Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology formally today announced the campaign of ‘Swatchh Bharat in the Ministry of Science and Technology here in New Delhi. He participated in the cleanliness drive and reviewed the action plan for the entire month. Addressing the Scientists/Officers/Staff the Minister emphasized the need for cleanliness which would play a major role in bringing about major attitudinal change in one and all towards swatchhata. He exhorted all the employees of DST to devote 2 hours a week/100 hours in a year as Shramdan to the nation for achieving Swatchhata Mission as envisaged by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, towards creating a “Swatchh Bharat” that was the dream of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The Swatchh Bharat Mission in Ministry of Science and Technology has commenced from 25th September, 2014 through conducting a cleanliness drive of the office premises/Offices/ toilets, disposing unserviceable items (e-watse/normal/malwa/debris etc.) from office campus to designated locations in which the Scientists, Officers and Officials of all levels are participating. Under the Mission, a dedicated team including senior officers has been detailed for supervising cleanliness drive and since 25th September, 2014 till date, sizeable quantum of waste including e-waste has been disposed off and effort is on to clean the entire premises of any kind of waste material. Appreciating the efforts under the cleanliness drive so far, the Hon’ble Minister appealed to everybody to sustain the efforts to deliver a Swatchh Bharat which is visible to all in the next five years.