Concerned at the deteriorating level of sanitation in Dehradun and elsewhere in the State, Uttarakhand Governor Dr Krishan Kant Paul has taken an initiative and decided to involve prominent public and private institutions for achieving the desired level of sanitation. The governor took this initiative following the low positions achieved by Dehradun and Haridwar in a national level survey of the sanitation level in 28 State capitals conducted under Swachh Bharat mission.
In order to facilitate planned and stage-wise action for ensuring the desired level of sanitation, priority will be accorded to the State capital Dehradun and pilgrim town Haridwar. In order to discuss this initiative, the governor helda meet with senior officials of public sector enterprises like ONGC, BHEl Haridwar, SBI and SIIDCUl along with the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun at the Raj Bhawan on Friday. local industrialist and philanthropist Dr S Farooq was also invited to the meeting.
Addressing the officials from the various institutions, the governor said that the institutions should adopt identified areas in both Dehradun and Haridwar to assist in changing the appearance of these two cities. He stressed on the importance of a clean image for development of the entire state.
The governor also said that Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of an independent country was fulfilled on August 15, 1947 and the people have been celebrating this for 68 years. However, it is also the moral duty of each citizen of India to fulfil the dream of a Swachh Bharat (clean India). He said that by making the cleanliness mission a peoples movement, the people of India could pay their humble respects to the great leaders of the freedom movement.