By Vanshika Sexsena
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): As a part of the Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 Campaign, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) beneath the Ministry of Jal Shakti held a cleanliness drive at Kalindi Kunj Ghat close to Okhla Barrage in New Delhi on Thursday.
Themed ‘Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath,’ the shramdaan highlighted the facility of collective motion and constant efforts for a cleaner, greener surroundings.
Union Minister CR Patil, Minister of State V Somanna, and officers from the Jal Shakti Ministry and NMCG joined the drive, underscoring that lasting change begins when leaders and residents work collectively.
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, C.R. Patil, mentioned, ‘On the event of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s beginning anniversary, a cleanliness marketing campaign has been launched. Under the management and steerage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, together with Home Minister Amit Shah, the Chief Minister of Delhi, and the Chief Minister of Haryana, we’re working to scrub the Yamuna River wherever air pollution exists. Our effort will not be solely to take away the prevailing air pollution but additionally to forestall additional contamination. Significant progress has already been made. Until not too long ago, the river was hardly seen as a result of heavy move of polluted discharge, however at this time the Yamuna is clearly seen once more. To obtain this, the Ministry has drawn up short-term, medium-term, and long-term plans, and work has already begun on every of those fronts. I’m assured that, in keeping with your expectations and people of the individuals of our nation, we’ll quickly see the Yamuna flowing clear as soon as extra’.
V. Somanna, Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Jal Shakti, highlighted that ‘This marketing campaign ought to happen. There must also be different campaigns at house. The Ganga needs to be as clear because the Yamuna. Last week, I went to Ganga Nagar and Yamuna Nagar. How is it there? I got here to see. That is why it is a excellent initiative. Our departments and officers, collectively, beneath Modi ji’s message and our leaders’ and C.R. Pandey’s steerage, are finishing up this excellent work’.
The drive noticed enthusiastic participation from residents, college students, NGOs, and neighborhood teams, turning the marketing campaign into a real individuals’s motion for cleanliness and conservation.
Ashok KK Meena, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, ‘We are right here at this time to rejoice Swachhotsav 2025, which is noticed all through the nation from seventeenth September to 2nd October. Cleanliness needs to be ensured throughout the nation. Along with the continued program, on the twenty fifth, from 8 to 9 a.m., a one-hour, one-day marketing campaign on cleanliness is being held. In this regard, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Namami Ganga, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti have introduced their self-help teams right here and launched a cleanliness marketing campaign.
Rajeev Kumar Mital, Director General of NMCG ,mentioned, ‘We rejoice 15 days as a competition of cleanliness. During this time, we work to lift public consciousness and likewise perform direct cleansing actions. As you will have heard through the oath ceremony, the Prime Minister has set a goal for each particular person to contribute a couple of hours every week to this Cleanliness Drive. The concept is to unfold this message as extensively as doable. The central purpose of this programme is to make individuals extra conscious of the river and its significance’.
The Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 drive reaffirmed the nation’s collective dedication to rejuvenating rivers throughout India.
Through sustained efforts, NMCG is main the mission to revive the Ganga, Yamuna, and different rivers, mixing consciousness with motion.
With residents, leaders, and establishments becoming a member of fingers, the marketing campaign embodies a individuals’s motion, inspiring lasting change for cleaner rivers and a more healthy future. (ANI)