Postal Deptt celebrates cleanliness fortnight to create hygienic atmosphere
Cleanliness is not a task but a good habit to fulfill the ‘Clean India Mission’ : Paul
Ferozepur, November 29, 2020: In a follow to the national cleanliness drive flagged by Prime Minister, the Department of Post Offices –RMS Section - is celebrating cleanliness fortnight from November 16 to 30, under the Swachh Bharat Mission, started in April 2016 with the objective of bringing intense focus to create hygienic atmosphere.
During this fortnight, the entire complex and surroundings were cleaned by the staff itself to give a message to the people about the need to maintain cleanliness.
Speaking on the occasion, P.C Paul Senior Superintendent RMS, said, the celebration of cleanliness fortnight should not be confined to cleaning dirt but also maintaining cleanliness on a regular basis. Adding he said, we will continue this cleanliness drive to keep the environment hygienic as COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated the importance of cleanliness in society and celebration of fortnight is a step towards that direction. Gandhi Ji too had promoted the idea of self-reliance and envisioned a nation that woke up to clean surroundings.
He informed that various activities have been carried out daily during this fortnight like cleaning of the entire campus, dusting of whole record, disposing off the discarded items.
Giving a message on this fortnight celebrations that cleanliness is not a task but a good habit to fulfill the ‘Clean India Mission’, he said, we should say no to plastic envelopes also and share such messages on the various social media platforms. Masks were also distributed to the people and visitors to the post office as a precaution of medical protocols for COVID-19.
On this occasion the employees of the department Rohit Chawla, Satnam Singh, Dushyant Kumar, Gurvariam Singh, Zion Singh, Rakesh Verma, Balwinder Kaur, Inderjit Singh, Chamkaur Singh, Rohit Kumar, Suman, Kamla and Sonu Kumar were also present who extended their full support to the make the cleanliness fortnight a successful mission.