Bunge India & Bharat Vikas Parishad Moradabad launches Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Jasbir Kapoor/ royalpatiala.in/ Rajpura
Taking ahead the legacy and responding to the Nation’s call , Bunge India & Bharat Vikas Parishad Moradabad (Maîtri chapter) carried out massive cleanliness drive at Budh Bazar and Katra kiryana market areas. The initiative was organized under the aegis of Bharat Vikas Parishad and was wholeheartedly supported by Bunge India, manufacturers of Gagan Refined Oils and Gagan Vanaspati Ghee.
The cleanliness drive under the banner, ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan’ began at 8:00am after gathering at Town Hall, as enthusiastic group members hand-picked waste, bottles, plastic, pieces of broken glass etc to clear the area. The group included Upendra Ojha (General Manager) Bunge India, Vinod Awasthi (Area Sales Manager) & sales team members across Uttar Pradesh & Uttranchal of Bunge India, Anush from M/s Vignesh Traders Distributors for Bunge India here at Moradabad & members of the of Bharat Vikas Parishad including Senior functionaries Gaurav Agarwal (President), Piyush Gupta (Gen Secretary) & Ashish Bansal (Treasurer). The local shopkeepers also enthusiastically participated in this campaign which lasted for about two hours and vowed to keep their respective areas clean.
Speaking on the occasion Upendra Ojha, General Manager Bunge India, said that the company has been organizing such initiatives under its CSR program and Grain Market / Wholesale Market areas have already been covered at places in States of Punjab Haryana like Chandigarh, Patiala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Bathinda , Nawanshar, Karnal, Sonipat, Hisar, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Ambala City & Ambala Cantt. He added that now we have started the activity in UP and in future Bunge India will continue to associate with various market associations in the cities to do similar activities. He added that the Clean India campaign is inspired by our patriotism & everyone should ensure to participate, if each of us in our own conduct, include hygiene, then only a city, but also the district, state, country will be easy to clean.
More than 50 people participated in the drive. Members of the association took the pledge to keep Market area clean and green, more than 20 carts of garbage were disposed off. It was decided to carry out sanitation surveys from time to time. A Panel Discussion on Environment and Swachhata March / Rally and a plethora of co-curricular activities were organized to mark the occasion. Many key decisions were taken to keep this mission going in order to give market a complete clean look and make it a habit.
