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Fostering civic pride
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Through its myriad activities, the Harrington Road Residents Association has succeeded in engendering civic awareness and environmental concern among the people of the area.
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FOR THE residents of Harrington Road, it was their desire to instil civic pride and environmental consciousness that led to the formation of the`Harrington Road Residents Association' (HRRA).
Seven months into their task, the 400-member association can certainly boast of some of its achievements — litter free roads, desert shrubs adorning boundary walls, compost bins in all avenues (there are 15 avenues), luminous signages and more.
Says a resident and member of the association, "Since seven major educational institutions are located on this stretch, maintaining the area garbage free is a routine exercise for us. We have now requested the schools and shops to segregate the garbage for recycling purposes and have it picked up from their premises in trucks."
The association has sponsored a dipper to promote door-to-door collection of garbage.
In an effort to involve the student community in its green mission, on World Forest Day, students from various schools on Harrington Road participated in tree plantation programmes. Desert shrubs like Pedilantis were planted along the boundary walls on both sides of the road.
The association has also appointed gardeners to water and maintain them.
To ease traffic congestion, HRRA has installed signages on the road and avenues, apart from assisting the police and CSR (Citizens for Safe Roads) to regulate traffic during school hours.
HRRA's future projects include rainwater harvesting in low lying areas and beautifying the area by making the residents sensitive towards art.
"Acrylic display boards in schools will have drawings by the children on themes like environment, pollution etc. We are working with various artists to promote this concept," says a member.
S.K
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