Lyallpur Khalsa College organized 'Swachhta Hi Sewa’ Cleanliness Drive

 

Lyallpur Khalsa College NSS organized 'Swachhta Hi Sewa- Cleanliness drive under the directions of NSS Regional Directorate, New Delhi and office of Director,  Higher Education Dpt., Punjab. This campaign culminated with a cleanliness drive  in the college campus and surrounding area in collaboration with Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar and PG Dept. of History. Principal Dr. Jaspal Singh initiated the drive by motivating students and said that service to humanity and cleanliness is a very valuable tradition of our society and contribution of young volunteers in these campaigns is testimony of the fact that we are moving in the right direction. Then, volunteers cleaned the campus and collected plastic in bags. The campaign started from the college main gate and culminated under the flyover. The garbage was put in the municipality trolley. Gloves and sanitizers were duly used. Prof. Satpal Singh, Chief Program Officer informed that during this two week campaign, volunteers  made people aware of cleanliness through Nukkad Natak on Single Use Plastic Ban, Swachhta Pledge Rangoli and Painting. Moreover, volunteers visited the Material resource Facility Unit (MRF Jal. Cantt.) where they practically learned segregation of wet waste and the procedure of making rich NPK compost from kitchen waste.  In addition to this, volunteers cleaned the cemetery of adopted ward of Dakoha.  During this campaign, Dr. Suman Chopra, Dr. Karanbir Singh, PO Amandeep Kaur, PO Surbjit Singh and Mr. Saini, Ms. Saroj and Ms. Jyoti from MCJ played an important role.