<p>Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, a youth of Gurpura, in Mangaluru, has embarked on a mission to create awareness on cleanliness and sanitation, across the country on a gearless bicycle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He started his mission on May 3 from New Delhi and has travelled across 14 states—Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, West Bengal, Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He will reach his native Gurpura in Mangaluru soon. He visited Nepal and Bhutan as a part of his mission. From Mangaluru, he will pedal to Kerala and then to Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan said: “Garbage is dumped in Gurpura. It needs to be disposed scientifically. It is not enough to promote Swaccha Bharath on social media. There is a need to create awareness on sanitation among the children. Cleanliness and sanitation should become part of our school curriculum.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan said: “When I appealed to shopkeepers not to dump waste in front of shops but keep a bin instead, they obliged. There was a good response from the public.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan added: “In Kashmir, miscreants tore the national flag and tied it to my cycle. They mocked me. But I continued my journey. Mangaluru City North MLA Dr Bharath Shetty and Siliguri Deepak Cycle owner gave me one cycle each,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While I was sleeping at Vijayawada railway station, miscreants stole my cycle. The police got my cycle back within a few hours. I spent my nights in school, colleges, bus stands and railway stations during my journey,” he narrated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On his arrival at Gurpura, the BJP unit felicitated Shravan, his father Rajendra and mother Kalavathi.</p>
<p>Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, a youth of Gurpura, in Mangaluru, has embarked on a mission to create awareness on cleanliness and sanitation, across the country on a gearless bicycle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He started his mission on May 3 from New Delhi and has travelled across 14 states—Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, West Bengal, Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He will reach his native Gurpura in Mangaluru soon. He visited Nepal and Bhutan as a part of his mission. From Mangaluru, he will pedal to Kerala and then to Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan said: “Garbage is dumped in Gurpura. It needs to be disposed scientifically. It is not enough to promote Swaccha Bharath on social media. There is a need to create awareness on sanitation among the children. Cleanliness and sanitation should become part of our school curriculum.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan said: “When I appealed to shopkeepers not to dump waste in front of shops but keep a bin instead, they obliged. There was a good response from the public.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shravan added: “In Kashmir, miscreants tore the national flag and tied it to my cycle. They mocked me. But I continued my journey. Mangaluru City North MLA Dr Bharath Shetty and Siliguri Deepak Cycle owner gave me one cycle each,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While I was sleeping at Vijayawada railway station, miscreants stole my cycle. The police got my cycle back within a few hours. I spent my nights in school, colleges, bus stands and railway stations during my journey,” he narrated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On his arrival at Gurpura, the BJP unit felicitated Shravan, his father Rajendra and mother Kalavathi.</p>