Urban Development minister Suresh Khanna directed Municipal Commissioners, Nagar Ayukts and Executive Officers of Nagar Palika Parishads and Nagar Panchayats to start a campaign to keep respective areas clean and announced to start inspections from October 13. Directives regarding this was given through video conferencing in lucknow on Friday.
Khanna said that officials should ensure that all cities and towns were clean as per directives and expectations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
“Officials should ensure that all wards were cleaned in the morning and afternoon and every nook and cranny be cleaned,” Khanna said.
The minister said that officials should also ensure that all wards have proper lighting and sanitation facilities besides drinking water be made available to the people and where tube wells were not working, they be set right. He declared that he would start inspection of the sanitation drive from October 13 to 23.
During the conference, officials were asked to set up ‘Swachch Vatavaran Protsahan Samiti in each ward before Diwali. The committee would be asked to motivate people to carry out sanitation programme.