Dimapur, March 19 (EMN): The national convenor of Swachh Bharat, Yashwant Singh Darbar, who is also the national vice president of ST Morcha and director of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Ltd., Government of India (TRIFED), has inaugurated the state Swachh Bharat Office at NST Colony, Dimapur, on March 19.
Yashwant Singh Darbar was accompanied by Miss Veronica TK Savanai, convenor of the national social media committee and ST Morcha of Swachh Bharat, Manipur; Akshay Shah, NGOs forum representative. The office was inaugurated in the presence of PHED minister Jacob Zhimomi.
The dedicatory prayer was said by pastor Aba Khesoh of Faithway Church.
Following the inauguration, a meeting of the state office bearers, state frontals, district Swachh Bharat committees was held at Hotel Saramati.
The national convenor Yashwant Singh spoke at length of the Prime Minister’s determined efforts to keep the nation clean. He explained on the various efforts already undertaken nationwide and the programmes that are to be taken up to clean the country. He expressed happiness that party workers of the state are also very involved and striving a lot to achieve the goal of a clean country.
On his initiative, a pledge was taken by all the participants to clean one’s own surroundings atleast 6 hours a day daily and restraint oneself from littering as well as prevent others from doing so.
He has called upon all to be a part of clean India campaign and asked to participate in the mass cleanliness programme on March 20 from 6 am to 9 am at Dimapur Civil Hospital and the surroundings of Dimapur Commerce College.
