Swachh Bharat: Opportunity to win 2 lakh rupees

Team Udayavani, May 25, 2018, 1:22 PM IST

Mangaluru: The government has decided to do Swachhata programme through the youth under the cooperation of Nehru Yuva Kendra of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Ministry of Drinking water and cleanliness with sponsorship from Swachh Bharat summer of Prime Minister Swaachhata programme.  

The programme began from May 1^st and will run till July 31^st at 1 hour per day for a total of 100 hours and members of the youth group merged under Nehru Yuva Kendra can participate in it. Participants must register themselves within June 15^th.

Classes will be conducted to sensitize rural people on cleanliness. Giving information on precautions from the point of view of the health, street plays to promote cleanliness habit, rally, cultural programme, educating people on the problems arising from not maintaining toilet hygiene, washing of hands, knowledge on hygiene and use of things to maintain the habit of hygiene, going door to door to spread information of hygiene, activities related to solid waste management, awareness activities on waste collection, separation facility and free clean environment, creation of care committee to stop open defecation in villages, construction of toilets and assisting in the construction of toilets and many other programmes will be conducted.  

The participants need to clock in 100 hours of conducting programmes from May 1^st to July 30^th and submit a daily detailed report on activities done every day with proof of photo, video and paper cuttings to sbsi.mygov.in.

For more information contact Nehru Yuva Kendra, Kandaya Bhavana and District commissioner’s office.

Prizes

A certificate of participation in Swachh Bharat summer sponsored programme will be given to participants who have done a good job. First prize of 30,000 rupees, second prize of 20,000 rupees and third prize of 10,000 rupees will be given on the district level. On the state level the first prize will be 50,000 rupees, second prize 30,000 rupees and third prize of 20,000 rupees. The national level first prize will be 2,00,000 rupees, second price 2,00,000 rupees and the third prize will be 50,000 rupees, informed Nehru Yuva Kendra district youth coordination officer.