It is possible to make the city, State and nation clean only if the citizens themselves also take action to ensure this. Chief Minister Harish Rawat said this while participating in a cleanliness drive organised by volunteers of Making a Difference by Being the Difference (MAD) group in Dehradun on Sunday. The Chief Minister also cleared garbage along with the young volunteers as part of the cleaning activity at Rest Camp, Tyagi Road.
Addressing the volunteers on the occasion, the Chief Minister requested the group to hold such cleaning drives every Sunday, adding that he would also participate in such weekly activity whenever he is present in the city on the day.
According to MAD, the chief minister had himself volunteered to join the group’s clean up drive. He reached the Tyagi Road dump where he participated in the area’s clean up drive along with volunteers. After the volunteers cleared the garbage, a JCB was also called by the authorities to clear the remaining waste from the roadside. later a team of group members performed a street play which was appreciated by the chief minister. The volunteers also pointed out that the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun had recently launched a drive to remove improperly dumped garbage from various localities of Dehradun. The group took up to cleaning nine locations not yet cleaned by the corporation on Sunday.
The MCD Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Nitin Singh Bhadauriya and senior city health officer Dr RK Singh were also among those present on the occasion. MAD volunteers including its founding president Abhijay Negi, Rajat Panwar, Himalaya Ramola, Saumya Rauthan, Shailja, Kashika and many others cleaned garbage from localities including Balbir Road, Nehru Colony D Block, Araghar Chowk, Old Survey Road, Neshvilla Road, Balliwala Chowk, Panditwadi area and Tyagi Road.