Srinagar 02 Oct(KNB): Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Friday orgainsed Swachta Pledge ceremony on Gandhi Jayanti at Central office Karan Nagar.
The event was presided by Acting Mayor Mr Parvez Ahmed Qadri.
The Corporators including senior officers of Corporation including Secretary SMC Sofi Akbar, Health Officer SMC Qazi Javaid, Chief Sanitation officer Mudasir Banday , Chief Transport Officer Ghulam Rasool Dar and other officers participated in the event..
All the officers jointly took Swachta Pledge to keep city clean in presence of Mr Qadri …
Later Acting Mayor along with officers conducted market checking in Lal chowk, Karan Nagar, Jahangir Chowk, Batamaloo, Poloview, Maharaj Bazaar , Goni Khan , khanyar , Khayam to check hygiene of Food establishments and stressed upon shopkeepers to be committed towards cleanliness and to do away with the littering on roads and follow necessary COVID-19 SOP’s as well as guidelines of the Government.
He further urged shopkeepers to co-operate with the SMC field staff for up keeping of Sanitation in the Srinagar City.
Meanwhile Commissioner SMC Mr Gazanfar Ali on the occasion said that SMC has a major responsibility towards keeping city neat and clean and shall take every possible step to clean up the environment. But this this not possible without the cooperation and contribution of the society to achieve goal of cleanest city…
“We should not litter our city or the surroundings and neither should we allow any one else to litter around said Mr Gazanfar Ali”.
Our elders, youngsters and children should be educated and awareness programs be organised constantly regarding the significance of health and hygiene at community level, in neighbourhood, schools , colleges and universities as well.