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Keeping
Kolkata clean
How the Dawoodi Bohra community is responding to
the challenge
• Storm Sandy possibly the biggest
destruction in New York
• Estimated damage $ 50 bn.
• $ 50 bn is Rs 250,000 cr.
• Rs 250,000 cr is damage from one city
• This kind of damage can derail national
economies
• All counter-Sandy and
counter-Nilam initiatives
begin at our doorstep
“Do more than the Government.
Transform mohalla roads into clean
areas…Nobody should throw things
out of their windows. Make mohallas
garden-like…” – Syedi wa Molaya
Aaliqadr Mufaddal Bhaisaheb
Saifuddin, October 2012
• Global directive by Syedna Mohammed
Burhanuddin Saheb and his appointed
successor Syedi wa Molaya Aaliqadr
Mufaddal Bhaisaheb Saifuddin
• Contribute actively to city spaces
• Focus on civic cleanliness
• Kolkata active driver of positive
change
• In line with CM’s message of
transforming Kolkata into London
• Kolkata initiative driven by the
Kolkata Assistant Aamil Saheb Janab
Mustaali bhai saheb under the
guidance of Aamil Saheb Janab
Yusuf bhaisaheb Mohyuddin (head
priest)
• Cleanliness programme started
• Covered areas of Bohra presence
How this initiative is different
• NOT a 10-person small group activity. A
4000-community activity.
• NOT a one-off initiative. A sustainable action.
• NOT a small-locality initiative. A pan-Kolkata
effort.
• NOT just our community initiative. Partner
other communities
MSB Educational Institute
• Students /teachers of Classes VII to X and Ezzi Scout
members
• Cleaned inside and outside their school
• Waste was divided into recyclable and non-recyclable
components
Kabrastan
• Cleaning initiative by Ezzi Scouts, Tolaba (youth)
members, Saifee Hall and others
• Trimmed the grass and cleared debris
Badri Hall, Chandni Chowk
• Cleaning initiative by Ezzi Scouts.
• Situated in Chandni Chowk
• Cleared attics and other areas
• Roads swept and cleaned
Saifee Masjid, Brabourne Road
• Cleaning initiative by Ezzi Scouts
• Addressed Brabourne Road and Pollock Street
• Cleaned roofs, balconies and mounds
• 25 kgs litter removed
Topsia
• Cleaning initiative by Ezzi Scouts
Phase one
• Objective to clean, paint, revamp and
transform areas of majority presence
• A 365-day initiative
• Work with and engage local residents
• Make all improvements sustainable
• Work with KMC and other agencies
Proposed action plan
• Clean Topsia canal of litter; treat the water; reduce
malarial impact
• Work with hawkers in Brabourne Road and Chandni
Chowk to dump litter in bins
• Work with KMC cleaners to coordinate garbage
evacuation
• Create flower pans on electrical poles (as done
abroad)
• Clean heritage sites
Phase two
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Clean – beautify – sustain
Engage with other communities
Share learnings
Inspire them to replicate our action
Collaborate with other communities to clean
other areas
Help needed from KMC
• Garbage trucks to help evacuation
• Permission to clean canals, streets etc.
• Give us specific projects to work on
Overview
• Community action could be something KMC could
seriously look at
• Communities represent building blocks of change
• Communities driven by pride
• Pride can be translated into civic improvement
• Create competition between communities
• "Keep our school, homes, masaajid and
surroundings clean, and thus keep your souls
clean"
Co-ordinators
YUSUF BS MOHIYUDDIN (PRESIDENT)
MUSTAALI BS MOHIYUDDIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
SK.MOHAMMED MOTIWALA
SK.BURHANUDDIN MALIK
SK.YAQOOB JOHAR
SK.SHABBIR AERENPURWALA
SK.SAIFUDDIN FAIZULLAHBHOY
SK.SHABBIR CHIBA
KHOZAIMA MOTIWALA
ADNAN HAMID
SAIFUDDIN MITHAIWALA
BURHANUDDIN CHAKKIWALA
HASNAIN ULKANI
MURTAZA NASIKWALA
HAMZA MITHAIWALA
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