HP Guv, CM undertake cleanliness drive at Nalagarh

Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday lauded the efforts of the Industrial Association Nalagarh to take up a massive cleanliness drive in the entire Nalagarh area on the occasion of ‘Clean Nalagarh Green Nalagarh Campaign’ as part of the Sawach Bharat Abhiyan.

The Governor suggested to divide the industrial areas into sectors for effectively managing the cleanliness drives. He said that right from Parwanoo to Baddi, and other industrial belts of the state one sector officer should be appointed to manage and run the cleanliness drives effectively.

The Governor and the Chief Minister also administered the oath of cleanliness to the youth on the occasion.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said we can accomplish the goal of ‘Clean India’ only when we keep our environment and our traditional water bodies clean besides efficiently managing and treating the solid and liquid wastes.

"With the people now actively participating in cleanliness activities across the Country, the dream of Clean India as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi has began to find shape," said the Chief Minister.

Thakur said cleanliness drives hold more importance in industrial regions of the state, where effluent and industrial waste was in bulk. He said cleanliness should become a habit of the day to all citizens.

Earlier, the Chief Minister along with the Governor participated in the cleanliness drive at Chownkiwala, in Nalagarh.

NK Aggrawal and Subodh Gupta presented a draft of Rs 2.51 lakh on behalf of the Nalagarh Industrial Association towards CM relief fund a sum of Rs 5.11 lakh by Microtek International besides one lakh by Dev Resins private limited and a sum of rupees one lakh by Indag Rubber, Nalagarh.