Social organisations, senior citizens and corporate houses all joined hands to launch cleanliness drive to mark Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary.
led by former Tata Steel deputy MD T Mukherjee, former Tata Steel vice-president (HR&IR) Niroop Mohanty, industrialists Bailey Bodhanwala, R. Agarwal and others senior executives of Tata Steel including Tata Steel president Anand Sen and Jusco MD Ashish Mathur around 1500 citizens took part in the Swachhta Abhiyan rally clearing litters and distributed nearly 800 bamboo amongst shopkeepers and individuals to keep the commercial hub of Bistupur clean.
The rally began from Bistupur Postal Park and culminated near the Bistupur traffic signal with groups taking part in cleaning drive. The participants also spread awareness about cleanliness.
Jusco MD Ashish Mathur said that they will be providing more dust bins at different locations so that people collecting dirt and garbage using bamboo pincers drop it at dust bins.
Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC), the local urban body of Mango took part in a cleanliness drive at Gandhi Maidan on Purulia Road in Mango prior to the district administration function to mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary.