Waking up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call, the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has kick started a week-long ‘Clean India’ campaign here from Thursday.
All department heads, officers and employees of the Paradip Port started the cleaning work in the administrative building and around the Port Township under the leadership of PPT Chairman SS Mishra. Mishra along with senior officers also inspected different schools in the township area in the morning and planned for maintaining cleanliness and toilet facilities in the school premises.
Similarly, Paradip ladies’ Club president Binita Mishra laid the foundation stone for public toilets at Mannad Udyan, a place of tourist attraction at Sector-21.
The PPT Chairman has also asked all concerned to maintain cleanliness at homes, offices and workplaces, schools, hospitals, roads, markets, railway station, bus terminals, statues, monuments, rivers, creeks, ponds, parks and other public places.
Cycle rallies, marathons, street plays and folk dances are being organised to create awareness among people during the campaign being organised from September 25 to October 2.
Besides, debate and essay competitions and meeting of Eco clubs of schools will also be conducted for schoolchildren. Mishra has urged everyone to join in this mass movement to realise Gandhiji’s dream of a Clean India.