World Handwashing Day being observed on October 15 every year would be now permanent part of Swachh Bharat campaign that stated on September 25 throughout the country
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday issued instructions to make Swachh Bharat campaign a peoples’ movement by involving public in this campaign to realise PM’s dream of a clean and hygienic India as one of the cleanest countries’ in the world.
To make this endeavour of the Prime Minister a successful one, the chief minister has desired that each and every citizen of india should be a part of ‘Swachh Bharat Campaign’ and lend a helping to the efforts being made in this regard.
A spokesperson of the Punjab government said this campaign was initiated on September 25 and its first phase would go on till October 2. After that this campaign continues throughout the month of October. In order to this campaign a stupendous success, all the District Public Relation Officers have been instructed to take immediate steps and ensure the lifting of garbage in and around their offices and those coming under their jurisdiction.
The spokesperson said that the on the occasion of ‘World Hand Washing Day’, which falls on 15th October, the Sanitation campaign would be initiated and aligned with Swachh Bharat Campaign so that no stone is left unturned to make surroundings neat, clean and tidy.