Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a series of awareness campaigns, targeting schools, hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) ahead of Swachh Survekshan-2024. This year, the focus is on actively involving school students in cleanliness activities, making them key participants in the city’s cleanliness efforts.
In an effort to enhance the cleanliness standards across the city, BMC has sent cleanliness guideline letters to different sectors including educational institutions. The letters are being distributed through District Education Office (DEO) outline key actions and responsibilities for schools, urging them to adopt best practices in maintaining hygiene and waste management.
On Wednesday, BMC held a meeting with market associations, hawkers, and Mandi traders where mayor Malti Rai spoke on importance of increasing citizen feedback to achieve ambitious target of 10 lakh feedbacks for Swachh Survekshan-2024. The city has already received more than one lakh feedbacks on the citizen feedback portal. Mayor Rai also laid stress on visible cleanliness across Bhopal to improve its rankings in the cleanliness survey.
Primary aim: Raising awareness
Additional municipal commissioner Devendra Singh Chauhan told Free Press that the primary aim this year was to create widespread awareness about cleanliness, particularly among students. Schools play a pivotal role in this mission and are instrumental in instilling hygiene habits among students from a young age, he added.
Recommendations for schools to ensure cleanliness
1. Formation of cleanliness committees: Each school is encouraged to form a cleanliness committee comprising two teachers, two parents, students and a cleaning supervisor. The committee will meet every month to review cleanliness standards and maintain a cleanliness register.
2. Waste management: Schools are advised to provide separate dustbins for wet and dry waste and implement effective waste disposal systems to promote proper waste segregation.
3. Hygiene in toilets: The BMC has rooted for clean, well-lit and adequately equipped toilets. It also mandates cleaning of septic tanks every three years and provision of sanitary napkins in girls’ toilets.
4. Environmental initiatives: Schools are encouraged to organize e-waste collection drives, set up compost units for dry leaves, and engage students in plog runs. Additionally, students will be encouraged to reduce, recycle, and reuse waste, with activities like painting and slogan competitions centered on garbage segregation and zero-waste living.
5. Zero waste events: The BMC insists that all events organised on school premises should be zero-waste, ensuring no single-use plastic.
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