Mahatma Gandhi may not there to guide us but his principles are certainly there to show the path which was evident by the massive cleanliness drive at almost at almost all government offices, schools and streets of Ranchi. There could not have been the best tribute to the man known for liberating millions than following his footsteps and liberate ourselves from the curse of living on the heap of garbage.
On October 2, Thursday, the birthdate of the Mahatma, a march was flagged off from Albert Ekka Chowk by Governor Dr Syed Ahmed. The group of people participating in the march included senior officials besides several other officials. The march ended at the Mahatma’s statue at Morhabadi ground where he was offered floral tributes followed by dedicating a ‘Sulabh Shauchalaya’ to people.
The 145th Birthday of Mahatma brought people out of their comfort zones and take brooms in their hands like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and embark on cleanliness mission which until now was considered a menial job restricted for people who were looked with contempt in utter rejection of the importance of the work done by them. The CM also took part in the campaign as he went to the Railway Station and ran a cleaning machine with DRM Ranchi Deepak Kashyap.
At CCl
Officials of Central Coalfields limited were administered oath of cleanliness to its officials and relentlessly follow the mission of liberating the country from garbage and above all inculcating se sense of responsibility for garbage dumping. Officials of Central Coalfield limited- Chairman-cum-Managing Director Gopal Singh administered oath of cleanliness to the employees of the company. On the occasion the CCl CMD; RR Mishra, Director (Personnel); Arvind Prasad, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) and others paid floral tributes to mark birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at CCl Headquarters. large number of employees and their family members took pledge that they will devote 100 hours annually for the ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan.’
At HEC
HEC organised a programme to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister of India lal Bahadur Shashtri. On the occasion Director (Marketing) AV Krishna administered oath of cleanliness to the officials of HEC and urged them to imbibe the qualities of both personalities.
At CMPDI
Cleanliness drive at the premises of the Mini Ratna started from September 25 and a special event was organised to spread awareness about the importance of maintaining a clean surrounding and also to learn lessons from the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Director (T/ES) DK Ghosh administered oath to the officials of CMPDI to observe ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’. A documentary on the life and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi was shown to the employees of the mini ratna company.
DWSD’s awareness drive
The Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (DWSD) organised a pledge taking ceremony to observe ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’ at village under Dakshin Tundul Panchayat in Nagri.
The program was addressed Chief Engineer cum Executive Director, Ramesh Kumar and Member Secretary, Zila Parishad, Sundri Tirkey. As many as 165 Household of the village just completed construction of Individual Household Toilets with technical support from Civil Society Organisation. Director, Program Management Unit, Swetabh Kumar conducted the pledge taking program in front of more than 200 participants drawn from DWSD, PRI, villagers, CSO workers, UNICEF and GSF.
SAIl’s initiative
SAIl employees of all units and plants took oath together with SAIl Chairman who administered it through Video-conferencing on October 2. This marked the culmination of the SAIl Preparatory Sanitation Drive Week which started on September 25. later local employees of all 4 SAIl Ranchi units reiterated their commitment under the leadership of Neeraj Mathur, ED (CET) and PP Sengupta, GM (RDCIS). later, SAIl officers went to Saraitoli in Namkum block. Gram Sabha assembled under the leadership of Chamu Kachchhap, Up-Mukhiya Rampur Panchayat, Shiv Naraya Binjhiya, Gram Pradhan and also Ramesh Munda, Mukhiya Hahap Panchayat. A Sankalpa was taken by Gram Sabha.