Mayor Alok Sharma on Wednesday reached Baghmughalia at 6 am all of a sudden and organised the ‘roko-toko’ abhiyan in the area. It is to be noted that Roko-Toko Abhiyan is a unique initiative to bring behaviour change process among citizens on sanitation issue.
Under the initiative the Bhopal Municipal Commission (BMC) officials stopped people littering in the area. They also told the residents of Baghmughalia about the harmful effects of littering around and garbage in surroundings.
It is to be noted that Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah visited Sewaniya Gond village for lunch during his visit in Bhopal. On his visit, he found that there was no toilet in the house. As soon as the news spread in media like fire, the BMC stirred.
After the reality of ODF came to light BMC officials and Mayor Alok Sharma became active and organize rook-toko abhiyan at Baghmughalia. On his visit to the area, Mayor told the residents about the harmful effects of open defecation and asked them not to do it in future.
According to the source the modular toilet kiosks were kept at Baghmughalia bus stop, Jatkhedi, Ganesh Nagar and Anna Nagar. A cleanliness drive of the modular toilets was carried out at Bal Vihar, Habibganj, Ganga Nagar, Boat Club, Habibganj Station, Ashoka Garden, 80 feet road and Baghmughalia.
It is noteworthy that the BMC has kept modular toilet kiosks at 114 points after an ODF survey was carried out. But later, all the kiosks were removed.