Swachhata Hi Seva drive kicks off in Vizag East with focus on cleanliness

Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu on Thursday launched the Swachhata Hi Seva-2026 campaign at Jagannadharaju Nagar (J.R. Nagar), calling upon residents to treat cleanliness as a social responsibility and participate actively in the campaign.

The month-long campaign will be conducted across the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) limits from September 17 to October 17. GVMC Additional Commissioner Palli Nallanayya said the campaign would focus on five areas – identifying and transforming cleanliness target units into clean public spaces; creating awareness among students and youth; ensuring the health, safety and dignity of sanitation workers; enhancing public participation; and promoting Reduce-Reuse-Recycle practices, including reduction of single-use plastic and reuse of waste.

Mr. Babu urged residents to keep their homes and surroundings clean and avoid indiscriminate dumping of waste.