The three municipal corporations, a city-based multi-state chamber of commerce, and BJP Delhi have decided to join hands to clean the industrial areas of the national capital in line with the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' of the Union government.
Top officials of the three civic bodies - North, East and South Delhi Corporations, Punjab Haryana and Delhi (PHD) Chamber of Commerce and secretary of industries department of the Delhi government today announced the decision during a round-table on 'Ease of Doing Business in Delhi'.
"The three corporations, the PHD chamber and the Delhi BJP along with help from the Delhi industrial unit will come together in carrying forward the spirit of the 'Clean India' campaign to our industries and areas surrounding it," PHD Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Rajnish Goenka said.
Goenka, who is also the National Coordinator, Micro and Small Industries Cell of the BJP, said, the sanitation drive would begin with Okhla Industries Area.
"We have planned to begin the drive from October 20 from Okhla Industrial Area. While some areas are under the SDMC, where we would seek the help of the civic body, others are under DSIIDC, where the the chamber would seek the local government's support," he said.
Delhi State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DSIIDC) has been conducting its own sanitation drive and Secretary, Industries, Delhi government, Amit Yadav welcomed the suggestion by the business body.
"We have been carrying out our own drive under the directives of the Lt Governor and multiple agencies coming together for a noble cause is a step in the right direction," Yadav said.
"We will then take the drive forward to other industrial areas such as Naraina, Mongolpuri, Wazirpur, among others," Goenka said.
Many attendants of the round-table, which had participants representing various industrial zones here, agreed that, "Okhla Industries Area was one of the dirtiest, and hence the drive was much-needed."
Mayors of South and East Delhi and Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay also attended the event.
Okhla Industrial Area or Okhla Industrial Estate, is an industrial suburb of South Delhi district in the capital.
