NL Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 02
As a part of the nation-wide campaign ‘Swachhata Hi Seva' under Swachh Bharat Mission ( Urban) on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Department of Housing & Urban Development in collaboration with various stakeholders organized a grand sanitation drive (Plogging-Jogging with litter picking) here today. The drive was flagged-off by the Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam from the Tagore Hall-Iqbal Park Srinagar early in the morning in presence of a large number of senior government functionaries, prominent citizens, members of NGOs, SHGs, students and other stakeholders of the society. The enthusiastic participants, especially youth, students and volunteers walked through the Lala Ded Hospital, Maharaja Bazar, Amira Kadal, Lal Chowk and culminated at Sher-e-Kashmir Park. During the walk, the participants picked up the garbage on the way and also spread the mass awareness on sanitation and appealed the people to maintain cleanliness in the city and their surroundings. The NGOs had also set up Kiosks at various places to highlight the importance of sanitation and general awareness for the people. Interacting with the participants, the Chief Secretary said that sanitation is mandatory to ensure healthy and clean environment. He called upon all the stakeholders to become part of nation-wide Swachhata campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission and contribute for the noble cause in maintaining the Jammu and Kashmir a neat and clean State. Prominent among those present on the occasion included, Financial Commissioner Housing & Urban Development, K.B. Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Transport, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Secretary Housing, Anil Gupta, Commissioner SMC, Hafiz-Ullah Shah, Commissioner JMC, Arvind Kotwal, Directors Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir, Jammu and others.
