A group of hearing impaired children taught a thing or two both to tourists and the managements of resorts dotting the Dooars in north Bengal. Out to attend a nature study-cum-adventure camp at Rocky Island in Samsing a few days ago, the group of 23 girls and boys found the banks of River Murti littered and went out of their way to clean up the mess.
“The camp was organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), East Zone Committee, in association with Pratidhwani (a state-level federation of associations of parents of children with hearing impairment). The camp was held from February 12 to 15. As they were carrying out their routine activities, they found the riverbank clogged with garbage. They took up the clean-up programme on their own. Maybe this will serve as a lesson for irresponsible tourists and their local hosts,” said Tapas Paul, course-in-charge, Nature Study-cum-Adventure Camp, IMF, East Zone Committee.
The children packed up the garbage in 15 bags, three of them bursting at the seams with empty liquor bottles. The children also picked up tetra packs, cans, polythene bags and plastic wrappers. The garbage bags were handed over to Samsing gram panchayat for disposal.
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