A 15-day special ‘Swachh Office Drive’ for ensuring cleanliness at all
Government offices across the country has been launched today as a
intensive thematic campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission. Launching the
drive here today, Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu
planted a Neem sapling at Nirman Bhawan and inspected the building for
about an hour for an on the spot assessment of sanitation.
The Minister visited different corridors of the building, individual
rooms, toilets, storage places, water tanks and solar panels on the
terrace of the building etc., and verified maintenance registers.
In a meeting with senior officials later, Shri Naidu has noted that
there has been considerable improvement towards ensuring cleanliness and
there is still scope for improvement. He has directed senior officials
of the Ministry and CPWD to ensure regular inspection by senior
officials to ensure total sanitation.
The Minister directed action to be taken for dumping waste material in one of the Electricity Distribution Boards.
Ahead of today’s launch of Swachh Office Drive, the Ministry of Urban
Development issued a Swachh Office Manual suggesting Standard Office
Procedures to all the central ministries and State Governments to ensure
sanitation. Norms suggested therein include ensuring water supply @ 45
litres per head per day, one toilet for every 25 persons, urinals to be
provided based on employee strength, removal of stains every week,
checking electrical fittings twice a week, acid cleaning and scrubbing
of toilets daily, schedule of inspections etc.
The Manual enables self-assessment framework for improving Swachh Office
Ratings, identification of gaps in sanitation infrastructure for
correctional interventions.
Source:-PIB
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