CAMPAIGN CLEAN INDIA/CHANDIGARH

A state level Workshop was conducted by Chandigarh Administration as

an introduction to the Campaign Clean India, Chandigarh Chapter on 24th September

2012. On this day, Chandigarh Administration observed “Clean Chandigarh Day”

by successfully organising Cleanliness Drives at Plaza, Sec-17 and at Railway Station.

The Report of activities successfully carried out by Chandigarh

Administration has been documented as placed below.

Chandigarh Administration organized two major Cleanliness Drives along

with a State Level Seminar on 24th September, 2012 as per the schedule given

below:-

Date Programme Venue Time

24th

September

2012

Cleanliness Drive

Plaza, Sec-17 8:00 AM

Railway Station 9:30 AM

Seminar on Clean

India/Chandigarh

Campaign

Conference Hall of

UT Guest House,

Sec-6, Chandigarh

3:00 PM

CLEANLINESS DRIVE AT PLAZA, SEC-17

Approximately 300-400 participants from all the sections of the Society

including Government Officials, Business Promotion Council, Hotel and Restaurant

Association of Chandigarh, Schools, Colleges, Hotel Management Institutes, Police,

Municipal Corporation, etc gathered to take an oath to keep the City Clean. Secretary

Tourism, Chandigarh Administration apprised all about the “Campaign Clean India”

and then raised the Slogan “Chandigarh Ko saaf kaun karega – Hum karenge, Hum

Karenge”, “Chandigarh Ko saaf kaun rakhega – Hum rakhenge, Hum rakhenge”.

Chandigarh Tourism, Chandigarh Administration distributed T-Shirts specially

designed for Clean Chandigarh Campaign to all the participants. Then, all joined

hands in cleaning the venue actively for 2 hours. All the participants were served light

refreshments in the end.

CLEANLINESS DRIVE AT RAILWAY STATION

CHANDIGARH TOURISM in collaboration with CHANDIGARH HOSPITALITY

ASSOCIATION carried out a cleanliness awareness drive at the Chandigarh Railway

Station on 24th September 2012. The event started with cleaning of the railway

station in which, bills pasted on the station walls were removed, walls with tobacco

stains were washed, windows were cleaned, littering from the floor was cleared ,

excess growth of grass on the berms was raked and the general public was educated

on the benefits of a clean environment. After an extensive cleaning of the railway

station the passengers from the shatabdi express were greeted with thunderous

applause to welcome them to our city beautiful.

Secretary Tourism, Chandigarh Administration also participated with a lot

of vigor in welcoming the passengers. The drive was very successful and was very

well attended by approximately 75 participants from Chandigarh Administration,

Chandigarh Hotel Association, Railway Staff, Students from Chandigarh institute of

hotel management, etc.

Chandigarh Tourism, Chandigarh Administration distributed T-Shirts

specially designed for Clean Chandigarh Campaign to all the participants. All the

participants were served light refreshments in the end.

SEMINAR ON CLEAN CHANDIGARH

Worthy Adviser to the Administrator, UT Chandigarh inaugurated the

Seminar by lighting the lamp. Dignitaries from Chandigarh Administration including

Commissioner, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Secretary Tourism, Chandigarh

Administration, SP, CITY, Director Tourism, Chandigarh Administration along with

other esteemed guests from Hotel Management Institutes, Hotel and Restaurant

Associations, Schools, Colleges, Municipal Corporation, NGOS, Corporate etc, were

present.

The Secretary Tourism welcomed all the participants present and

apprised them about the successful Cleanliness Drives that were organized at two

very important destinations in Chandigarh, that is, sector 17 Plaza and Railway

Station and also said that the importance of cleanliness cannot be overemphasized.

The Director Tourism gave a presentation (Click to see presentation) to

highlight the key aspects on the Scheme of Clean Chandigarh Campaign, rolled out in

consultation with Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India which Chandigarh Administration

plans to launch/implement in the days to come.

Then, the following Speakers highlighted various facets of Cleanliness with

their Presentations/Speeches:

“LET US SAVE THE SELF FROM SELF INFLICTED POLLUTION”

Presentation by Dr. R.K. Kohli, Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab

University on behalf of Director Environment, U.T.

Click to see Presentation

Key Points:

Present day concerns and their Solutions

Living in the age of chemicals

New Products are added daily in our lives (food, medicines, cosmetics, foot-

wears)

Primary concern – (cancer, birth defects, gastric problem, asthma, kidney and

nervous disorder etc.)

Work Place Hazards

Radiation Hazards

”NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM POLICE IN CHANDIGARH”

Presentation by Mr. Desh Raj, SP, City. UT, Chandigarh.

Click to see Presentation

Key Points:

Need of Tourist Police: was first suggested after certain untoward incidents

took place involving foreign nationals, especially in Goa. The recent terror

attack in Mumbai has hastened the need for a separate security cover to instill

confidence in the tourists in India.

Training & Education to Tourist Police: Proper training is being imparted to

30 more ORs at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42,

Chandigarh in order to strengthen the Tourist Police Unit

WHAT CAN THEY HELP TOURISTS WITH?

Guide the tourist about the location of tourist places, distance and

available transport to reach desired destination.

Help tourist in procuring tickets for museums, resorts, transports,

movies and also to protect them from touts and black marketers.

Ensure that no peddlers, jewelers, shopkeepers, touts, cheats and

beggars etc. harass them.

Sweeping Change “Swachh Rahenge, Swasth Rahenge”

Presentation by Dr. Paramjyoti, Medical Officer on behalf of Director Health

Services.

