A CLEANER INDIA THROUGH 'SHRAMDAAN'

In a classic example of community initiatives,  people across 140 cities in the country  partcipad in the pan-India organized 'shramdaan' event on Sunday , with the aim of cleaning their surroundings on their own .  

The event was initiated by Nagaland girl , Temsutula Imsong on the National girl child day which was on Sunday .

While members of the team Mission Prabhu Ghat carried out extensive cleanliness drives at Bharat Mata Mandir, Rani Lakshmibai's memorial and selected ghats along the Ganga, people from different cities from across India took to social media platforms to share the cleanliness work carried out in their areas on Thursday.

Imsong said," The response has been overwhelming . Though only selected cities participated in the first two events which were held in November and December, this time the participation was encouraging." Imsong had started off with Mission Prabhu Ghat in March 2015, as a part of which,  young volunteers carried out massive cleanliness drives at Prabhu Ghat situated along river . Prime Minister had tweeted about Shramdaan in Noverber terming it as a ' very good effort '. " We had first started this citizen's initiative in November wherein group of individuals from about 10 cities collaborated with us through surroundings. PM's message  was a huge encouragement for us and got us more participation in December", said Imsong.
On Thursday large numbers of youth cleaned the Bharat Mata Mandir. " The entire place was littered with dry leaves, empty bottles, empty wrappers. We have spent about five hours to clean the area," said Darshana and Nanda.  They further cleaned the Rani Lakshmibai memorial in Bhadaini , thus paying a perfrct tribute on National Girl Child Day, said Anurag. A cleanliness drive was also carried out at Assi Ghat and Babua Pandey Ghat in the evening. 

#Shramdaan emerged as a trending topic across the cities of India on Twitter.

More of such efforts and the dream of a 'Clean India ' shall become true in the near future ! We appreciate the dedication and the hard work put forward by the people who participated in the event .