CALCUTTA STUDENTS KEEP THEIR CITY
CLEAN
By C. M. Paul, SDB
KOLKATA, 7th May (DBIS) -
Students of Don Bosco School Park Circus
Kolkata have come up with a novel
way to keep city clean. They have
beautified a traffic circle near the
school.
The half-hour inaugural function on 7th May morning started off
with a
song on Don Bosco by Usha Uthup, Kalkatta's own pop star and
singing
sensation. The students from Don Bosco Day School, Night School
and
Technical School flanked the roads with banners calling for a
cleaner
Kolkata.
Mr. Subrata Mukherjee, Kolkata Mayor inaugurated the
Don Bosco Traffic
Circle near the school at the junction of Sundari Mohan
Avenue, Darga
Road and Suhrawady Avenue. Along with the local Councilor and
two
Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Mayor unveiled three
plaques
placed at the centre. They have a sketch each of Don Bosco with flags
of
the nations making a garland and an inscription "Don Bosco in Kolkata
75
years."
Speaking on the occasion, Fr. Francis Alencherry, Salesian
provincial,
praised the efforts of "Don Bosco boys in taking activities
beyond the
school gates."
In his inaugural address the Mayor thanked the
school in coming forward
to help beautify the city.
Incidentally, the
Calcutta Municipal Corporation had assigned the same
spot in the year 1998 to
install a life size statue of Mother Teresa to
mark her first death
anniversary. Unfortunately, the Missionaries of
Charity decision makers
declined the offer and stopped the installation
initiative of the statue by a
Citizens Committee.
