Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal felicitated the Gopalpur Nagarika Manch for completing its 274th weekly cleanliness and awareness drive under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which began on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti in 2014 at Gopalpur.
Under the drive, the members were collecting single used plastics from markets, institution, village, places of rituals etc. and stored more than 10 quintals for onward transport action for recycling.
For their outstanding performances, Governor Ganeshi Lal and Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi felicitated the members of the Abhiyan at Vijaya Bandhu Milan Samaroha in Nilgiri. Convener Sudarsan Mohapatra received the award from the Governor.
Among others, Kamalakanta Das, Narendra Sethi, Abiram Sahu, Moheswar Senapati, Harish Jena, Sanjukta Dash and Biswambar Das were present.