Swachh: Civic body to launch cleanliness drive from tomorrow

As part of the national sanitation campaign, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) would launch a special cleanliness drive from tomorrow in all its six zones.
The campaign would continue till October 11. It would be conducted in two parts - from September 25 to October 1 and from October 3 to October 11.
The first part called 'Swachh City Plan', would include cleaning of roads, schools, parks, toilets, footpaths and dustbins, the NDMC said.
During the second part of the campaign, the focus would shift to involving public into different sanitation related activities such as taking pledge for cleanliness, marathons, essay competition, NGO's participation, debates, street plays, painting competition and puppet shows.

North Delhi Mayor Ravinder Gupta will kick off the campaign in the Karol Bagh Zone from Ajmal Khan Road. Other NDMC leaders will lead the campaigns from other zones, the civic body said.
Besides Karol Bagh, NDMC has five other zones viz., - City, Rohini, Narela, Sadar Paharganj and Civil Lines.

To re-affirm the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' commitment, the Centre will launch an intensive three-phase countrywide cleanliness campaign from tomorrow.
The campaign will cover railway stations, airports, bus depots, educational and medical institutions, religious places, heritage sites, taxi stands, markets, vegetable mandis among others, a senior Urban Development Ministry official said.

The first phase coincides with birth anniversary of Late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on September 25 while the other one overlaps with birth anniversary of socialist leader Jayprakash Narayan on October 11.