMeraBeach adding one piece from the collected waste to the community art installation. The art installation will consist of bottles, cans, papers, cloth etc. collected by the participants during the clean-up drive.
TeraMeraBeach aims to make visitors responsible and aware of the necessity to use bins along the beach, segregate waste and participate in beach clean-ups and is supported by the Goa Tourism Department, Nestle, Video Volunteers, Museum of Goa and Veab to raise awareness on keeping Goa's beaches clean.
Drishti Marine was roped in back in December 2016 as a stop gap arrangement to improve the cleanliness on Goa's beaches after the previous two agencies contracts were terminated.
Accordingly, Drishti Marine has offered its assistance and mobilized manpower and equipment for clearing garbage from the beaches of Goa and the same is transported to the Saligao Waste Management plant. The agency has an existing framework which includes infrastructure and management capability to effectively carry out the exercise along the beaches.
Since December 17, 2016, till October 31, 2017, the agency has collected and transported over 7,54,970 kgs of garbage from along the state's coast and cleaned the beaches.
The collection of the garbage takes place during the day between 9am to 6pm. Workers are given gloves, masks and safety jackets as a part of the process laid down by the company.
