Building momentum for the Swachh survey
The Hindu
Greater Chennai Corporation and its partners spread the word about the annual cleanliness and sanitation survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
On January 20, 500 students from Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and Science in Adyar enrolled for a month-long project with waste management company Urbaser Sumeet where they will assist Information Education and Communication (IEC) executives.
One important aspect of their orientation is to understand Swachh Survekshan, the annual cleanliness and sanitation survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and role citizens like them can play in forwarding its objectives.
“These young volunteers will be assisting our IEC executives, who launch our campaigns at residential societies, educational institutions and offices, about managing waste at the source,” says Hari Balaji, who heads the IEC division at Urbaser Sumeet.
As the citizens’ survey (under Swachh Survekshan) is nigh at hand, one can get ready for a variety of activities in Chennai.
Urbaser Summet has been pushing its assistant managers to hold internal competitions to encourage the team on the ground in all the GCC zones it is active in, to come up with various initiatives.
“We have been working towards Swachh Survekshan since November but it gets more intense in January-February,” says Hari Balaji.
Recently, a team from the Ministry inspected various localities to see if Chennai continues to maintain its “open defecation-free” status.
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