Hashmat Ali Khan kickstarts Swachata Pakhwada, a cleanliness drive, in Jammu
A special cleanliness drive, Swachata Pakhwada, was inaugurated at Jammu's Department of Hospitality and Protocol under the guidance and active participation of director-general of hospitality and protocol, Hashmat Ali Khan, KAS, to bring a fortnight of intense focus on the issues and practises of Swachata. The first day of the campus cleanliness drive began from the Circuit House, Canal Road in which all the staff of the Department of Hospitality and Protocol participated.
Speaking on the occasion, the director-general motivated the staff to set the highest standards of cleanliness as the core objective of the department since the department daily deals with numerous guests official and non-official, from within the U.T as well as all across the nation. He further explained that this event is part of the 76th Independence Day celebrations and the motive behind these activities under Swachata Pakhwada is to ensure that every member of the staff realises their duty towards keeping their workplaces, and their surroundings, clean. He further urged the employees to pay attention to the minutest details as they form the bigger picture.
The event was organised by the joint director of Hospitality and Protocol, Ansuya Jamwal, KAS who informed that a complete calendar has been charted out for carrying out the Swachhta Pakhwada in all the houses and assets of Hospitality & Protocol viz Circuit House, State Guest Houses, Tara Niwas Udhampur, Director Generals Office, Joint Director Office and stores of H&P et al as per the government directions which will witness the participation of all the officials and imbibe in them the spirit of cleanliness and bring qualitative swachata improvement especially during these challenging times of Covid-19. She impressed staff to adopt the leanings of the event and make certain that the practices are replicated throughout the year.
Others who participated in the drive included the deputy director of Stores, Ashima Sher, assistant director, Amir Choudhary, Muneeb Umar, assistant director(Central), Dr Anand Thakur Sen, Accounts Officer, assistant of housekeeping Bua Ditta Sharma, manager of Circuit House, Puneet Kour and all the officials of the Department of Hospitality and Protocol. The drive ended with a commitment to carry out the objectives of the drive with the same zeal and enthusiasm in all premises for the whole year.