Gurugram
Residents have been urged to avoid littering public spaces and ensure proper segregation and disposal of household waste. During the launch programme, street theatre artists highlighted the importance of cleanliness and waste segregation through a performance. The chief minister and other participants also took a cleanliness pledge.
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Friday launched a 10-day cleanliness campaign to transform 21 garbage-vulnerable points (GVPs) across the city into clean public spaces, with Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini inspecting a cleaned-up site on Mehrauli Road on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Under the campaign, special sanitation drives will be conducted at 21 identified garbage-vulnerable points across Gurugram. The initiative carries the message: “10 Days – 21 Garbage Points – One Gurugram.
Officials said the objective was not merely to remove accumulated garbage but also to prevent the recurrence of open dumping at these locations.
The civic body aims to eliminate garbage accumulation at the identified locations and encourage residents to adopt responsible waste disposal practices. During his visit to the GVP-free site near DHBVN Colony on Mehrauli Road, Saini stressed that maintaining cleanliness cannot be the sole responsibility of government agencies and requires active participation from citizens. He identified government arrangements, modern technology and public participation as the three key pillars of an effective cleanliness drive, emphasising that the initiative must evolve into a sustained citizens’ movement rather than remain a one-time exercise.
The campaign, being conducted from October 2 to 11 under the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 initiative, is part of the state government’s Seva Sankalp Abhiyaan, which began on September 17.
The chief minister said that while the government was putting systems, resources and modern technology in place, residents must ensure that waste generated at their homes and institutions is segregated at source and handed over to authorised waste collection vehicles.
