The Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched a mega awareness campaign, ‘Shrestha Brahmpur’, to make the city clean, green, and beautiful and developed with active participation of denizens.
The programme with a slogan ‘My city, my responsibility’, launched at the Khallikote College Square would run for three months from 5.30 am to 5.30 am on every Sunday. As many as eight topics of citizens’ importance such as sanitation, green city, beautification, save water, safe commuting, responsible citizen, public health and future citizen would be taken up, said BMC Commissioner Nikhil Pawan Kalyan.
During the three-hour campaign held on Sunday, activities like yoga, skating, Rangoli, wall painting, selfie competition, free medical checkup, signature campaign and music and dances programme were held. The HDFC Bank sponsored the inaugural programme.
Musical performances by Indian Idol Amrita Bharati Panda, Charchika, Ipsita Das and Monalisha Mohanty and dances performed by little artists of the Real Star Dance Group had enthralled the audience.
On the occasion, denizens were administered oath under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for keeping the city clean.
Besides, a waste collection programme was launched. In the first phase, waste materials would be collected from three wards and then it would be extended to all 40 wards. Waste-collecting vehicles with sirens would collect wastes from door to door. In slum areas, children would be involved in creating awareness regarding use of dustbins and toilets among slum dwellers. While many toilets have been constructed, some new ones would be inaugurated soon.
Among others, MlAs Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik and Dr Pradeep Panigrahi, BDA Chairman Subash Moharana, Mayor K Madhavee, Dy Mayor Jyotsna Nayak, BMC Commissioner Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, Deputy Commissioner Surendra Kumar Routray and Coporators were present.