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by Rohan Kapur | 10-03-2013 00:58
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The annual Olympic Day Run organized by McDonalds was held on the 8th March 2013 with great pomp and ceremony in the beautiful city of Sharjah on the Al Qasba Cornice. Every year I eagerly wait for this run to come as I am always really enthusiastic to participate. This year too I took part in this run and completed this 3 KM run successfully. Right from the start till the end, I ran as fast as I could. The atmosphere was just right as the run was held at the seaside and we got to enjoy the fresh air while running. This Fun Run was complete with caps and T-shirts being provided to all It was a really enjoyable experience. Many sponsors supported this event with great enthusiasm. Among them were McDonalds, UAE Athletics Federation, Al Qasba, etc. One of the amazing sponsors was Coca Cola which provided cool and refreshing drinks to us after a long and tiring run. Volunteers were opening the cans for us and giving them to us so that we don?t even have to make the effort of opening them ourselves! We drank them up quickly and quenched our thirst. The chilled cold drinks made us feel extremely refreshed. But amongst the enjoyment and celebration, I noticed that a horrendous thing was happening. After drinking the Coca Cola cans and quenching their thirst, people were just throwing their cans here and there making the place a dump. I was really disheartened on seeing that what a mess people create of our mother earth. It is really sad how man just litters the environment. I wondered that can even people make the effort of just throwing their respective cans into the bin? If they did so, it would certainly make a huge difference to our mother earth. But I realized that it was not the time to sit and ponder. Some action had to be taken. If it goes on like this, the beautiful and scenic area would look like a garbage dump by the end of the day! So along with my brother Raunak, and my friend Arushi, we collected all the cans lying on the grass, footpath and road one by one and collected them in some of the cartons in which the cans came as a whole. We worked consistently and were finally able to clean the whole area. In this way, we were able to clean the area & give the aluminum cans and plastic bottles for recycling to a recycling center at the same time. |
       
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22 Comments
Hello rohan
I hope you are doing wel
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 28-02-2020 11:28
Thanks, Asmita.
Posted 06-02-2020 02:00
Greetings rohan
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report!
Very well written and detailed report.
I hope to read more from you!
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 29-01-2020 19:58
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 28-08-2013 19:29
Thanks to All Tunza Mates for the comments
Posted 20-08-2013 15:17
Nice report
Posted 30-03-2013 01:31
Great job for you...
Posted 13-03-2013 16:38
good job rohan..
Posted 13-03-2013 10:46
good job
Posted 12-03-2013 20:38
Oh, beautiful, Rohan! Good job!! I am really proud of you :)
Posted 12-03-2013 10:00
Good work! Was the collecting the cans program mandatory for the runners? I guess that should be the mandatory condition to clean up the street after the marathon.
Posted 11-03-2013 11:24
Good report Rohan, You have made my heart bleed by how many people treat the Earth. Great color for the report!
Posted 11-03-2013 02:04
good .............
Posted 10-03-2013 23:58
thanks for sharing
Posted 10-03-2013 23:24
well done rohan
Posted 10-03-2013 23:16
thanks for sharing rohan......
Posted 10-03-2013 21:37
nice report..........
Posted 10-03-2013 20:54
thanks for sharing rohan
Posted 10-03-2013 17:55
Thanks for report
Posted 10-03-2013 12:59
Congratulation rohan for your work.
Posted 10-03-2013 10:52
Great Thinking and Action Rohan, Congrats to you Raunak and Arushi
Posted 10-03-2013 03:17
thanks for sharing
Posted 10-03-2013 02:29