MahaSafai in Sabarkantha may set Guinness world record

Himmatnagar, DeshGujarat

Approximately 0.6 million people from across the Sabarkantha district in Gujarat will take pledge to maintain hygiene and cleanliness at 1,890 locations, and set a new Guinness World Record.

The district administration wishes to set an example on 23 December 2014 by holding massive mahasafai campaign.

At Growmore Vidyasankul, Himmatnagar, a Mahasafai Campaign for the district started today in the morning in presence of popular actors of Hindi comedy serial Taarak Mehta ka Oolta Chashma – Bagha, Baavri and Abdul.

Prabhari Minister of Sabarkantha Shri Rajnibhai Patel kicked off the campaign from Himmatnagar and Cabinet Minister Mr Ramanlal Vora from Idar. Pledge programmes are taking place at 1,202 primary schools, 227 secondary schools, 30 colleges, 218 banks, 58 GIDC, 58 other Government offices as part of this campaign, in attempt to setup a new Guinness World Record.

The pledge campaign intends to mobilize mass opinion towards making Sabarkantha clean and create an environment for cleanliness and sanitation in the District.

District Administration has made elaborate arrangements for pledge forms to be signed by pledge takers across 1,890 locations. Around 7,12,750 pledges are distributed to all 8 talukas of Sabarkantha District. These pledges are to be signed with oral oath to donate two hours per week for cleanliness campaign in Sabarkantha. The pledges will be taken in groups of 50 people and the process will be photographed and video graphed, as evidences are to be submitted to Guinness World Records agency.

A special android mobile app has also been developed to upload photos for each pledge which will be displayed in public website www.pledgeforindia.com. The clean Sabarkantha mobile app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

In related initiative, Mahatma Gandhi Swachhata Brigade was launched today to give respect, identity and a sense of satisfaction to those involved in cleanliness.

For the first time, all Safai Kamdaar will have a dress code. They are have been given a kit which includes gloves, soap, Dettol, nail cutter etc. which will enhance recognition of the value that they contribute to the important task of sanitation and cleanliness.

Institutions such as Sabar Dairy and Sabarkantha District Co-operative Bank have partnered in a big way in this campaign. Sabarkantha District Co-operative Bank is going to release around 70,000 Calendars on the theme of ”Swachh Sabarkantha Campaign”. The calendar has also been released today by Prabhari Minister of Sabarkantha District Shri Rajnibhai Patel.

A special path for sanitation has been designed to generate awareness and engagement.

District Collector Shri Banchhanidhi Pani and DDO Shri Naga Rajan M held a meeting with all the members of civil society for massive participation in cleanliness campaign on 15th December, 2014.

APMCs are directly partnering for these IEC activities in the district.

The entire pledge taking drive is to be monitored at every location by location incharge. Apart from that, auditors of Ambalal Firm are engaged for the overall counting and random checking of the process.

Indian Institute Public Health, Gandhinagar has become third Party independent witness and an institution to oversee the entire pledge taking and cleanliness drive.

Every taluka has been given a code and in turn every location is given a code for proper monitoring and supervision process. A checklist has also been prepared for evaluation of cleanliness for indexing of different areas as per cleanliness index.

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