The officials and employees of NTPC Korba alongwith their housewives and children carried out an intense cleanliness drive in the company’s township and paid tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Thursday.
The officials and employees and their families also heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address through a special arrangement for direct telecast at Baba Ambedkar Bhawan on the occasion.
Immediately after the telecast, the NTPC General Manager Prakash Tiwari administered the oath of cleanliness to the officials and employees besides people of the township. He said that people should make the cleanliness a part of their lives. Paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion, Tiwari said that if the country achieves complete cleanliness, it will be a real tribute to the Father of Nation.
The students and employees also took out a cleanliness awareness rally led by Tiwari on the occasion.The cleanliness drive was taken out under supervision of heads of different departments of NTPC at six places. The housewives and children participated with enthusiasm in the drive.
The web telecast of Union Minister of State for Power, Piyush Goyal was also arranged for employees. It is pertinent to mention that the cleanliness drive had been going on at NTPC Korba since September 25. The people of the township have actively participated in the drive at different places.
A number of programmes like painting competition, essay competition and debate were also organised to create awareness on maintaining cleanliness. As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), NTPC Korba is also constructing toilets in different schools.