Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, launched the Swachh Teerth Campaign by sweeping the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk of Ayodhya.
He urged people to make Ayodhya the cleanest city in view of the arrival of Lord Shri Ram and ensure the cleaning of all the religious, tourist and pilgrimage sites.
On the special occasion, the chief minister also flagged off the sanitation vehicles of the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation.
The chief minister said that Lord Ram was arriving after a wait of 500 years and every Ram devotee was eager to extend greetings.
He said that a cleanliness campaign should be conducted in every village-city, pilgrimage sites, places of religious tourism and other public places for the whole week.
The chief minister said that the entire state, including Ayodhya, should be kept clean by involving teachers, students, Mangal Dals and social workers in this campaign.
He said that every temple, hospital, school, road, street and public place should be cleaned. He also stressed on increasing public awareness to avoid the use of single-use plastic.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust general secretary Champat Rai, minister-in-charge of Ayodhya Surya Pratap Shahi, Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh, MP Lallu Singh, Mayor Girish Pati Tripathi, district panchayat chairperson Roli Singh, MLA Ved Prakash Gupta, Ramchandra Yadav and others also participated in the cleanliness campaign.