Clean-up drive in marina beach 

Clean-up drive in marina beach

Clean-up drive in marina beach

EXL Service, Chennai as a part of its CSR activity partnered with Sevalaya, to conduct a cleanup drive in Marina beach, Chennai.

95 employees from EXL Service, 50 staff of Sevalaya, and students of Sevalaya’s Gayathri Vocational Centre at Pattinapakkam participated in this event. Sevalaya students presented a mime on deforestation and its ill effects.

Clean-up drive in marina beach
Clean-up drive in marina beach




The event started by grouping the employees and students into 5 teams of 10 each. They were given a pair of gloves, masks, garbage covers, etc to pick up trash. Each team was allocated a place and told to pick up plastics, paper, bottles, etc. Finally, all the collected trash was gathered at a point and picked up by the cleaning staff from Chennai Corporation. At the end of the event, refreshments were distributed.

Clean-up drive in marina beach
Clean-up drive in marina beach

Prasanti, Vice President, EXL Service thanked Sevalaya for organizing the clean-up drive and appreciated Sevalaya students who woke up early to participate in the event. Venkatesan, Sub Inspector, from D5 Police station, Marina beach said that we should keep our home as well as our area clean.




Clean-up-drive in marina beach
Clean-up-drive in marina beach

The staff of Chennai Corporation administered a pledge to all the participants, to segregate the waste in the source, to keep the city and the house clean, and to save the environment. Payal Chhabria , EXL Service, and Muskan Jain, Senior Manager(Global Corporate Social Responsibility Lead), EXL coordinated the event.