Mangaluru: Lady from Belgium trying to clean up Chitrapura beach
Tue, Dec 29 2020 05:20:25 PM
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 29: Enamoured by the beautiful Chitrapura beach, Emma Fernandes, a citizen of Belgium, has undertaken the task of cleaning this beach. She is staying here for ten days to get fully engaged in the work of collecting the waste on the beach.
Emma is a psychiatrist by profession. She had visited NIMHANS Bengaluru in the past for training. She married Denzil Fernandes from Urwa here, after getting acquainted with him when he helped her to secure a train ticket. She resides in Belgium but has a house in Bengaluru too.
MANGALURU: While several organisations have volunteered to be part of the beach cleaning drives on Karnataka’s coast, 74-year-old Gopal K Baliga, a yoga instructor, is an inspiration to all. Upset over plastic litter, water and glass bottles on the beach, Gopal, who walks for 90 minutes on the beach in the morning and evening, has been collecting trash every day.
Gopal worked in private sector companies, including banks in Mumbai and Delhi. He hails from the district. He decided to return to Mangaluru, two months ago, after almost 50 years. After retirement, he has been volunteering as an instructor for Shivananda Yoga, a centre in Kerala’s Kasaragod district. However, he was forced to take a break due to the pandemic.