Tuesday, November 3, 2009

"SAVE TADA 1 Nov" mission accomplished !!


This Sunday I went for trek to TADA (Ubbalamadugu Falls) with CTC. The aim for this trek was save TADA from pollution and create awareness between local communities.Some of you may not know where is this TADA.It is situated at the border between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh lies a small spot of paradise called Tada waterfall. From last year the place is got polluted by drunker and unsocial activities. And also the place becomes unsafe as some women/trekkers started getting harassed by drunker. So, TADA the natural started loosing its beauty. Then CTC come forward to clean and create awareness inside people. Finally on 1 nov CTC reached there with 230 volunteer. As per my knowledge this was the largest trek in terms of number of people joined the trek in CTC history. We reached there 8.30 morning. Had nice breakfast (Idly-Bada with chateny). We packed lunch (Biryani) and prepared our cleaning tools(garbage collector bag, gloves).The organizer were well prepared. They divided whole group into 20 group and each group assigned certain fixed portion to clean and collect garbage. It was great to see people were very enthusiastic to clean the place and that why we completed cleaning by 1 PM. Mean while forest officers also reached there to see our work. Once every group completed his work, we bring down all garbage bag and presented in front of media. Check this video of Peter addressing media.
After media addressing we again went to up hill and enjoyed swimming at least 2-3 hr. Around 5 we started from there and reached Chennai 9 PM. Finally I was in hostel at 11 PM. It was great fun with participation in social cause. Peter is planning second "SAVE TADA" mission. Date is yet to be announced.
PS: If you also want to be part of social cause trek please visit www.chennaitrekkers.org