Make Bangalore civic sense capital

BANGALORE: Volunteering to clean the city streets, Governor H R Bhardwaj said that he is willing to visit every area in the city to fulfil his duty as the first citizen of the state. “A man who lacks civic sense is not a good  citizen”, he said, speaking at the launch of Bangalore Civic Sense Day, an initiative organised by Bangalore University.Congratulating the university on initiating  a campaign for a clean Bangalore, Ramesh Ramanathan, co-founder, Janaagraha, said that 625 colleges are affiliated to the University with around 3.25 lakh students which, in his opinion, forms a huge team that can easily translate this campaign into a full fledged movement.As part of the campaign, Bangalore University plans to start an etiquette campaign, a campaign against urinating in public and a radio and television campaign on public etiquette. Each college is expected to constitute a Steering Committee comprising 10 students and a faculty member to conduct poster campaigns and essay competitions.Explaining the rationale behind such a campaign, N Prabhu Dev, Vice-  Chancellor, Bangalore University, said “Roads are not dirty because nobody cleans it, but because somebody  littered it.” Janaagraha, in co-ordination with the University, announced a Civic Sense Impact award for students at the end of the campaign and have also decided to frame the curriculum to make this initiative an academic programme.