Cleanliness is an initiative to make the country better and not the copyright of any political party, said cricketer and the swachhta ambassador of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Gautam Gambhir at an awareness event organised by the civic body on Wednesday.
He was speaking at the event named ‘Swachhta Sankalp’, organised at the SDMC primary school in Pochanpur in Dwarka Sector 23. Mr. Gambhir interacted with the students and gave them tips to intensify cleanliness activities within and outside their school.
‘Do your bit’
‘“I agreed to become the swachhta ambassador of the SDMC because I wanted to intensify Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Everyone, students, housewives, and members of the residents’ welfare associations [RWAs], can all make our contribution to this mission by doing our bit,” he said.
The event was attended by over 1,500 school students, members of RWAs, and hundreds of residents of the area. Mr. Gambhir said that cleanliness is a collective responsibility and that everyone must share it with pride to make the city garbage-free.
He also led a mini-marathon where around 500 students participated to spread the message in the Pochanpur village.
A presentation was also made by the SDMC mascots, street plays were performed, and live band performances were also lined up.
Spreading the message
South Delhi Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat was also present at the event. She said that the message towards a cleaner city coming from a public personality like Mr. Gambhir will help the civic body spread the message to a wider audience and will also help residents of the city take up the cause more seriously.
“Garbage is an enemy of our country and we have to fight it together,” said Ms. Sehrawat.
The Mayor asked the people to involve themselves in swachhta activities and make proper use of the newly constructed toilets built in the run up to declaring all of the 104 wards under SDMC as open defecation-free.