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CANACONA
Hundreds of students and citizens alike under various organisations took part in the mammoth cleanliness drive ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ mission of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan all over Canacona taluka on Tuesday.
While a few municipal wards held the cleanliness drive sans municipal officials, all the seven panchayats in the taluka, besides organising cleanliness drives, also held special Gram sabhas in their respective villages commemorating the Birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Team Goenkar, championing the cause to keep Canacona clean and Green held a special session in Poinguinim village initiated by Poinguinim panchayat at Shri Shradhanand School.
Lions Club of Canacona in a special gesture held the cleanliness drive with the special children of Lokvishwas Pratishthan’s School at Mokhard-Bhatpal, with the children leading the way. United Trust of Palolem took up the charge to clean areas neglected by municipal workers.
Councillors and citizens alike held cleanliness drives at Ponsulem ward, Bhagatwada, Patnem and sorroundings places. Shristhal panchayat under Village Development Committee organised awareness rally, rangoli and poster making competition for students and mahila groups to spread cleanliness awareness.
Garlanding Gandhi’s portrait, villagers with panchayat officials held cleanliness drive on village Streets of Loliem. Similarly, Sarpanch as and panchas of Agonda, Khola, Gaondongrim and Khotigao also marked the day with special cleanliness drives in their village areas.
