NMDC ltd organized 3rd Anniversary of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’ on Monday at its headquarters in Hyderabad and also in all its major projects across the country spreading the message of 'Cleaner India - Greener India' being the motto of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a NMDC press release informed on Monday.
N Baijendra Kumar, IAS, CMD, NMDC, the Chief Guest on this occasion inaugurated the programme at NMDC headquarters in Hyderabad where Dr Narendra Kumar Nanda, Director(Technical); DS Ahluwalia, Director(Finance); Sandeep Tula, Director(Personnel) and K.Vidyasagar, CVO and senior officials were present.
While addressing the gathering, Kumar emphasized on the importance of cleanliness in our day to day life.
He said that one should imbibe the Mahatma Gandhi's ideology on cleanliness and contribute at least two hours in a week for cleaning our surroundings and office premises and start the campaign with oneself.
After garlanding and paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, a pledge was administered by the CMD to the NMDC staff.
The Chief Guest distributed books on the Mahatma while remembering the contributions of the Father of the Nation for Indian Independence, social upliftment including removal of untouchability etc.
All the employees took the pledge and later cleaned the premises of NMDC Head Office Building Khanij Bhawan at Masab Tank.
Notably, NMDC has been pro-actively implementing Swachha Bharat Abhiyan with proper long term plans. Under Swachh Vidyalaya campaign, 2089 toilets have been constructed by NMDC in the schools of 6 districts of Chhattisgarh and Panna District of Madhya Pradesh. Apart from the construction of toilets in schools, NMDC has been organizing cleanliness campaigns for the past two years in 16 villages in the surroundings of its production projects for creating awareness towards Cleanliness.
An impact study of the campaigns by an independent agency is also being conducted to know the effect of the campaigns.
NMDC also facilitated for construction of 937 household toilets in various surrounding villages, the press release informed.