Swachhta Pakhwada is being celebrated by Indian Railways under the Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Mission. In this episode, Swachhta Pakhwada started from September 16 in East Central Railway. On the first day of the fortnight, on Friday, the Additional General Manager, East Central Railway, Tarun Prakash administered the oath of cleanliness to the officers and employees at Headquarter, Hajipur. After this, the AGM flagged off the Prabhat Pheri of Scouts and Guides based on the cleanliness awareness message. In this sequence, the Additional General Manager also planted saplings in the headquarters premises.
On this occasion, while appreciating the effort so far related to cleanliness, the Additional General Manager directed to prepare an action plan to implement it on a wider scale.
During the cleanliness fortnight, cleanliness in railway station premises and trains, cleanliness of water-booth and quality of drinking water, cleanliness of toilets, availability of sufficient number of dustbins, disposal of waste, common people with the help of NGOs and charitable organizations. Programs like running cleanliness awareness campaign will be organized between During this, 'Clean Dialogue Day' on 17th and 18th September, 'Clean Station Day' on 19th and 20th September, 'Clean Rail Train Day' on 21st and 22nd September, Clean Campus Day on 23rd and 24th September, 25th and 26th September 'Clean Food Day', 'Clean Neer Day' on 27-28 September, 'Clean Toiletry Day' on 29 September and 'Clean Competition Day' on 30 September will be organised.