Mayor Alok Sharma and BMC Council Chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan garlanded the people, who were defecating in open and near railway track at Chhola locality under the Corporation’s roko–toko campaign on Thursday.
Sharma informed the people regarding the effects of open defecation on health and urged them to construct the toilets in their houses and use them. He assured the people for the construction of the toilets under cleanliness mission through BMC. He instructed the officials to complete the construction of the toilets soon. Mayor advised around 50 people to stop defecating in open. He also discussed the other problems of the people.
BMC Additional Commissioner MP Singh, Mayor-in-Council member Mahesh Makwana and Manoj Choubey remained present along with the other officials.
Sharma received the information regarding address and name of the people who do not have toilets in their houses. He also inspected the toilets which are under construction and directed the officials to complete the construction works soon.
The Mayor said that the people who spit in clean areas and the people spreading garbage should also be stopped along with the people who defecate in open. Open defecation adversely affects the human body and it is a social evil too. All the people should work in order to keep the city clean and beautiful. We all should support the cleanliness mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and we all should put efforts to make Bhopal the cleanest city of the country in the upcoming survey.
BMC Council Chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan appealed the citizens to keep the city clean and to aware the people regarding cleanliness.