Rajouri, Sep 15 (KNS): District Development Commissioner Rajouri Mohd Aijaz Assad today flagged-off a Swachhta van equipped with public address system and resource persons meant to create awareness in every nook and corner of the district about cleanliness.
On the occasion, the DDC said that the objective of the campaign is to mobilise people and reinforce jan aandolan (mass movement) for sanitation to contribute to Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a Clean India.
The campaign is aiming for large scale mobilisation of people from all walks of life to volunteer for cleanliness and construction of toilets
They will target the cleaning of public and tourist places and to make the environment open defecation free.
A rally of school students comprising of hundreds of boys and girls was also flagged off by the DDC in presence of Assistant Commissionet Development Akhtar Hussain Qazi and District Panchayat Officer Rajouri Dr Abdul Khabir who is also Nodal officer of the campaign that will culminate on 2nd of October on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The publicity van shall run for 15 days in various parts of the district and will showcase the movies and other documentaries relating to sanitation campaign. Deliberating on the campaign District Panchayat Officer said that a detailed schedule has been framed for the district wherein various activities to be carried out during the fortnight are highlighted. For the first time Self Help Groups of UMEED have been associated with the campaign and various activities have been identified including cleaning of 5 places in different parts of the district.
Similar awareness programmes were also held in various blocks of the district where students of various educational institutions in collaboration with the staff of Rural Development carried out various activities on the Swachhta theme. (KNS)