OdishaLIVE Bureau
Cleanliness drive near schools, anganwadis, parks and public places across Odisha by Jio
World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that cleanliness drives can help save around three lakh lives and bring down cases of diarrhoea by over 30 per cent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ movement, the campaign is a run-up to the fourth anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission, on October 2 , 2018 is aimed at bringing together people from various quarters to bring about a positive change in the society.
Joining the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ movement which aims at generating greater public participation towards cleanliness, Reliance Jio staff across all 31 Jio Centres in Odisha along with state office took up the brooms and undertook cleaning of the surrounding areas, schools, anganwadis, parks and other public places. The cleaning staff at the respective centres were felicitated for their dedication to cleanliness.
The drive began in Odisha with Jio Centre, Cuttack undertaking cleanliness activity in and around the Bidanasi Primary School with a team of over 30 persons. While the school campus was cleaned and garbage collected and disposed safely, the team also cleaned the surroundings of the school and made use of bleaching powder at the small water deposits along the boundary wall and open spaces.
The staff of Jio Centre Bhawanipatna carried out the cleanliness drive at an Anganwadi centre in Bahadurbagichapada of the town, Dhenkanal team conducted it near a park and the Talcher team undertook extensive cleanliness drive at Talcher Railway Station with participation of the station manager and police.
Similarly, Jio team cleaned polythene, plastic and other waste from the golden sea beach in Puri while creating awareness among the hawkers and tourists. The Swachhata Hi Seva abhiyan has already been conducted in Jio Centres at Bolangir, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Barbil, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Bhawanipatna, Dhenkanal, Baripada, Rajgangpur, Sundergarh, Sunabeda, Khurda, Jatni, Angul, Keonjhar, Kendrapada, Berhampur, Brajaraj Nagar, Jajpur, and some of the offices and Jio Centres have planned similar activities in their respective areas.
