Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 22: In order to give boost to the Swachh Bharat Mission, M Raju, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), today flagged off sanitation drive from A/D Block Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.
RS Jamwal, Joint Commissioner (A), Neeraj Gupta, Chief Accounts Officer, Dr Anita Salgotra, Health Officer, Sanitation Officer, Assistant Sanitation officer, sanitation staff and locals were also present during the drive.
The drive will be conducted in all the 71 wards within the limits of Jammu Municipal Corporation as per schedule.
During the drive thorough cleaning/desilting of the lanes/drains in all the wards will be done. Besides this, sprinkling of lime will also be a part of the drive. Additional men and machinery is also being deployed during these drives to get optimum result. The fogging in all these wards will also be done simultaneously.
The JMC Commissioner informed the public that Jammu Municipal Corporation has started online Jammu Swachh Opinion Poll and appealed them to participate in voting so that JMC gets the feedback. He said this will help JMC in improving the sanitation services wherever required.
Health Officer appealed the people to cooperate with Jammu Municipal Corporation to achieve the goal to make Jammu clean and green and dispose off their garbage at near collection point or garbage containers.