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Indore Volunteers Maintain Cleanliness as 8,000 Sanitation Workers Observe Goga Navami Holiday

Volunteers from banks, NGOs, market associations, resident groups, NSS, NCC and BSF units replaced about 8,000 Safai Mitras to ensure seamless sanitation coverage

Overview

  • The Indore Municipal Corporation launched the “Hum Bhi Swachhagrahi” cleanliness drive at 7:30 am from Rajwada, flagged off by Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav and Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya
  • Approximately 8,000–8,500 Safai Mitras of the Valmiki community took their annual holiday for Goga Navami as citizens and officials stepped in across all wards
  • Participants ranged from residents’ associations and social organisations to banking institutions, market groups, NSS, NCC, BSF’s 15th Battalion and dedicated volunteer teams
  • City officials framed the campaign as both a tribute to sanitation workers and a demonstration of collective civic responsibility
  • Indore’s uninterrupted sanitation under the one-day drive reinforced its eight-year record as India’s cleanest city