The campaign envisages participation of community groups, educational institutions and corporates in a special sanitation campaign-cum-contest across the city on that day.
Now Delhiites can also do their bit in cleaning the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
The MCD, along with a voluntary organisation Let's Do It Delhi, today announced a "clean Delhi challenge" on September 11, envisaging participation of community groups, educational institutions and corporates in a special sanitation campaign-cum-contest across the city on that day.
Mayor Prithvi Raj Sawhney said the initiative will be open to all organisations, residents welfare associations, companies, colleges, NGOs and government departments. The workers of MCD will also be motivated to ensure "zero garbage" in the capital city, he told reporters.
Asked if announcing such a contest means MCD had admitted its "failure" in cleaning the city, with construction waste lying everywhere due to Games construction work, he said the MCD is doing its bit but no municipality can fully tackle problems of insanitation without citizen's cooperation.
Sawhney also asked MCD employees to "wake up" and "work harder" to clean the city.
All groups entering the contest will get a certificate from MCD and there will be special 'winners' certificates' for groups based on the volume of litter collected as well as how clean they have made an area, he said.
Let's Do It Delhi programme director Anita Bharghav gave the example of Estonia where 50,000 people cleaned the entire country, collecting 10,000 tonnes of garbage in five hours.
"We can also play our part in improving sanitation condition in the city. Everybody can join. Let's do it," she said.
The mayor said among those who already confirmed participation are ICICI, KPMG, Genpact, Jindals, LSR College students, Sanskriti School students, a group of civil servants in Ekta Vihar, Radisson Hotel and a group of occupants of New Friend's Colony community centre. A student from Sanskriti school and a member of IIM-Ahmedabad alumni also spoke.
Leader of the House Subhash Arya and MCD Standing
Committee chairman Yogender Chandolia said such campaigns
should focus on unauthorised colonies and urban villages where
the situation is worse than other parts of the city.
Facing a volley of questions on why such campaigns only focus on so-called "posh" areas while localities like Jamia Nagar are struggling with insanitary conditions and dengue outbreak, the mayor and Bharghav said it is an open-to-all contest and people can also opt for cleaning those areas.
For the September 11 challenge, the participants will have choose a location of at least half a sq km, get their own volunteers or hire cleaners while the litter collected will be lifted by MCD later. The winners will be chosen zone-wise in 12 MCD zones by a panel of judges. The citizens may contact info@letsdoitdelhi.org before September 5 to confirm their
participation, the mayor said.
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