19 Sep :The Coast Guard at Haldia and Diamond Harbour in West Bengal conducted a drive to check the growing menace of marine and environmental pollution, on the occasion of International Coastal clean up day on Saturday.
The Coast Guard in coordination with the civil administration, Port Trust and students, carried out an operation to clean up the riverfront at Haldia in East Midnapore district and Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district, a Coast Guard release in Kolkata said.
Over 500 people including children, took part at Haldia to clean up the Haldi river front.
The event at Diamond Harbour was coordinated by the officers of Coast Guard Air Squadron, located in Kolkata.