Government officials celebrate every week on Swachh Saturday, cleaning the toilets. Hubli News – Times of India

Davangere: In order to encourage the hostel dwellers to keep the toilets and surroundings clean, the Assistant Director of Social Welfare Department has started the Swachh Abhiyan by cleaning the toilets and bathrooms in the hostels of post-matric and pre-matric hostels. . Department.
O Parameshwarappa is in-charge of 18 post-matric, eight pre-matric hostels and two PG hostels in Chitradurga taluk. He takes special interest in cleanliness on the occasions of Gandhi Jayanti, Independence Day, Republic Day among other government holidays.
He goes to the hostel alone without any notice, and starts cleaning the toilets and bathrooms. Every Saturday, he does the cleaning of the hostels and its surroundings, declaring the day as ‘Clean Saturday’. For the past two years, he has been motivating the hostelers to clean their bathrooms, toilets, beds, cribs, libraries and computers.
Parameshwarappa said, “Through these works I am getting joy and happiness.”
Parameshwarappa said, generally, there is a perception of the public that SC/ST hostels are not in good condition and they are neglected. Parameshwarappa said, “I want to dispel this notion by motivating the hostelers to do their own cleaning and make their hostels clean and green.” I am happy that some of the hostility is getting a positive response, Parameshwarappa said. State Safai Karamcharis Commission secretary R Rama, who is also a nodal officer for SC/ST hostels, said that Parameshwarappa has done a good job for the department and is trying to bring about reforms among the hostel inmates and co-staff. Huh. .
Mamta P, Deputy Director of Social Welfare said that Parameshwarappa is a hardworking officer and with the help of other employees cleans the hostel premises by removing weeds, planting saplings, watering them, giving them fertilizers.
Shekhar LM, warden of the Government Pre-Metric Hostel for Boys, said, “Parmeswarappa is responsible for creating a green environment in the hostel premises and I am proud to work under such an officer.”

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