In its series of awards for cleanliness, Haryana Government on Tuesday announced another monthly award to ensure clean bus depots in the State.
Haryana Transport Department has initiated a monthly award scheme to improve the facilities at bus- depots and award money of Rs 1 lakh would be given to the cleanest and best maintained bus-depot in the state.
Transport Minister Krishan lal Panwar said that the award money would be spent on the expansion of facilities and maintenance of the bus-depot.
Under the scheme initiated on the directions of the Chief Minister Manohar lal, a three-member committee would meet every month to select most clean and well maintained depot. Various parameters like cleanliness, toilet situation, painting, drinking water, arrangement for fans, time-table of buses and maintenance of workshop etc, have been fixed for picking up the winner, Panwar added.
In line with its ambitious ‘Swachh Haryana, Swachh Bharat’ campaign, Haryana Government had recently announced a new scheme of ‘Swaran Jayanti Award for Sanitation’ under which awards would be given to gram panchayats and wards of urban local bodies every month for maintaining sanitation.
The award would carry Rs one lakh for each gram panchayat and Rs 50,000 for ward of Municipal Committee, Rs one lakh for ward of Municipal Council and Rs two lakh for ward of Municipal Corporation.
A monthly competition would also be held for overall cleanliness of public toilets and award money of Rs 10,000 would be given for the most clean public toilet at the district level.