PANAJI
Taking ‘wealth out of waste’ to a new level, Drishti Marine will host a unique percussion performance by Thalavattam, a band that will perform on Miramar beach with their beats produced from innovative instruments made from waste, plastic and metal.
This percussion-based project by Montry Manuel uses instruments created from waste plastic and metal with the aim to inspire people to think creatively about waste. His instruments are mainly created from reused paint cans, soda cans, PVC pipes amongst other recycled materials, mimicking the street drummers.
Thaalavattam will be performing at Miramar beach at 5 pm to 7 pm on Sunday, March 4, 2018, to celebrate 100 days of the #TeraMeraBeach Campaign.
The public awareness campaign #TeraMeraBeach is aimed at educating people on cleanliness and beach management along the coastal stretch. Aimed at visitors to Goa especially domestic visitors, #TeraMeraBeach is a 150-day beach awareness campaign to a cleaner Goa rolled out in mid-November last year.
The successful #TeraMeraBeach campaign which took place at Baga and Miramar will spread to Calangute, Candolim and Colva beaches. The campaign consists of daily drum circles lead by musicians from Taal Inc. followed by each participant of #TeraMeraBeach adding one piece from the collected waste to the community art installation. The art installation consists 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. This campaign is supported by Goa Tourism, Video Volunteers, Museum of Goa and Veab to raise awareness on keeping Goa’s beaches clean.
In a bid to improve the cleanliness on Goa’s beaches, the state government had reached out to Drishti Marine in December 2016 to step in and assist with garbage collection along the beaches on a temporary basis to support the effort of the government. 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.
