Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Observes Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Bhubaneswar: Mass observation of the week long Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav started here today in different wards of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. Theme based activities have been undertaken by the civic body on the first day including citizen connect activities in 38 wards coming under three administrative zones of the corporation.

Activities like small rallies, door-to-door campaigns, meeting with households, meeting with mahila groups, demonstration of “Kachara Alag karo”, visit of “Swachha Sathis” and Zonal Deputy Commissioners to different households to counsel on segregation of wet and dry waste, demonstration of “Mo Khata”- (waste to organic compost) initiative, Rangoli competition for aesthetic display of waste segregation and meeting with RWAs. All these activities are based on d on two themes namely,” Kachara Alag Karo Amrit Divas ” and meeting with RWA, Mahola Associations and other residential associations. Title song of BMC on waste segregation “Mu safai wala” was played during the rallies and road shows conducted to reiterate segregation at source.

As advised by BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh, citizen connect activities have involved people from all walks to disseminate the message of sanitation and making it more and more community driven. Minister SSEPD Department, Ashok Panda and local NGOs working with the ULB come up to sensitise on Swachha Odisha Sustha Odisha, power of waste to resource initiative activities like Mo Khata (organic compost), participation of citizens, organisations, residential associations to supplement their best for making Bhubaneswar more clean and green.

Segregation and scientific processing of waste materials for a meaningful utility were displayed in “Rangoli competitions” held in south east Zone and North zone of BMC. Local women and girls took part in the competition have depicted the fact behind waste to resource and how segregation promotes sanitation.

Involvement of women SHGs in city sanitation activities, MUKTA (Mukhyamantri Karma Tapara Avyan), empowerment of core sanitation workers and Safai karmcharis through “Garima” Scheme were discussed in the small group meetings held in different wards.

Additional commissioner Laxmikanta Sethi and Deputy Commissioner, Sanitation Suvendu Kumar Sahoo paid visit to different zones to observe the activities. Zonal Deputy Commissioners of each zone coordinated respective zone activities. The Mahotsav will continue till 3rd October 2021.