Chandigarh (The Stellar News): Now, children will learn good practices on keeping the city clean, through a novel colouring book ‘Swachhata Ke Rang.’ In a bid to create awareness about ‘Mission Swachh Chandigarh’ among children, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has released a colouring book on cleanliness. Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today formally released the 20 page colouring book ‘Swachhata Ke Rang’ in the presence of Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. S.S. Gill, Secretary Education and other officers of Chandigarh Administration.
While elaborating about the coloring book, the Adviser said that the ‘Swachhta Ke Rang’ book depicts cartoons with a message pertaining to solid waste management and general cleanliness alongwith segregation of waste at source. He said that the youth and students are one of the biggest change agents for any social transformation and the colouring book would aim to engage with them in an innovative manner and spread the message of cleanliness. The colouring book is meant to inspire children to take steps and create a long-lasting impact on the cleanliness of their homes, schools, neighbourhoods and eventually their City. He said that this initiative will push the Mission Swachh Chandigarh one step further towards making Swachh Bharat a ‘janandolan’. The Adviser asked the Secretary, Education, Chandigarh to chalk out policy to introduce this book in the school syllabus to engage children in the Swachh Bharat Mission in a different way. He said that participation of every segment of society is necessary to make the cleanliness mission a success and releasing colouring books are efforts to engage youth and children towards the mission.
The description of cartoons has been designed to educate the school kids about every aspect of Swachh Bharat Mission including attractive tag lines i.e. ‘Do your Bit, do not Spit’, ‘Make your planet fantastic, stop the use of plastic’, ‘Live life cleaner, make earth greener’, ‘Don’t be mean, keep your city clean’, ‘If you want the roads to glitter, do not litter’, ‘Do not urinate on the wall, use the washroom stall’, ‘Water a priceless treasure, save it with pleasure’, ‘There is no pride in defecating outside’, ‘For a city up to date, Separate the Waste’, ‘Paper, Plastic & Cardboard are dry waste’, ‘Vegetable peels, used tea, fruits & food that is left is wet’ and ‘Batteries, paint and glass; all are a hazard’ etc. The Adviser said that this initiative of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh will push the Mission Swachh Chandigarh one step further towards making Swachh Bharat a jan andolan, and will be the Clean Revolution to educate school children about the conceptualization of the campaign.
