Uttarakhand: CM Dhami inaugurated Cleanliness Service Fortnight-2023, honored village panchayats and environmental friends

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday launched the Swachhta Seva Pakhwada-2023 at the Chief Sevak Sadan located at the Chief Minister’s residence. In the programme, the Chief Minister honored 15 Gram Panchayats with ‘Swachh Survekshan Gramin-2023’. On this occasion, the Chief Minister also honored 05 environment friends who did commendable work in the field of cleanliness. The Chief Minister also released the song ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Geet’ on this occasion.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami congratulated the 15 excellent panchayats of the state selected for the Swachhta Survekshan Rural-2023 Award for being honored. He said that he is grateful to all the Panchayats and Swachhta Doots who have made excellent contributions in this great campaign of cleanliness, whose determination and efforts have written a new chapter of cleanliness in the state. The Chief Minister said that Swachhta Doots are the pivot of the cleanliness campaign and the respect that the state has received would have been impossible without them. Cleanliness has always been a top priority in Indian culture and philosophy. These are an integral part of our values and values.

The Chief Minister said that due to the Swachh Bharat Mission being run under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has re-awakened towards cleanliness. The success of this great campaign of cleanliness is being discussed all over the world. When public participation is added to the efforts of the government, the power of those efforts increases manifold. He said that the land of Uttarakhand is a religious, mythological land. Gods reside in every corner of this land and Gods reside only where there is cleanliness. Today Uttarakhand has earned a new place on the global tourism map. There is a deep connection between cleanliness and tourism, where there is cleanliness, tourism also increases. The Chief Minister said that the “Swachhta Hi Seva” program is being organized by the state government from September 17 to October 2. The state government is continuously making efforts to effectively implement the vision of garbage free India. He expressed hope that all Panchayat representatives, community level organizations, voluntary organizations and all citizens will contribute significantly in this great campaign of overall cleanliness of Devbhoomi and will make the campaign successful like previous years.

Gram Panchayats to be awarded in Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2023

Population category less than 2000

1. Gram Panchayat – Pastola, Development Block – Bhimtal, Village Head Khashti Raghav from Nainital District
2. Gram Panchayat from Nainital District – Bohrakot, Development Block – Ramgarh, Village Head Basant Lal Shah
3. Gram Panchayat from Nainital district- Jamradi, development block-Okhalkanda, village head Balveer Singh
4. Village head Mohan Chand Pandey from Champawat district, Gram Panchayat- Chowki, Development Block- Champawat.
5. Village head Shiv Shankar Pathak from Champawat district, Gram Panchayat- Thanta, Development Block- Lohaghat.

Population range 2000-5000

1. Gram Panchayat from Nainital district – Kishanpur Sakulia, development block – Haldwani, village head Vipin Chand Joshi.
2. Gram Panchayat from Nainital District – Kania, Development Block – Ramnagar, Village Head Sunita Ghughatiyal
3. Gram Panchayat from Nainital district – Haldu Chaud Jaggi, village head from development block – Haldwani Meena Bhatt.
4. Gram Panchayat from Nainital district – Haldu Chaud Dina, village head Hemanti Joshi from development block – Haldwani.
5. Gram Panchayat from Dehradun district – Bhagwanpur Julho, village head Deepak Joshi from development block – Sahaspur.

Population category more than 5000

1. Gram Panchayat from Dehradun district – Dakpathar, village head Manju from development block – Vikasnagar.
2. Gram Panchayat – Khadri Khadkamaf from Dehradun district, village head Sangeeta Thapliyal from development block – Doiwala.
3. Gram Panchayat from district Haridwar – Kheda Jat, village head Avadh Kumari from development block – Narsan.
4. Gram Panchayat-Bhageri Mehbatpur (L) from Haridwar district, village head Narendra Kumar from development block-Roorkee Viki.
5. Gram Panchayat from Udham Singh Nagar district – Vigrabagh, village head Madhavi Devi from development block – Khatima.

Environment friends who were honored for their commendable work in the field of cleanliness – Pappu, Vinod, Shiv Kumar Meena, Savita. On this occasion, Mayor Sunil Uniyal Gama, MLA Savita Kapoor, Principal Secretary R. K Sudhanshu, Secretary Arvind Singh Hayanki, Director Urban Development Nitin Bhadauria, Director Swajal Karmendra Singh were present.