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ITANAGAR, 14 Sep:<\/strong> Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tamme Phassang sought community participation to keep the city clean.<\/p>\n “The IMC alone cannot keep the city clean; but if we all join hands, we can definitely bring about a visible change in our surroundings,”<\/p>\n Phassang said during a cleanliness drive organised as part of the Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) campaign at Ward 1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n He said that similar drives will be organised in every ward until 2 October.<\/p>\n Phassang highlighted the importance of jan bhagidaari (public participation) in achieving a cleaner and healthier environment.<\/p>\n “This collective effort underscores how unity and community involvement can result in a significant positive impact. Through this, we are fostering a sense of ownership in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene,” he said.<\/p>\n He urged the citizens to dedicate at least two hours a week to community cleanliness activities.<\/p>\n IMC Commissioner Techu Aran and Ward 1 Corporator Lokam Anand also participated in the cleaning drive.<\/p>\n In Yingkiong, the nationwide SHS campaign under the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched by Upper Siang Deputy Commissioner Hage Lailang on Saturday.<\/p>\n The campaign will run for a fortnight, starting 14 September, and conclude on 2 October.<\/p>\n The campaign is observed annually since its inception in 2014 on Gandhi Jayanti, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n The main themes of the SHS campaign this year are swachhata ki bhaagidari (public participation, awareness and advocacy), sampoorna swachhata (total cleanliness) and safai mitra suraksha shivir(safai mitra security camp).<\/p>\n SBM brand ambassador Tadum Libang, Yingkiong UD&H EE Ramu Welly, government officials, public leaders, members of various SHGs and NGOs, students, and members of the business community attended the launch programme. (With DIPRO input)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 14 Sep: Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tamme Phassang sought community participation to keep the city clean. “The IMC alone cannot keep the city clean; but if we all join hands, we can definitely bring about a visible change in our surroundings,” Phassang said during a cleanliness drive organised as part of the Swachhata […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}