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Swachhta Walk and Cleanliness drives mark Swachhta Pakhwada at MCM
CHANDIGARH, 28 SEPTEMBER:
Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, organized different activities under the fortnightly event- Swachhta Pakhwada with the objective of contributing to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by promoting the cause of swachhta. The Department of Mass Communication of the college organized ‘Swachhta Walk’ wherein the students went around the campus clicking pictures of the lush green areas of the college. As part of the Swachhta Walk, the students of the Video Reporting add-on course also made a video of the green and picturesque areas of the campus. The idea behind the walk was to highlight the college’s commitment to maintaining sustainable surroundings and to sensitize the students to uphold the same. In another activity, cleanliness drives were undertaken in various labs of different departments of the college and in the hostel campus.
The drive aimed to sensitize students about and inculcate in them good lab practices. This special lab cleanliness drive was apart from the regular cleaning of the labs and focused primarily on segregation of waste, cleaning of shelves, floors, walls, ceiling, fans etc., cleaning and maintenance of lab instruments and labeling of cupboards and shelves for keeping glassware/chemicals/other relevant materials. Instructions for lab safety, SOPs and first aid measures were also shared with the students and lab staff. Informative posters about good lab practices were also displayed on this occasion. In the hostel cleanliness drive, students cleaned their rooms thoroughly and the best rooms were judged. The hostel libraries were also cleaned thoroughly under this drive.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava appreciated the efforts of the Swachhta Committee of the college in bringing about behavioral change towards cleanliness- a concept that has evolved into a wider phenomenon encompassing sustainable development and environment conservation. She shared that individual responsibility is of the essence in realizing the dream of a clean India and thus, each individual should voluntarily shoulder this responsibility.
