Joining the nationwide observance of Swachhata Pakhwada, the National Aluminium Company (Nalco) on Friday took up an innovative approach to spread the importance of cleanliness by distributing personal hygiene kits to more than 200 rag-pickers from various slums of Bhubaneswar.
Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand handed over the personal hygiene kits which include hand gloves, t-shirts, masks, organic soaps and others to the rag-pickers from various slums in the city and applauded the role of rag-pickers as the frontline soldiers of “Swachhata” in any town or city. The company has targeted to provide hygiene kits to 1,000 rag-pickers.
The Nalco under its Swachhata-hi-Seva movement has plans to distribute five lakh cloth bags for use of general public and also started an online campaign “Swachhathon”. Similarly, to promote cleanliness in schools, the company has instituted the “Swachh Vidyalaya” award.