The Clean and Green Charitable Trust in Udvada
has been working with the Gram Panchayat to create
environmental consciousness among the villagers
Parinaz Gandhi
A barefooted boy, barely three years old, walks up to one of the plastic dustbins placed on the road leading to Udvada gaam (village). Finding it too high for him, he stands on tip toe to marginally raise the lid and throw in the refuse, first from one hand and then from the other. For the trustees of Udvada’s Clean and Green Charitable Trust (CGCT), this was recompense for all their efforts: "He has won over our hearts. If this little lad can do it, can’t the rest of the villagers?” enquires the commentator in the brief 30-second video that......