"Spirit of service": Delhi IT Minister praises 'Seva Pakhwada' initiative

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Delhi Information Technology (IT) Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh on Tuesday praised the Seva Pakhwada initiative launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for teaching them the “spirit of service”.

“The Seva Pakhwada has been started, so the party has decided that we will clean Delhi’s outer areas. The spirit of service has been taught to us by PM Modi. For a clean life, a pure life, and to keep Delhi clean, all our councillors and workers are cooperating in this work,” Singh told ANI.

He participated in a cleanliness drive at the Ring Road, Dhaula Kuan.

Amid the ongoing cleanliness drive, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh warned of action against those who indulge in pasting posters on public walls.

Speaking to ANI, Singh welcomed the announcement made by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta earlier in the day.

“The people of Delhi have been told to keep the walls of Delhi clean and well-maintained so that it looks clean. In that regard, the CM said that no one should put up their poster. If someone does put one up, action can also be taken against them. This is a good initiative and very necessary,” Singh said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Virendraa Sachdeva said that a cleanliness drive was carried out at 33 places across the national capital. He urged the citizens to keep the city clean.

“Under the cleanliness campaign, today we are making a small effort at 33 places along with all citizens of Delhi and our sanitation workers to make Delhi beautiful. It should be an integral part of all our lives; every citizen of Delhi should understand this. This is our Delhi, so let us all together keep it clean,” Sachdeva told ANI.

The cleanliness drive has been organised under the Sewa Pakhwada initiative.

Delhi Home and Education Minister Ashish Sood today participated in a cleanliness drive at Raja Garden, which was organised under the Sewa Pakhwada initiative and said that hundreds of people had volunteered for the same.

CM Rekha Gupta on Tuesday requested that people residing in the national capital refrain from defacing any property, including walls, through writing and pasting posters.

Speaking to reporters, CM Gupta appealed to politicians not to indulge in defacement by pasting posters, especially those featuring her photograph. She urged people to participate in the cleanliness drive and continue the same on other days as well.

“We are running a cleanliness drive on the ring road. Thousands of people have participated in the cleanliness drive. This must be continued. I request that all Delhiites refrain from writing on walls or pasting posters. I request all the politicians not to paste posters, at least not with my photo. Defacement will not be tolerated,” Gupta said.

“Cleanliness drive is a continuous process. We need to understand that this is our city and our nation. I can see that there are tobacco packs, water bottles, we throw away plates after a ‘bhandara’, and there are posters pasted everywhere. All of this is making our city dirty,” she added.

The Chief Minister’s remarks come as she participated in a cleanliness and tree plantation drive in the Shalimar Bagh area of Delhi. The cleanliness drive was organised under the ongoing Sewa Pakhwara.

Moreover, Gupta said that loudspeakers being used during Ramlila, Durga Puja, and other cultural-religious events in the national capital can now be used until midnight.

The chief minister said the time extension aims to allow Hindu festivals to continue without time restrictions, similar to celebrations in other states. (ANI)

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