Month-long cleanliness drive ahead of Independence Day
It includes cleanliness and beautification drives, cultural programmes, and community outreach. Activities will span schools, markets, religious places, colonies, and government buildings. Departments have been assigned specific roles to ensure coordinated efforts during the drive.
The Health Department will lead sanitation drives in crowded locations such as JJ clusters and temples while Civil Engineering Department will oversee cleaning of lakes, pavement repairs, and beautification of monuments and flyovers.
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