To make the Prime Minister’s “Swachhata hi Seva” campaign a success, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Friday
kicked off 15 days drive from Sector 19 here.
Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher, city Mayor Asha Jaswal, Chandigarh brand ambassador for Swachchh Bharat Mission, Savita Bhatti among others were also present on the occasion.
The UT Administrator appealed to the residents to clean their surroundings and post photographs of it.
This campaign will end on October, 2, which other than being Gandhi Jayanti is also the third anniversary of “Swachh Bharat Mission”, said he.
The Administrator also flagged off “Swachhata Rath” carrying all the information about “Swachhata hi Seva” and other IEC videos, pamphlets etc.
Badnore requested the residents to ensure that the programme is effective and not just ‘symbolic’.
He said that awareness in terms of instructions, demonstration and drives needs to be provided to certify that these means become part of a nationwide mind, at household and outside. Adequate individual and ecological cleanliness has a key impact on the goodwill of every city, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, MP Kirron Kher said that every citizen of Chandigarh is dedicated to influence a nationwide change and all our internal stakeholders are firm to achieve the objective that we have set to make
the City Beautiful and our country clean.
During the programme, all took “Swachhata Sapath”. The Administrator also started drives from Maharshatra Bhawan Sector 19, Government School Sector 18, Plaza Sector 17 and GMSH, Sector 16.
In addition to this, all the councillors of 26 wards of civic body organized similar cleanliness drives in their respective wards alongwith area residents and Resident Welfare Associations, Market Welfare Associations. The drives were also organised in the government offices, hotels, schools, bus stands, religious organisations and open areas in Chandigarh.