CM launches ‘Sanitation Index’,other initiatives under Swachchata mission

Gandhinagar

Under the Mahatma Gandhi Swachchata Mission, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today launched several initiatives.

Gujarat Chief Minister today launched Vibrant Safai and Sanitation Index in a function at Gandhinagar.

“Citizen Clean”, a social media campaign launched by CM is a campaign that has been conceptualized and developed by the government and UNICEF Gujarat to population of social media platforms and reach out to the urban youth who can play a critical role in ensuring the success of this mission. Citizen clean has been launched on Facebook and twitter and would connect with the social media users

Through another initiative, ‘Vibrant Safai’ campaign, govt plans to reach out to one crore volunteers through schools, colleges, govt offices and local associations and cooperatives.

The government has developed a scientific method of monitoring through the ‘sanitation index’. This tool will be used by all government departments, institutions and offices across the state to assess, monitor and report on the improvement made on sanitation facilities within their premises.

The initiatives aim to garner widespread support on the issue of urban sanitation, MGSM has been implementing several outreach and mass media activities across the state, with special focus on the main cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.

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