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Intensive door-to-door campaign to ensure green Attukal pongala
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|February 28, 2025
The mass drive is under way across all 73 panchayats, municipalities and corp in district
IN A first-of-its-kind initiative to promote green protocol during Attukal pongala, which is slated to be held on March 13, the Suchitwa Mission and the district administration has jointly launched intensive door-to-door campaign - 'suchitwa pongala, punya pongala' - in the district.
The campaign has been launched to sensitise the public on eco-friendly ways to reduce waste generation during pongala, focusing on promoting green protocol for waste management during the festival, which is attended by lakhs of devotees.
This story is from the February 28, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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