“A campaign should be run with a better action plan for plastic free Uttarakhand, cleanliness and Fit India Movement. In this, special efforts should be made towards public awareness as well as public participation.”
DEHRADUN: These instructions were given by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to the officials during a virtual meeting from Uttarakhand Sadan in New Delhi on 30 January. He said that the Plastic Free Uttarakhand campaign should be run on a more extensive scale. Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is important for tourism and biodiversity along with its natural beauty. Everyone has to make collective efforts to conserve the environment and biodiversity. He said that schools, colleges, non-governmental institutions and business organizations should also be involved in making this campaign successful. Public participation is the most important for success of any campaign. He directed the officials to make arrangements for QR code on plastic bottles at other religious places and tourist places in the state like Kedarnath Dham. This will help a lot in plastic waste management.
Regarding cleanliness, CM Dhami directed the officials to make more effective efforts towards cleanliness to set high standards of cleanliness in the state and to give a healthy environment to the people. Door to door collection of garbage should be done 100 percent. People should be made more aware to keep wet and dry garbage separately. The cleanliness system should be strengthened further in urban and rural areas. He stated that to speed up work in the field of cleanliness in the state, a meeting would be held with them soon after the oath taking of the officials elected in the civic elections. He said that the work of legacy waste should be completed soon in all municipal corporations. He directed the officials to ensure that clean water goes into the Ganga river from the state. For this, special attention should be paid to cleanliness in the tributary rivers of the Ganga as well. In the Swachhta Survey, arrangements should be made to declare the standards of cleanliness in rural areas as well, like in the bodies. Along with this, instructions were given to pay special attention to cleanliness during the National Games as well.
While giving instructions to make the Fit India Movement more effective in the state, CM Dhami mentioned that yoga and exercise activities should be conducted daily in educational institutions. Work should be done more effectively on the state government’s plan of open gym at the Gram Panchayat level. Instructions have been given to run a campaign on a wide scale under “Fit India’. He stressed that regular awareness camps should be organized by the Health Department for a healthy Uttarakhand. Adequate arrangements should be ensured for health checkup of the people. He said that under the Fit India Movement, people should be motivated for a balanced diet in the state. Healthy diet and awareness camps should be organized. People will be made aware of the side effects of junk food. Local products of the state should be promoted. He said that an intensive campaign should be run across the state to stop adulteration and strict action should be taken against adulterators.
On this occasion, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Secretary Shailesh Bagoli, Nitesh Jha, Ravinath Raman, Chandresh Yadav, Vinay Shankar Pandey, Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar, Additional Secretary Vijay Jogdande, Director Urban Development Nitika Khandelwal, Additional Director Dr. Lalit Narayan Mishra were present.
