Paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and late Prime Minister of India lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, cleanlinessn campaigns under Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan were launched in different parts of the Kumaon region on Thursday.
School children took out awareness rallies focused on the importance of cleanliness in different parts of the region from early Thursday morning. Since the Government of India has given a special emphasis on maintaining cleanliness, making the same a mass movement, both the Government and the private schools remained open apart from the public offices on Thursday.
The officials concerned of the district administration Nainital paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries in the lake city Nainital. They also took pledge of cleanliness on this occasion. Mayor, Haldwani Jogendra Singh Rautela called upon the citizens to maintain cleanliness of the city while paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and lal Bahadur Shastri. He further said that in a bid to keep the city clean, the municipal corporation of Haldwani is taking necessary steps to ensure smooth disposal of the civic wastes in the city. A race was organised in Champawat too on Thursday involving representatives from the district police, SSB, ITBP and common people to create awareness of the importance of cleanliness in the society. Besides, school children also took out a cleanliness rally in different areas of Champawat early Thursday morning, raising slogans on the importance of cleanliness.
The district administration, Champawat, also called upon the people from different walks of life, including the officials of different departments, teachers of schools and colleges and the traders, to make the cleanliness campaign a big success. Cleanliness campaigns were also launched in other districts of the Kumaon division, including Udham Singh Nagar, Almora, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar.