It seems that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission of Swachchh Bharat and Clean India Green India has started appealing and appreciated by the people of Indore.
On the earth day, 75 families of Shanti Niketan apartment and Utkarsh apartment on Khajrana main road, consisting of more than 250 family members gathered at the dirty patch of land, which was used as a dumping ground by the local residents and restaurant owners of the locality.
The members cleaned the area with the help of gloves, shovels, garbage bag and dumping truck and other cleaning equipments. The residents also contributed Rs25,000 to lay paver-blocks for the benefit of local residents and contributed their labour for this work.
The members of the cleaning team Indranil Banerjee and Priti Banerjee told that under the banner of Clean Indore Initiative (CII), the residents have started the cleaning work in Indore. “Every weekend, we go to different parts of Indore and slums area and clean the locality and create awareness and promote importance of the cleanliness to the local people,” he added.
The cleanliness drive ended up with an oath administered by Chitra Bhargava that every family will plant a sapling, save every drop of water, reduce energy consumption. Switch off any unnecessary lights unplug devices that are not in use and walk to office, school and market place if you leave nearby.
The other oaths were- know more about pollution, water shortage and climate changes. Go meatless once in a while. Make a difference by limiting your meat consumption as the meat industry generates nearly one fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emission worldwide. Shun plastic to protect the environment and remember to recycle your e waste. Use compact fluorescent lamps CFls which last 10 times longer, use only one fourth of the energy and produce 90 less heat compared to the normal ones. Remember that every effort and every action counts.