The students of as many as 194 schools, including 134 private and 60 Government schools in the city here took a pledge of cleanliness under Mu Safaiwala’’ programme launched by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Besudes, questionnaires for assessment of cleanliness were distributed in more than 50 schools so far and others will be covered soon.
Interestingly, there will be 100 marks per questionnaire. If a student scores more than 80 marks then he/she will be considered as 'Mu Safaiwala' and if he/she scores less will be known as 'Mu Aliawala' (one who creates filth).
While the Team BMC is gearing up to make the distribution of the questionnaire in all 194 schools under the target, November 16 will be the last date and collection of questionnaire will start after that date.
"Through the questionnaire, a student will get awareness, make his/her parents and relatives aware and the output will be calculated accordingly. If in a school more than 60 per cent marks from the questionnaire will be below 80 per cent, then we have to rethink about the awareness drive under Mu Safaiwala in that particular school and will go for another round of awareness drive so that the students will understand the important things on cleanliness and Swachh Bharat initiative,’’ said an official of BMC.
The Mu Safaiwala programme was launched in Bhubaneswar on October 2 when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated it at Satyanagar.