HNB clears garbage on Adam's Peak

Hatton National Bank (HNB), under its CSR pillar, Care for Nature, funded a project to clear the garbage at the Adam's Peak (Sri Pada). Thousands of pilgrims climb this holy peak every year.

The project aimed at clearing the garbage along the route to Adam's Peak, starting from Hatton where HNB first commenced its business as Hatton Bank in 1888.

HNB joined with the Young Biologists Association and the Leo Club of Colombo Knights to clear the garbage along the selected route starting from the top of the mountain last month. The team of 150 project participants including the staff members of HNB collected the garbage. Hundreds of voluntary pilgrims helped carry the bags to the incineration point, a press release said.

A participant said, "It is a fantastic experience. We climbed the peak along the Ratnapura route and spent the night at the peak. The clearing exercise with the pilgrims has turned a new page in our lives and how team work and good attitudes can restore nature's beauty."

Renovations at the Indikatupahana Rest Room (Ambalama), the topmost rest room along the path to Adam's Peak, built with the financial assistance of the Bank will be completed shortly. The Bank funded this project to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to pilgrims.