DLP Report
SWAT
A one-month special cleanliness campaign has been launched in Swat under the Saaf-o-Sarsabz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa initiative on the directives of the Chief Secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to Handout issued here on Monday an awareness walk led by Deputy Commissioner Swat Adnan Abrar and Chief Executive Officer WSSC Swat Babar Khan Tanoli was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Relevant officers of Water and Sanitation Services Company Swat and sanitary staff participated.
Speaking to media on the occasion, DC Adnan Abrar said the special cleanliness drive would continue for a whole month, during which special cleanliness operations would be carried out in all village and neighbourhood councils falling within the jurisdiction of WSSC Swat.
DC Seat said special attention would be paid to cleanliness of streets, roads, drains and public places to provide citizens with a clean and healthy environment.
Referring to the ongoing operation against encroachments, the deputy commissioner said the district administration was committed to complete elimination of permanent and temporary encroachments.
He said several people, including those on Fizagat Bypass and other highways of the district, were voluntarily removing encroachments, while remaining encroachments would be removed in accordance with law during the ongoing operation.
He said the joint objective of the anti-encroachment drive and the special cleanliness campaign was to widen public passages, keep roads clean, improve drainage and facilitate movement of citizens.
Adnan Abrar appealed to citizens and the business community to cooperate with the administration in maintaining cleanliness, disposing of garbage at proper places and voluntarily removing encroachments.
