Rich tributes were paid to the Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi and former PM lal Bahadur Shastri on the occasion of their birth anniversary across the Bokaro district on Monday.
On this eve Bokaro residents paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation and organised cleanliness drives to promote ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’, a flagship mission of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to make people aware about the advantages of cleanliness.
The motto of the cleanliness drive to make the country Open Defecation Free (ODF), for which the Union Government, along with various state governments, has been constructing toilets and urinals in the remotest areas across the country.
Bokaro Steel Plant’s CEO PK Singh, MlAs, Zila Parishad chairperson, Mayor CMC including others garlanded the statue of Mahatma and paid floral tributes.
Several bank’s officials and others paid floral tributes to Gandhi by garlanding his portrait.
Students of Chinmaya Vidyalaya participated in the Swachch Bharath programme as part of the birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma. In spite of government declaring a holiday for the educational institutions, the students participated in Swachch Bharath and cleaned the streets in front of their school; took an oath for cleanliness.
In a bid to mark the birth anniversary of duo veteran leaders three Blood Donation camps were organised in the city by Red Cross Society, Rotary Club and others at different places.