To observe the World Environment Day, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday launched a cleanliness drive ‘Clean Bhopal– An Initiative’ at all the zones of the city. The drive would continue till June 25.
During the cleanliness drive being carried out in the city the BMC squad, while taking the action appealed to the citizens to contribute in the initiative and keep the city clean.
Here on Friday the cleanliness drive ‘Clean Bhopal – An Initiative’ was carried out at zone 01 Vijay Nagar, Bairagarh Railway Station, Barela Village and nearby areas. Further the drive was also carried out at Zone 02, Royal Market, State Bank Square, zone 03, Peoples Square, Kamal School, Sharda Nagar, Fiza colony, Bagh Mufti, JP Nagar, New Arif Nagar, zone 04, Rajgarh Colony, Aliganj Jumerati, zone 05, Islampura, zone 06 Harshwardhan Nagar, Kali Mandir, Nehru Nagar, markets places, Rajeev Nagar and nearby areas. The drive was also carried out at zone 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 and zone 14 as well.
The cleanliness drive is also being carried out to create awareness among the citizens to save environment and not to throw garbage at public places and on roads as it will not only harm the environment but will also spoil the beauty of the city.
The BMC squad is carrying out awareness programme giving a message to keep the city clean. Moreover, the awareness programme is also being carried out through street plays, radio announcements and rallies. Through these awareness activities the BMC squad urged the citizens to contribute in the cleanliness drive and instead of throwing the garbage on roads, throw it in the BMC waste containers.
On the occasion BMC Additional Commissioner Sanjay Kumar, Health Officials SP Shrivastava and Vivek Jain inspected various wards of the city. They reviewed the cleanliness maintenance in these wards and gave certain directives to the officials concerned. Notably, the inspection of the wards would be carried out on regular basis. Further mayor-in-council member Narayan Singh Pal, corporator Mukesh Gajbhaiye, Kishan Churendra and other officials were present.