On the third day of ongoing week-long cleanliness drive under ‘Clean India Campaign’, the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) carried out an intense cleaning drive at main markets of the city on Sunday.
Different teams of workers led by RMC senior officials separately carried out cleaning work at main markets including Pandari situated cloth market, Aamapara Bazaar, Changora Bazaar, Dangania Bazaar, Gol Bazaar, Shastri Bazaar, Khamartarai Bazaar, Bhanpuri Bazaar, Shukrwari Bazaar, Gudiyari wholesale market, Katora Talab Bazaar, Telibandha Bazaar and Ravigram Bazaar.
A number of RMC teams lifted garbage from the markets and dumped the same at the trenching ground. Besides, the civic body sprinkled anti-larva chemicals and bleaching powder at places designated for dumping garbage to control mosquito menace.
As decided, intensive cleaning work at the public gardens and statues of great personalities of the nation will be carried out on Monday while cleaning of all the community halls, public toilets, Rain Basera, Day Care Centres and other public properties will be carried out on Tuesday.
The school children, Scout and Guide cadets, Anganwadi workers, Mitanin and the city based NGOs will take out separate rallies to sensitize the people about cleanliness on October 1.