Indian Oil, GAIL and others pledge support to Swachh Bharat mission

 

NEW DELHI: India Inc pledged its support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission, which aims to create a cleaner India by 2019. PepsiCo India chairman and chief executive officer D Shivakumar said a cleaner India will lead to multi-level improvement in the country's health and wellness. "But for this big goal to be a reality, we need an attitudinal shift to change deep rooted habits and cleanliness practices," he pointed out.

 

Some PSU and hotel firms, too, have pledged to build toilets. Oil and coal PSUs will together build one lakh toilets in schools across the country in a year. Coal India will build 400 toilets while NTPC will build 240.

 

 GAIL Chairman  Shri BC Tripathi said the PSU is committed to improve hygienic sanitation facilities for girls at schools as a responsible corporate citizen of the country. "The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan will leave a positive impact on public health in the long run. Accordingly,  ..GAIL (India) CMD BC Tripathi said, the company also launched renovation work of toilets at a school near the GAIL Gas Processing Plant at Gandhar in Orissa diary.

 

Several companies have already started using the social media space to spread the message of a clean India. "Dear literate Indian, stop littering India. Use dustbins, join the Clean India Campaign," said a Facebook post by DLF Promenade in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area. "We are tying up with schools and roping in children to spread awareness and influence the shoppers' mind when they come to the malls," said Neha Lidder, who handles marketing for DLF Malls in Vasant Kunj.   ECONOMIC TIMES