Akshay to promote ‘Swachh Survekshan 2018’ for civic body

Mumbai : To improve the ranking of Mumbai city on the clean cities matrix of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan survey which is being done by the centre between January 4 to March 10, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is trying hard to reach on top most position of clean cities matrix. Therefore they have now approached Bollywood start Akshay Kumar to help the municipal body to create awareness among the citizens and he has replied positively, said Kiran Dighavkar Assistant Commissioner and Co-ordinator of Swachh Bharat mission of BMC.

Actor Akshay Kumar will now advertise for BMC for Swachh Survekshan 2018 – ‘Swachh Mission Survey 2018’ to promote cleanliness standard in Mumbai. Earlier in centre’s Swachh Bharat survey conducted in 2017 Mumbai ranking dropped to Number 29 from 10, while the BMC attributed the downfall in ranking due to poor feedback submitted by the citizens, one of the three criteria in the evaluation process.  At present BMC is conducting feet on street survey all over Mumbai encouraging people to download the ‘Swachhhta’ mobile application (app) and address the grievance to the civic wards for immediate action.