Wearing oversized sunglasses and a white kurti, the 29-year-old star picked up a mason's fork and cleaned the floating rubbish from the bank of the Yamuna on the Dussehra ghat, with the long-lasting Taj Mahal within the backdrop.
The event kickstarted the fourth NDTV Greenathon campaign, of which Priyanka is the emblem ambassador. "This time we began our campaign from Agra because tourist inflow is maximum here.
Taj Mahal is at the bank of river Yamuna, which has become a dumping zone of waste material now. If we don't protect the environment our future might be dark," Priyanka said.
Model-actor Milind Soman and Abhishek Mishra, Minister of State for Protocol, UP, alongwith local environmental organizations and faculty children joined her within the effort. The entire exercise took about an hour.
Earlier, the actress spent about an hour visiting the Taj Mahal. Launched in April 2008, the NDTV-Toyota Green campaign is geared toward creating awareness about environmental issues.
As a part of this year's drive Soman will run from Delhi to Mumbai, starting on April 19 and ending in Mumbai on May 20, when Greenathon 4 may have its gala annual fund raising telethon.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
