Bengaluru: Thousands turn out at Walkathon to fight against water problems. Disabled children and adults alike swayed their arms to the tunes of Beat Gurus that set the tone of the day where thousands came together to spread the awareness about water scarcity and water conservation at the 15th DXC Bengaluru Walkathon which was organized by the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled that was held at the Kittur Rani Chennamma Stadium in Jayanagar on Saturday.
The general theme of this edition of the DXC Bengaluru Walkathon was “Save Water, Save Life” and was flagged off by Tejasvi Surya, MP from Bengaluru South, Jayanagar MLA Soumya Reddy, Corporator Nagaraja N and Ex-Mayor of BBMP Gangambike Mallikarjun along with Mahantesh GK, Founder Managing Trustee of Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled and Romi Malhotra, MD of DXC Technology the presenting sponsors.The International Day of The Persons with Disabilities commemorated with the Day of the Walkathon. The event kicked off with celebrated with pomp and gaiety with live music and dance performance by Samarthanam Sunadha, an indigenous band of persons with disabilities.
Tejasvi Surya who was the chief guest of honour, decided to walk along with the participants while Romi Malhotra, flagged off the Walkathon which covered a distance of approximately 3.5 kms. The route saw over 10000 people carrying various messages and placards which screamed of saving water for a better tomorrow.All the participants took a pledge to conserve water at all the times.
Speaking on the occasion, the effervescent Surya, claimed to be a volunteer of Samarthanam and pledged to take part in Samarthanam’s endeavours to service the society. “Bengaluru needs a viable solution to the threat of water being drained off the lives of Bengalureans. We should conserve, preserve and adopt means of recycling the water,” emphasized Surya who also announced that a National award has been instituted for the persons and organizations who are providing solutions of water conservation.
The walk aimed to create awareness on the depletion of ground water and the need to conserve water as well as to sensitize the general public on the ways to conserve water for future generations. It also dwelled on the need to ensure safe discharge of waste water and ensure recycling of grey water and promote the effective ways of water utilization at residential and organizational level.
