‘Vrithi 2023,’ a sanitation campaign that seeks to make Ettumanur the first garbage-free Assembly segment in the State, will begin on October 1. The programme, to be led by the local bodies concerned, is slated to be implemented through various voluntary organisations; government departments, including the Kerala Police; Mahatma Gandhi University; and Government Medical College, Kottayam.
According to Cooperation Minister V.N. Vasavan, who represents the Assembly segment, preliminary works for implementing the project began on August 15. Committees are now being formed at the ward and cluster levels and orientation classes for the committee members have already begun.
The programme will begin with the removal of garbage in all waterbodies, followed by the cleaning of public roads the next day. This will be followed up with location-based sanitation drives over the next one month. Separate days have been set aside for cleaning up commercial establishments and government offices.
