‘Swachhata Hi Seva-2026’ campaign kicks off today in Vizag

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The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) will conduct the month-long ‘Swachhata Hi Seva–2026’ campaign, to begin on Thursday, GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg stated in a release on Wednesday.

The campaign will be launched at 9 a.m. on Thursday at G.R. Nagar Colony in the GVMC East Zone. Special cleanliness drives, sanitation activities and public awareness programmes will be held as part of the launch.

Mr. Garg said the campaign would follow five key pillars: cleanliness of target units and public places; participation of students and youth through ‘Swachh Pathshala–Yuva for Swachhata’; health, safety and welfare of sanitation workers through ‘SafaiMitra Suraksha Evam Samman Shivir’; public participation under ‘Jan Bhagidari for Swachhata’; and ‘Swachhata Se Samriddhi’, focusing on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and prevention of single-use plastics.

Activities will include cleanliness, awareness and beautification drives at public places, markets, residential colonies, tourist areas and water bodies. Door-to-door awareness, waste segregation and home composting will also be promoted.

A one-hour mass shramdaan will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on October 1 under the slogan ‘Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath’. ‘Swachh Bharat Diwas’ will be observed on October 2, coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

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