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Cleanup Drive
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday wielded a broom to kick off the Delhi government's month-long cleanliness drive 'Dilli Ko Kude Se Azaadi'. As part of the campaign she visited the Women and Child Development department. "I am coming to this office for the first time. It is saddening to see that our officers work in this kind of a building. The fans can fall off any moment and the roof is leaking," she rued as she inspected the department's office at Kashmiri Gate. CM Gupta visited every nook and corner of the office, cleared e-waste, threw away old posters and files and swept the dirty area using a broom. "There was a fire at this building in 2021 yet no repairs were carried out," she added. Hitting out at the previous AAP government in Delhi, she said they "spent crores of rupees on building Sheesh Mahal" but did not do anything to improve the condition of government offices. "Today, looking at the condition of this office, I am saddened. From today itself, we will begin the
The Delhi government will launch a month-long cleanliness campaign from August 1, with active participation from schools, resident welfare associations (RWAs), and community groups, Education Minister Ashish Sood said. According to a statement, the preparations for the large-scale campaign were reviewed during a high-level meeting chaired by Sood at the secretariat on Friday. Sood, who is the Education and Urban Development Minister, said the campaign has been initiated in response to a call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said the Centre has entrusted the Delhi government with the responsibility of ensuring visible and effective cleanliness across the city. He said that the success of this campaign is a collective responsibility and added that the impact of cleanliness efforts must be felt on the ground. The meeting was attended by the chief secretary along with senior officers from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Health and Family ..
The Centre on Friday said nearly 90 lakh square feet space was cleared and around Rs 371 crore revenue earned in the past two cleanliness campaigns. The government has announced a special campaign 3.0 from October 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, till October 31. The campaign is a sequel of the special campaigns conducted in the last two years. "Special campaign 3.0 will focus on field/outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface, in addition to the ministries/departments and their attached/subordinate offices," said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Friday launched the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 public grievance portal, whose dashboard has been implemented by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. The dashboard provides instant tabular analysis of grievances filed and disposed, the ministry said,