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| Krishi Vigyan Kendra Reasi organises Swachhata Hi Seva campaign | | |  Early Times Report
REASI, Oct 1: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Reasi under the aegis of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) conducted Swachhata Hi Seva ' Ek Tareek, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath' campaign here today at Dogra Haat in Chetar village of Reasi distt. of J&K with the co-ordination of JKRLM. The programme was attended by a number of women farmers of the area. The cleanliness drive was conducted to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. The campaign on cleanness derive was organised under the under the dynamic stewardship of Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Prof.BN Tripathi and the able guidance Director Extension, Prof.SK Gupta of SKUAST-J. The major objective of the campaign was to spread the message of cleanliness derive to every nook and corner and involve more and more people in this national campaign. The programme was initiated by the Sr. Scientist & Head of KVK, Reasi, Dr.Banarsi Lal with the warm welcome of the participants. He said that Swachhata Hi Seva is a flagship programme of the Government of India to clean the vicinities so that the national drive of clean India can be made successful. He said that this campaign is India's biggest cleanness drive which was formally launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India; Sh. Narinder Modi on 2nd of October 2014.He further said that this noble mission will be successful only when all the citizens of the country participate in the cleanness drive. He discussed on cleanliness and hygiene and said that major objective of the mission is to eradicate open defecation. He also discussed on the collection and disposal of single use plastic and gave a detail view of plastic pollution. He added that Gandhiji always wanted to make sanitation a priority in the whole nation and appealed the participants to celebrate 154th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with 'Ek Tareek, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath campaign of cleanliness. He urged the participants to aware more and more people of the district about this derive to keep their towns, villages, campuses, temples, mosques, Panchayat Ghar, schools etc. clean and green and emphasised on the cleaning of drinking water areas, toilets, crop fields etc. Dr.Arvinder Kumar said the participants that this campaign can reduce disease infestation in human beings, animals and crops. He appealed the participants to make Swacchata a habit in their daily routine whether it is office, home, school, neighbourhood etc. so that the sacred Swachhata Mission can be made successful. He requested the participants to disseminate this message of cleanliness and hygiene to the other people of the area and suggested them to participate in this clean India campaign with full enthuse. He highlighted the disadvantages of open defecation and suggested the participants to motivate the people to construct toilets at their homes and eliminate open defecation. He said that India will be healthy only when the villages will be healthy and further added that the village Sarpanches, Panches and village teachers should be involved in this derive. He stressed on the plantation of more and more of plants so that a healthy environment can be created. He also discussed the techniques for solid and liquid wastes management in the rural areas and suggested the participants to be committed towards cleanness derive and urged them to fully involve in this drive of cleanness. |
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