About 30.98 lakh government employees took a pledge to ensure cleanliness in their offices and residential areas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets former PM Manmohan Singh during a prayer meeting marking Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary at Gandhi Smriti, Tees January Road in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)
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Railway Minister: D.V. Sadananda Gowda broomed a foot overbridge, a platform and a car parking slot at New Delhi railway station to Swacch Bharat.
Gujarat CM: Anandiben Patel cleaned the garbage on a street in Porbandar. She also posted a picture showing her cleaning the street on Twitter.
Some unidentified: miscreants vandalised the venue of launch of ‘Swachh Bharat’ in Jammu forcing authorities to cancel it.
Former PM: H.D. Deve Gowda swept the Hassan railway station in response to Mr Modi’s call for a cleanliness drive. He cleaned the roof of the railway station and then the floor, sweeping for a distance of 50 metres. He also distributed pamphlets to passengers at the station asking them to get involved in the drive and keep their surroundings clean.
Kerala CM: Oommen Chandy tore off a flex banner displaying his own picture while launching the cleanliness campaign. Kerala also launched a month-long sanitation-cum-awareness campaign.
AAP chief: Arvind Kejriwal cleaned a choked drain at BR Camp in New Delhi and also had breakfast with the safai karamcharis (sweeping staff) and families of the area after cleaning the drain with workers.
PM Narendra Modi, Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Nitin Gadkari and actor Aamir Khan take pledge for cleanliness. (Photo: PTI)
( Source : dc correspondent )
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