Moved by the call for cleanliness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dream of Mahatma Gandhi, members of Nagarik Manch of Gopalpur in the district of Baleswar had decided to clean their villages, office premises and places of rituals on October 2 last year.
They held sanitation week throughout the year in which they undertook the drive for two hours at a community level and this year on September 30 they completed the 47th week. They also increased their membership to 50.
On the occasion, they completed cleaning of all the village roads under Gopalpur panchayat, besides cleaning the hospital, office premises and market places of Gopalpur and Junia.
They also cleaned the famous Panchalingeswer picnic spot and the Collectroate of Baleswar, Executive Engineer’s office of RWSS and other offices. The Collector Baleswar highly praised the works of the Manch members. BDO, Bahanaga also attended the cleaning programme and praised the works of the volunteers. The Manch also spread awareness among people to have their own toilets.