New Delhi, May 6
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joined a cleanliness drive by offering ‘Shramdan (service)’ at the Hanuman Mandir complex in Connaught Place on Tuesday and said the message from this symbolic event was to encourage elected representatives, officials and RWAs to collectively make Delhi beautiful.
“A clean and green Delhi is the responsibility of all. We all have to hit the streets to join this 20-day cleanliness drive in the city,” she said.
She said the officials were expected to personally join the efforts and the citizens were expected to bring to the government's notice the presence of any garbage or filth.
Flanked by Vice Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council, Kuljeet Singh Chahal, the CM conducted a symbolic act of sweeping and collected waste in a dust collector.
Talking to mediapersons, she requested RWAs and organisations which hold public events to ensure that they keep the venue litter-free after the programme.
In a message on her official account on X, she wrote, “Today, I performed puja at the ancient Hanuman temple in Connaught Place and participated in the cleanliness drive organised by the NDMC. This event is an important step towards making our capital clean, beautiful and healthy. This campaign is dedicated to #SwachhBharatAbhiyan started by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodiji, which has awakened a new consciousness towards cleanliness across the country and transformed it into a mass movement.”