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Trichy: Plogging, a Swedish concept spreading across the globe, inaugurated on Sunday saw the participation of 20,000 people. The event was hosted by Trichy Corporation with the objective to promote responsibilities of citizens in keeping the streets clean. An activity that clubs fitness and environmentalism, plogging involves collecting waste on the streets while jogging. The collected litters can either be dumped in the public bins or can be handed over to sanitary workers during door-to-door waste collection. “Online registrations alone ensured the participation of 10,000 people including visitors,” corporation commissioner N Ravichandran told TOI..