Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Sudhansu Shekhara Mishra offered floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and administered the “Swachhta Shapath” to the officers and employees of the PPT on Thursday at the port’s Administrative Building.
As part of the pledge, employees committed to devote hundred hours per year, i,e, two hours per week to voluntary work for cleanliness. A street play was performed conveying the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for undertaking the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
PPT Chairman Mishra and Paradip ladies’ Club president Binita Mishra gave away prizes to the winners of a debate competition held among school students and winners of a speech competition held among members of the Paradip Saksharata Samity on the theme of “Swachh Bharat”.
A mini marathon and a walkathon were organised in the morning as part of the awareness campaign. Foundation-stones of toilets at various schools and public places were laid by Binita Mishra in the presence of PPT Chief SS Mishra.
Besides, among the host of weeklong programmes undertaken by the PPT from September 25 to October 2 in response to the call given by the Prime Minister, cleaning of areas like offices and other workplaces, schools, hospitals, roads, markets, bus terminals, statues, creeks, ponds, parks and public places was carried out.
PPT Chairman Mishra announced that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan would continue to realise the unfulfilled dream of a clean India of Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.