Chandigarh
Welfare Trust, Municipal Corporation jointly launch Swachhta awareness campaign
‘Swachhta Ki Kadi Toot Na Jaye, Ek Bhi Ghar Chhoot
Na Jaye’
Mayor Sarabjit Kaur flags
off month-long campaign, in presence of MC Commissioner Anindita Mitra, CWT
Chairman Satnam Singh Sandhu
Over 1000 volunteers to
reach out to entire Chandigarh, make citizens aware of their roles and
responsibilities in Swachh Bharat Mission
CHANDIGARH: The NGO Chandigarh Welfare Trust (CWT) in
association with Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today launched a special
campaign to spread awareness among the citizens about the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyaan, with an aim to restore and promote the glory of Chandigarh as the
City Beautiful, and reposition it as the best city across the country in the
cleanliness rankings.
The month-long awareness campaign under the banner of
‘Swachhta Ki Kadi Toot Na Jaye, Ek Bhi Ghar Chhoot Na Jaye’ will focus on
sensitising citizens about their roles and responsibilities in the mission. The
campaign was flagged off in front of Municipal Corporation Bhawan, Sector 17, by
Mayor Sarabjit Kaur, in the presence of Senior Deputy Mayor Dilip Sharma,
Municipal Commissioner Anindita Mitra (IAS), and Satnam Singh Sandhu, founder Chairman
of CWT, among other important dignitaries of Municipal Corporation including
Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor, Chandigarh & Shalini Chetal, Joint Commissioner,
Municipal Corporation and members of the civil society.
More than 1000 volunteers of the Chandigarh Welfare Trust
in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh would reach out to
the entire city including all the sectors, industrial areas and all the
villages from March 7 till April 7, making them aware of their responsibilities
on maintaining cleanliness of the highest standards in the city. The citizens
would be apprised of importance of cleaning places such as water tanks, school
toilets, hospitals, public places, parks, bus stands among others, besides the
crucial need for segregation of garbage waste.
Flagging off the campaign, Mayor Sarabjit Kaur expressed
hope that the cleanliness situation of Chandigarh will transform for better,
with the active participation of Chandigarh Welfare Trust and the citizens of
the city.
“Every possible effort is being made by the Municipal
Corporation to improve the sanitation of Chandigarh. Today’s campaign conceived
and launched by the Chandigarh Welfare Trust in association with Municipal
Corporation will definitely play a pivotal role in re-establishing the past
glory of Chandigarh, besides making it as the top performing city in the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyaan across the country,” she said.
Lauding the initiative of Chandigarh Welfare Trust,
Municipal Commissioner Anindita Mitra (IAS) said that this campaign will
provide a remarkable impetus to the Municipal Corporation's commitment to make Chandigarh
as the cleanest city in the entire country.
“The idea of making the citizens aware of their roles and
responsibilities will lead to a massive transformation of the city and its
sanitisation and will immensely aid our efforts to bring Chandigarh to the top.
Every citizen must contribute to the success of the campaign by building
collective solidarity for a better change,” she said.
Speaking on the occasion, founder chairman, Chandigarh
Welfare Trust, S. Satnam Singh Sandhu, said that the NGO was established with
the sole aim of restore and promote Chandigarh’s glory, and to restitue it as a
model of development for other cities in India and elevating its standing among
the cities of the world. While giving details about the month long awareness
campaign, Sandhu added that more than 1000 volunteers would take part in the
first of its kind campaign which will cover 3 lakh households, commercial sites
and connect more than 12 lakh citizens of Chandigarh to make them aware about
the roles and responsibilities that every citizen have in the Swachh Bharat
Mission.
He further added, “Chandigarh Welfare Trust is working on
different aspects to achieve our objective and this special awareness is the
first initiative in this direction. With the support of Municipal Corporation
and active participation of citizens, the NGO will definitely put Chandigarh at
the top position, in terms of its performance in Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan”. Many
more initiatives will be taken by the NGO in future, focussing on education,
gender equality, good health and wellness, economic development, poverty and
climate change, for the betterment of Chandigarh and its citizens, he added.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Chandigarh
Mayor Sarabjit Kaur flagged off the Swachh Bharat awareness campaign for the
city along with Deputy Mayor, Anup Gupta, Municipal Commissioner, Anindita
Mitra, IAS & Founder Chairman, CWT, Satnam Singh Sandhu at Municipal
Commissioner Office Sector 17, Chandigarh.
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