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.
The BMC squad, while taking the action appealed to the citizens to contribute in the initiative and keep the city clean.
First the cleanliness drive ‘Clean Bhopal – An Initiative’ was carried out at zone 10 MP Nagar, zone 11 Manisha Market, zone 4 Mangalwara and zone 13 Indrapuri. 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.
MlA Surendranath Singh along with BMC Chairman Kailash Mishra was also present during the cleanliness drive at MP Nagar and Manisha Market. Further, in-charge of health department NS Pal was also present on the occasion. MlA Surendranath Singh along with BMC Chairman Kailash Mishra participated in the cleanliness drive and urged the citizens to maintain the beauty and cleanliness of the city. They also appealed the citizens to throw the waste in the garbage bins outside their houses or in the bins kept by BMC at streets corner.
The BMC squad carried out awareness programme and also gave 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 BMC waste containers.
As the cleanliness drive is being carried out with full swing, on the first day of the cleanliness drive 185 workers were found absent and were issued with show-cause notice.
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.