Odisha: Nuapada district admin conducts India’s largest mega cleanliness drive, plants over 1 lakh saplings

Nuapada, July 2: Nuapada District Administration recently organized India’s largest Mega Cleanliness Drive, successfully executing over 3,170 simultaneous cleanliness and plantation initiatives across educational institutions, government offices, and private establishments, an official statement revealed.

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This initiative follows Nuapada's achievement of being the first district in Odisha and the sixth in India to be declared Single-Use Plastic (SUP) free.

Held on Monday morning, the district-level event aimed to achieve the targets set under the month-long SUP-Free campaign. According to officials, the massive drive reached nearly all villages and wards across the district, with substantial participation from government employees, volunteers, and local residents.

Under the leadership of Collector Madhusudan Dash, Chief Development Officer Lambodhar Dharua, Additional District Magistrate Subash Ch. Raita, and District Legal Services Authority Secretary Navaneeta Dash, the district successfully cleaned over 3,000 garbage vulnerable points (GVPs) in a single day.

The operation also saw the collection of approximately 30 tonnes of plastic waste and the planting of over 1,00,000 saplings as part of the district's green initiative.

In addition to the cleanliness drive, raids were carried out by the three notified area councils (NACs) in the district at shops and business establishments to seize banned single-use plastic items, further enforcing the district’s commitment to a plastic-free environment.