The Paradip Port Trust (PPT began observance of Swachhta Pakhwada-2019 from Monday and it will continue till September 30 as per the instructions from the Ministry of Shipping.
The programme started with an awareness rally on Swachhta and plastic waste management, which was flagged off from the PPT Administrative Building by PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy. HODs and other senior officers of PPT were present. Lady volunteers of the Paradip Sakshyrata Samiti went around the local market and convinced shopkeepers and vendors to stop use of single-use plastic or polythene. A street play “Chakulia Panda” was performed by local cultural organisation CANMASS to make denizens aware about the plastic menace.
The PPT has already drawn up a detailed action plan for the Swachhta Pakhwada, viz., awareness drives among workers and staffs of all departments and divisions of PPT and local community, cleaning activities in colonies and sites, organisation of Swachhta awareness workshops in local schools, cleanliness drive in local slums, display of Swachhta awareness hoardings and digital display at important locations in the township with special emphasis on the theme “Plastic Waste Management”.