Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, July 4

The district administration has come up with a ‘Mr Clean’ project, which would ensure handsome earnings for youngsters. Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said youngsters included in the Mr Clean initiative would offer affordable car washing services at doorsteps in Hoshiarpur and Garhshankar.

She said under the ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ misson, the District Employment Bureau, offered opportunity to less educated youngsters.

Riyait handed over washing kits and training certificates to 20 youngsters at the premises of the District Employment Bureau.

She said youngsters would wash cars in every ward of Hoshiarpur and Garhshankar. On the one hand, these youngster would get work opportunity and on the other hand, residents could avail the services at a nominal rate of Rs 450 per month, she added.

Lauding a significant role played by Sonalika Group to make this project a reality, the Deputy Commissioner thanked Amrit Sagar Mittal, vice chairman, Sonalika, and its managing director Deepak Mittal for their support.

She also thanked of Hoshiarpur Automobiles’s managing director Ajwinder Singh for ensuring proper training to these youngsters.

She said the under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Sonalika Group provided a high-tech washing kit to youngsters. Apart from kits and training, the administration has also given clients to them.

The Deputy Commissioner appreciated efforts of District Employment Officer Gurmail Singh and his team, including placement officer Mangesh Sood and career counsellor Aditya Rana.

This project will be replicated in the other cities of the district in time to come, said the Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Riyait.