Youngsters in Aurangabad take up the #trashtag challenge

  • | Monday | 18th March, 2019

With few groups taking up the #Trashtag challenge, these youngsters are hoping for others to join in to make Aurangabad the cleanest city, not only in the state, but the country. Thanks to the viral #Trashtag challenge on social media, volunteers and locals of various cities have been cleaning up garbage in their vicinity and posting before and after pictures online. In Aurangabad too, youngsters have been amplifying their efforts taking in cue to this challenge. Given the city’s embarrassing ranking in the recent Swaachh Sarvekshan 2019 survey, Aurangabad ranked 42nd out of 43 cities in the state. Therefore, there has been a wave of cleanliness among few youngster groups to give away the last ranking.

Thanks to the viral #Trashtag challenge on social media, volunteers and locals of various cities have been cleaning up garbage in their vicinity and posting before and after pictures online. In Aurangabad too, youngsters have been amplifying their efforts taking in cue to this challenge. Given the city’s embarrassing ranking in the recent Swaachh Sarvekshan 2019 survey, Aurangabad ranked 42nd out of 43 cities in the state. Therefore, there has been a wave of cleanliness among few youngster groups to give away the last ranking. One of the groups in the city adopted Gogababa Tekdi wherein citizens come for morning walks and exercise but some irresponsible people throw garbage and have made the place dirty and thus these youngsters take up the cleanliness drive every week or sometimes twice a week.Few other groups in the city have taken up areas like University campus, Aurangabad caves and many other such public places where tourists, citizens have littered the place. With few groups taking up the #Trashtag challenge, these youngsters are hoping for others to join in to make Aurangabad the cleanest city, not only in the state, but the country.

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