Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul along with a Cabinet Minister Prakash pant and local MlA Khajan Das participated in cleaning of city under Swachchhta hi sewa near municipal corporation complex, Dehradun on Sunday. They also laid the foundation of a public convenience.
Dr Paul administered an oath for cleanliness to all present on the occasion and also distributed kits for maintaining cleanliness. In his address, he said that public awareness was very important in this regard. Teachers must tell their students about this and inspire them to maintain cleanliness. Children will, in turn, make their parents and others aware.
The Prime Minister had linked the entire country with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on October 2, 2014 and today, on PM’s birthday, we are observing Sewa Diwas, resolving to keep our colonies, public places, cities, State and the country clean. He said that the PM’s mission to make the country free of open defecation was becoming successful. We must resolve to make it completely possible.
We must all contribute in the “Yajna” of making the country Open Defecation Free which is important also for the safety and welfare of women.
Maintaining cleanliness was very important. It should become a habit. For Devbhumi Uttarakhand, its importance is even more. He directed the urban development officials to link more and more volunteers with the cleanliness campaign in Dehradun. Mobile teams of Nagar Nigam must go around inspecting the city and ensure cleanliness . using the mobile phone, a record should be kept of when a person complained about garbage and how soon was it removed.
Pant said that we must not leave cleanliness at public places only to the Government. If the public also participates actively, things will improve greatly. The Prime Minister had inspired all to associate themselves with this mission and thus all are resolved to make the country clean. When society comes forward like this, there is bound to be change. Solid waste management must now be focused on in Uttarakhand’s urban areas as the rural areas are now ODF.
Other dignitaries including Secretary to CM Radhika Jha, secretary to Governor Ravi Nath Raman, other officials and peoples’ representatives had also participated in the cleanliness drive.