Kerala’s Vadakara municipality to honour its sanitation warriors
The Hindu
Civic body wins Suchitwa Mission’s Nava Kerala Award for waste management
Sanitation workers play a crucial role in keeping a city clean, and Vadakara Municipality, which has won several laurels in waste management, attributes it all to their hard work.
On Saturday, while receiving the Nava Kerala Award from Suchitwa Mission, the civic body decided to honour its frontline hygiene warriors.
Opening the event, Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran described the recent changes in Vadakara town as exemplary and offered all help from his department for maintenance of greenery in the town. “The attitude of Keralites towards waste management has changed considerably over the last few years. We have realised that maintaining public places clean is every individual’s responsibility. And, Vadakara has gone a step ahead by adopting measures to avoid air pollution as well,” the Minister said.
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