Swachchh Bharat Campaign will bring out babus en masse in Union Territory to work on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
Following directions from the Centre regarding Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan, the UT Administration on Wednesday directed all the UT Administrative Secretaries and Head of Departments to voluntarily carry out the cleaning of their office premises (inside,out) on October 9.
Also, a pledge taking ceremony — Swachhta Shapath — will be held at Deluxe Buildings (UT Secretariat) Sector 9 here. And, all HODs have been asked to administer the pledge to all the employees working under their Department on Thursday.
The Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan Campaign was launched on September 25 and will be continued till October 30. Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher had launched the campaign in the city.
Since then, the UT Administration and the civic body are conducting various cleaning campaigns and programmes in the city.
After the pledge-taking ceremony on Thursday, the UT Administration has planned to organise marches, marathons, debates, street plays, music and essay competitions under the month long campaign.
The UT Administration and MCC have already constituted teams for the cleanliness work across the union territory of Chandigarh.
Notably, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, country’s one of the biggest ever cleanliness campaign — Operation ‘Swachchh Bharat’ (Clean India) – will be formally launched on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.