Click to see Presentation

Key Points:

Identifying our problems:

Large production & poor disposal of :

a) garbage/wastes

b) Contaminated water

c) Polluted air/smoke

Lack of personal hygiene

Lack of food hygiene

Lack of toilet hygiene

Lack of awareness in community

What can we do? Reduce the amount of garbage produced

Cut-down the use of poly bags to negligible

Throw garbage in covered bins not in open grounds/parks.

Weed grassy lawns/parks regularly.

Use filters/boiled water in cases of highly polluted ground

water.

Encourage car pool facilities/public transport along with

proper cycling tracks.

Stricter ban on smoking

Using unleaded petrol

“AWARENESS OF CLEANLINESS +...”

Presentation by Mr. Ankit Gupta, Secretary, Chandigarh Hospitality

Association.

Click to see Presentation

Key Points:

Expectations vis a vis cleanliness of a Hospitality Guest

Role of a Hospitality Professional

“MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE”

Presentation by Mr. K.R. Chirwatkar on behalf of Commissioner, Municipal

Corporation.

Key Points:

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh manages Solid Waste in 56 Sectors, 41

urban slums/colonies / M.C. villages apart from erstwhile N.A.C.

Manimajra.

Approximately 350 tonnes of Municipal Solid waste is generated per day

in the city and the same is handled and collected door to door by the

cycle rickshaw carts managed by the Sector Welfare Associations/

N.G.Os. / individuals and thereafter the door to door collectors do the

sorting and store the garbage in the garbage containers at the Sehaj

Safai Kendras with the help of their own cycle rickshaw carts. There are

30 Sehaj Safai Kendras and other earmarked locations in the city.

To mobilize the public participation, Information, Education and

Communication (I.E.C.) Activities by way of Sanitation Campaigns,

lectures in schools/ colleges and public address through mega phone are

prominently provided to the residents for methodology of Management of

Municipal Solid Waste to avoid littering and keeping their surroundings

neat and clean to maintain the status of Clean Chandigarh.

The Garbage is transported through vehicles i.e. Mechanical

Transportation by deploying Refuse Collector Compactors, fast moving

dumper placers and tractor carrier sets to the Garbage Processing Plant

for its processing into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) pellets.

However, the plant is in the stabilization mode and the remaining

garbage and inerts produced by the Garbage Processing Plant is being

dumped in the notified Dumping Site and is treated with the Effective

Micro Organism & Micro Nutrients Solution thereby sanitizing and making

the garbage odourless before the same is treated with the earth layer at

the Dumping Site and later on dumping site is converted into Green Belt.

FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION:

The approach of Chandigarh Administration will be to elicit the

support of the Society and spread the awareness about the importance of Cleanliness

and Hygiene. The Chandigarh Tourism, Chandigarh Administration is bringing

out newspaper advertisement in the days to come and shall start the

implementation as per the guidelines provided by MoT, GOI collectively with the

NGOs, schools, Police Dept., other Departments, etc. The Seminar ended with the

following suggestions from Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh:

Such Cleanliness drives should be a regular feature in Chandigarh.

NGOs should adopt various gardens and other Tourist Places of Chandigarh and

ensure cleanliness therein.

A survey to identify locations for scheme implementation should be carried out.

Municipal Corporation and Hospitality Associations should also be approached to

join hands in full swing.

The Campaign should also be carried out in Slums.

An oath/pledge to be taken by students daily after prayer to keep their

school/home/neighbourhood and environment Clean.

Inter-Schools debates and group discussions may be organised from time to

time.

We may declare 24th September as Clean Chandigarh Day

Schools may hold cleanliness and tree plantation drives at various Tourist Places.

Chandigarh Administration will shortly come up with the advertisement in

newspapers in accordance with the guidelines provided by Ministry of Tourism,

Government of India, inviting Expression of Interest in the form of applications from

1) Interested Schools that are recognized, of +2 level of school education and

having at least four sections, or 100 students each for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th

standards. The selected schools will be expected to shoulder the following

responsibilities:

I. Sensitization of the students to the desirability of keeping

their ambience clean and the importance of one’s history,

traditions and history.

II. The school will send a group of students to the adopted

destination at regular intervals and at least once in a

fortnight.

III. The students’ visit will have four-fold purpose: in-depth

learning about the site, supervision of cleanliness and

hygiene at the destination and in its periphery within

permissible limits, offer Shramdan and excursion.

IV. The school will duly and formally take into confidence the

authorities responsible for the site before embarking upon

the project.

V. The school will set up a tourism/heritage club under its

overall authority to give the project an institutional basis.

VI. The school concerned will document the effort on the project

including its impact.

2) Interested NGOs (registered societies, trusts and clubs of repute) that are

registered as a society or a trust for at least three years actively involved for at

least three years in one or more of such work as promoting community

hygiene, cleanliness, sanitation and health; management of solid waste; slum

development; social mobilization and interpretation; capacity building and

training; tourism product development; and any other work relevant to the

cause of cleanliness in the country. The applicant NGO should be operative, at

least for a period of three years, in the vicinity of the destinations it wishes to

adopt (within a radius of 100 kms). The selected NGOs will be expected to

shoulder the following responsibilities:

i. Enlisting the support of the local community specific to a

destination.

ii. Conduct of 2 one-day workshops during the relevant year

(year of adoption) to sensitize the local community as also

the other stakeholders including the site managers,

representatives of the district authority, Municipality /

Panchayat and the State Tourism Department;

iii. Conduct of one day training workshop for actual volunteers.

iv. The NGO will send a group of volunteers to the adopted

destination at regular intervals and at least once in a

fortnight;

v. The volunteers’ visit will have three fold purpose: In-depth

learning about the destination, supervision of cleanliness and

hygiene at the destination and in its periphery within

permissible limits, and offer Shramdan.

vi. The NGO will duly and formally take into confidence the

authorities responsible for the site before embarking upon

the project.

vii. The NGO will document the effort on the project including its

impact.