Ministry of Defence will mobilise 50 lakh people from its own ranks and the local communities to participate in plogging throughout the country on Saturday as part of the activities of Swachhta Pakhwada.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the Swachhta Day event, being organised at Delhi Cantt. The aim of this Pakhwada is to raise awareness among the community, collect plastic waste and make the surroundings plastic-free.
The Ministry said, all the three services of the Ministry of Defence, Indian Coast Guard and other organisations will participate in this campaign.
Swachh Bharat Mission is one of the flagship programmes of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the country on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi in 2014 to realise his dream of Clean India.
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