While leading the freedom movement, Mahatma Gandhi always took care of the needs and concerns of the underprivileged and downtrodden sections of society. He always urged the capable people of society to work sensitively for the upliftment of backward classes of society.
Today, on the occasion of his birth anniversary, we are going to start the month of cleanliness along with Joy of Giving week. State Bank of India, Bhopal Circle, Chief General Manager Binod Kumar Mishra said this while addressing the people present at Kaliyasot Dam during the cleanliness drive.
Mishra said that “Joy of Giving Week” will be celebrated by SBI from October 02 to 08 and cleanliness week will be celebrated simultaneously from October 02 to 31. All the officers and staff members of State Bank present there, cleaned Kaliasot dam, expressed their commitment towards this cleanliness campaign being run for 1 month and resolved that we will make our Bhopal city no 1 one in cleanliness of the country in coming years. They will continue to make efforts to move forward on the scale of cleanliness and Bhopal has been rated as number 6 in India along with MP which is at number One(1).
Celebrating the birth ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi at Kaliasaut Dam, the people present there expressed their views and gave a message to bring Gandhiji's ideas to life. Mahatma Gandhi had great concern for the poor and weaker sections, so the 'Joy of Giving Week’ was started, and people participated enthusiastically in this event. This “Joy of Giving Week '' program will run throughout the week and after that, items collected will be distributed among the needy section through the NGO of the city. The people present there took the oath that this cleanliness drive will not be celebrated only as a routine but as a movement and this programme will be made successful with the active participation of the public in future.
Speaking on the occasion he also said and instructed the Regional Manager to keep all the branches of Bhopal circle clean and make filth free under this cleanliness drive. At the same time, while emphasizing this “Joy of Giving Week”, he said that we all are tourists in this world, and we should not pile up unnecessary things and donate useful things which are no longer needed by us. He further said that we should not collect such things which are not useful.
On this occasion, Assistant General Managers of PRCSB, Mr Sanjay Kumar and Pankaj Kumar (AGM Lead Bank) also distributed food packets to the poor in the city.
SBI General Managers BL Saini and Neeraj Prasad expressed their views on the programme and reminded that 2nd October 2014 our PM started the drive of cleanliness which made a huge impact on the common people across the country. Deputy General Managers, senior officers and employees and Ladies Club chief Asha Mishra were present in this programme there. Employees of the Bhopal LHO & Module were present in large numbers and contributed to this important work. The programme was compered by Sanjay Kumar, Assistant General Manager, PRCSB. He said that SBI is always ready and working at the forefront for such social concerns. In the past also SBI Bhopal Circle had taken up the responsibility of cleaning Kaliasot Dam, it was successfully cleaned, on which a research paper was published by Mr Prakhar Prateek, a student of IRMA, a reputed educational institute of India which has rated at higher pedestal in the drive of SBI.
In this connection, PRCSB Bhopal circle has placed dustbins and boards for proper disposal of garbage on Kaliasaut and Kerwa dams. This will increase the awareness of the people about cleanliness and also bring commitment towards cleanliness among the people. A slogan was given for the movement which touched and elated the people in the vicinity.