Swachhta Campaign| Over Rs. 254 Crore earned from scrap disposal

Over Rs. 254 crores has been earned by the Centre so far from the disposal of scrap, including scrap disposal, during a short period of three weeks of the ongoing Special Swachhta campaign 2.0. Additionally, 37.19 lakh square feet of space have been cleared, which was earlier occupied by junk and scrap.

This was stated by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh during a media interaction to update about the status and progress of Special Swachhta campaign 2.0 which was launched on 2nd October and will conclude on 31st October.

The Minister also informed that 40 lac files were reviewed, 3,05,268 Public Grievances Redressed, 5416 MP’s references replied and 588 Rules eased during the said timeline.

The Special Campaign 2.0 has been implemented in remote outstation offices, foreign missions, and posts, and attached and subordinate offices, besides citizen-centric swachhta initiatives. The Campaign was holistic in size and scale and witnessed widespread participation from thousands of officials and citizens who came together to create a movement for Swachhta in Government Offices.

In 3 weeks, the Department of Posts has conducted the cleanliness campaign in 17,767 Post Offices, the Ministry of Railways has conducted in 7,028 Railway Stations, the Department of Pharmaceuticals in 5,974 campaign sites, the Department of Defence in 4,578 campaign sites and the Ministry of Home Affairs in 4,896 campaign sites.

Secretary, I&B Shri Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARE, Dr Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, Posts, Shri Vineet Pandey, Principal DG, PIB, Shri Satyendra Prakash, CEO, Prasar Bharati, Shri Mayank Aggarwal also shared their thoughts on the occasion.

From October 2 to 25, the campaign was undertaken at 68363 sites, over 40.52 lac files were reviewed, and 3,20,152 public grievances and appeals were redressed. The campaign earned Rs. 254.21 crores in revenue and freed 37.19 lac sq feet of space.

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