Loved by tourists, the state of Rajasthan has maintained cleanliness as its top priority. From aligning state government’s efforts towards PM Modi’s dream of ‘Clean India’ to spreading awareness about cleanliness across the state, the Raje led government has ushered in a wave of cleanliness from scratch. A slew of initiatives and pioneering activities were conducted across the state to bolster Swachhta drive amidst all citizens of the desert state.
Swachhta Hi Seva: Spreading awareness through visuals and paintings “Swachhta Hi Seva” has pioneered into the cleanliness realm led by PM Modi. In this campaign, people like Block level officers, motivators and masons joined hands to spread awareness about hygiene and cleanliness. They painted walls, water tanks and other places which witnessed high footfall from the public. ‘Swachhta Chitran’ was also initiated as a part of Swachhta Hi Seva.
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The ‘Swachhta Chitran’ commenced on September 19 in the Dudu district of Jaipur. Rajasthan state has pioneered in generating awareness of Swachhta across the three- tier structure of the Panchayati Raj. Spreading the strong message of Swachhta clubbed with the intense beautification of many venues by painting the walls and tanks.
Swachhta Yatra: Making people ‘Swachhta-friendly’ Another event named Swachhta Yatra/Padh Yatra held in Banswara also proved to be a highly successful initiative towards achieving the target of making public ‘Swachhta-friendly’. This initiative revolved around conducting a march (Yatra) across the Gram Panchayats to make the public aware about benefits of ‘Swachhta’. Initially, they started as a team of 11 people and congregated a volume of over 400 people towards the end of the Yatra. This is enough proof of the massive support and cooperation garnered by the citizens towards the ‘Swachhta initiative’.
‘Sewa Diwas’: An innovative amalgam of Swachhta activities
Another event named ‘Sewa Diwas’ boasted of high success rate in manifesting incredible results for citizens across the Rajasthan state. The ‘Sewa Diwas’ was a purposeful amalgam of 4 primary events for the day. The government had also screened the sanitation centric Akshay Kumar ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ on Doordarshan at 10.30 Am. The ‘Sewa Diwas’ revolved around four major activities:
- Swachhta Rath: This carried the message of ‘Swachta hi Sewa’ message in various gram Panchayats.
- MNREGA training for women which was followed by other innovative Abhiyan.
- The ‘Gaddha Khodo Abhiyan’ was another Abhiyan which was started to bolster the ‘Swachhta mission’. This Abhiyan revolves around motivating beneficiaries to dig twin pits.
- ‘Safai Abhiyan’: It is another comprehensive drive for infusing cleanliness at various public places.
Relentless efforts are being put to ensure the Swachhta mission is accomplished effectively and efficiently. Under the impeccable leadership of CM Raje, the Rajasthan government is sure treading on the noble path of cleanliness and hygiene at an unprecedented pace.
