DC 'Clean drive' contest: Pick up the broom, contribute to a cleaner India
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The idea was to follow in the footsteps of the father of the nation, in keeping a clean mind and soul along with a clean and healthy environment.
Often we complain about the dirt on our roads, the garbage littered on street corners, and other sights and smells that remind us of how we are living in a dirty environment.
Seldom do we take intiatives to clear the filth around us. It is not impossible, we can take matters in our own hand. Take a broom, a shovel, a dustbin and start an attack against an unclean, unhealthy environment.
Recently, the PM praised the media for spreading awareness about his “Clean India” campaign, he said that the media has turned its “pen into broom” and this has become a driving force behind the campaign.
At Deccan Chronicle we are organising the 'Clean Drive' contest. A contest that is aimed at keeping our environment clean.
How to enter the contest?
* Send us ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures of the place that your group has cleaned, a brief description, details of the spot like street number, nearest landmark, and details of one contact person
* Pictures can be sent in .jpg, .pdf or .doc formats, details in .doc or .pdf files
* Mail to cleansweep@deccanmail.com, info@deccanmail.com or editor@deccanmail.com. use ‘Clean Drive’ in the subject box
* Our snail mail address is: The Editor, Deccan Chronicle, 36 SD Road, Secunderabad-500 003.
Who can join in?
Just about everyone. A family, a group of residents in a colony, a bunch of friends, private companies, schools, offices. In fact, all the people who are willing to get their hands dirty for a clean city.
What can you do?
* Clean up! Practically every corner of the city is crying for attention. It could be a park with dense shrubs. A roadside littered with trash. Footpath and road covered with building debris. People dumping trash on the roadside.
* Form a group. Or by yourself, clean the place and put in a mechanism to ensure that it is not trashed again.
* Remember: We are looking for public places to be cleaned. Not residential or school compounds or individual floors in apartments.
Evaluation
Teams from Deccan Chronicle will visit the area cleaned up by every applicants and evaluate the work. In this we will be guided by professionals in civic affairs. The winners will be decided by a panel of distinguished persons.
Celebrating your efforts
On the second and fourth Mondays of every month during the course of the contest, DC will publish some top performers in the preceding fortnight.
Is there a prize?
Yes. It is a surprise.
But, remember. The bigger prize will be a cleaner city for all of us. And a cleaner nation.
Important:
DC’s evaluation teams will make surprise visits, without intimation to the participants. Also, the teams will not visit the same day, so it is important that participants must ensure that the area remains clean.
