Urban Administration and Development minister Kailash Vijayvarigya holding city people responsible for filthiness said since people are indulging in filthiness, they need to be made aware of the cleanliness drive.
He was talking to mediapersons on Monday after taking part in the weekly cleanliness drive of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC).
On the occasion, he directed IMC health officer Dr DC Garg to chalk out a detailed plan for maintaining round-the-clock cleanliness of prominent public places and important squares of the city including Annapurna, Rajwada, Chappan Dukan, Kanch Mahal, Krishnpura Chatri and lalbagh areas.
He said that plan under special cleanliness drive be carried out in such a way that all these localities come under it. Vijayvarigya said while carrying out cleanliness work, support of local people in the cleanliness drive should also be solicited.
Earlier, a delegation of cleanliness employees of IMC also met Vijayvarigya seeking their regularisation in the IMC. The minister assured them their demands would be redressed soon.
Earlier, Vijayvarigya did brooming of the area along with city Mayor Malini Gaud and other senior IMC officials and local corporator.
Meanwhile, according to a press release issued by IMC, the corporation during its cleanliness drive in all 85 wards of the city, collected 1,496 metric tonnes of garbage.
Ever since the new city Mayor has resumed her charge, she has been organising cleanliness drive every Monday, instructing all the Corporators of the city to take part in cleanliness drive in their respective localities. To keep a watch on cleanliness drive, the municipal corporation has appointed an officer for each ward.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the swearing-in ceremony of Mayor and other BJP Corporators had announced a sum of Rs5 crore for the special cleanliness drive in the city.