Collector Alarmel Mangai D on Sunday picked up the broom and carried out cleaning work with a number of volunteers at the old bus stand and at the vegetable market in the city here.
All the Government officials and employees along with the local public representatives, schoolchildren and traders enthusiastically participated in the ongoing week-long cleanliness drive under ‘National Cleanliness Campaign’ being observed here.
The Collector asked the locals to ensure proper disposal of garbage generated from their shops and other business establishments on a daily basis by dumping the same in the dust bins and at the designated places for garbage collection. She urged the citizens not to dump garbage in Doodh River and prevent it from getting polluted.
The Collector also administrated an oath to the local residents, public representatives and traders of vegetable market, old bus stand, meat market, grocery market and Hanifaya Mosque Chowk to maintain cleanliness in their vicinity. The participants pledged for giving two hours in a week and 100 hours in a year to clean their surroundings.