As many as 20 lakh children of Madhya Pradesh’s 19,735 schools will create a new world record by simultaneously participating in a major handwashing programme in the State on World Handwashing Day on October 15. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate its State level programme at Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Station area here at10.15 am.
Panchayats and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava will preside over the function where Woman and Child Development Minister Maya Singh and Minister of State for School Education Deepak Joshi will be special guests. District Panchayat President Meena Goyal, MP Alok Sanjar, Mayor Krishna Gaur and MlA Vishwas Sarang will also be present on the historic occasion when Madhya Pradesh will create a new record for Guinness Book of World Records.
It is noteworthy that on World Handwashing Day, handwashing programme will be held simultaneously from 11 am to 12 noon on October 15 in one lakh 14 thousand primary and middle schools in the state. In every school, groups of 50 students each will demonstrate handwashing turn by turn. So far, 35 lakh students have registered for this. For verification of Guinness Book of World Records, handwashing will be video-graphed on video cameras and mobile phones in 19,735 schools specially selected for this purpose.
large-scale arrangements have been made for the event aimed at educating sanitation to young generation and associating people with Swachhta Abhiyan. The event is being organised jointly by School Education, Panchayat and Rural Development and urban as well as rural bodies. State Water & Sanitation Mission and Wash Project of MP Tast under DFID of the British Government, Water Aid and various other voluntary organisations are also extending cooperation in the mega event.