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Samba youths make WhatsApp group for cleanliness 12/6/2015 10:56:37 PM Early Times Report Samba, Dec 6: Taking forward the campaign of Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the local youth of Samba, came together and made a WhatsApp group to keep their town spic and span. Christened, "Samba Social Club," a group of about 70 youths, decided to pull up their socks and start their own cleanliness drives in town. The youth in the group usually share cleanliness-related issues, places to clean and even take responsibility to clean the area. "Inspired by our PM, we decided to wield the broom ourselves and started cleanliness drive towards making the town clean. Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was the trigger point and we made the group to reach out to as many people who are willing to help us. When we started the cleanliness drive, they laughed at us in the beginning, but then there was realization," said Vikesh Amba, one of the members of the group. We received an overwhelming response with 70 enthusiastic people volunteering for the clean-up initiative. Local shopkeepers provide us gloves and masks without any cost and we bought the brooms ourselves. We realised that numerous people were ready to help for this cause, he said. "The youth and children are actively participating in getting the area cleaned up. We have cleaned up Chichi Devi Temple premises and cremation ground of Samba so far. Our main objective is to make Samba clean and this is a small initiative to spread the message that cleanliness is important. If we keep our homes and surrounding clean, then dream of clean India would be achievable soon," said Hardeep Singh, another member. The group members share photos of garbage, dump of debris and other unclean areas from the locality and accordingly decide a time to clean the filth. The cleanliness activity is mostly conducted on weekends and the members also sensitise people on the importance of cleanliness.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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