On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Government ITI, Bhubaneswar in association with the Youth Red Cross organised a cleanliness drive here under the guidance of Principal Jeetamitra Satapathy, association secretary Dr Binayak Prusty and joint secretary Major Dr Kalpana Dash.
A rally on cleanliness awareness was also organised where more than two hundred fifty trainees with different slogans sensitised the Narayanee slum dwellers. Later they cleaned the slum and power house colony and sprinkle bleaching powder.
YRC counsellor Laxman Swain urged the slum dwellers to keep the area clean and green by using dustbins. Tata Strive trainer Lochan Kumar Das coordinated the drive.
Over thirty YRC volunteers were involved in cleanliness drive along with Prasanna Kumar Senapati, Dipanjali Biswal, Anita Mishra, Bidyabhusan Kandagiri, Niranjan Gochhayat and Rakesh Choudhury.