On account of International Plastic Bag Free Day on July 3, the NSS unit of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, conducted a beach cleaning activity at Besant Nagar Beach near Ashtalakshmi Koil area on July 4, 2024, in collaboration with the Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI). Sixty students from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences participated in a beach clean-up drive and listened to a speech on the impact of plastic waste on marine life.