SANGUEM: Come March 1 and the village panchayat of Uguem shall be undertaking a total cleanliness drive in the village, said Sarpanch Sanjay Parwar.
The cleanliness drive is set to be undertaken in view of the recent direction by the Director of Panchayat to keep the panchayat areas clean and free from garbage.
Panchayat member Marcos Pereira said that under the total cleanliness drive, the panchayat shall be deputing workers in each of the five wards of the village to collect all garbage strewn around and simultaneously educate the people of garbage collection issue.
Once the five wards are cleaned from garbage, regular collection of dry garbage will be done thereafter, said Pereira for which waste collection bags will be distributed to every household. “The bags will be subsequently collected by the panchayat workers on weekly basis,” said Pereira.
Incidentally though the panchayat is hard pressed for financial support, the cleanliness drive will be undertaken using the workers under the NREGA scheme.
Meanwhile, the internal roads in Ward No. 1 and 2 of Uguem village panchayat, which have been hot-mixed last week, has given an altogether new look to the two wards.
