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Swachh Bharat Drive Brings Cleanup Campaign to Antarctica
Indian teams in Antarctica have started a cleanup and organising drive.
They are working at two Indian research stations, Maitri and Bharati.
The work is part of a campaign to clear pending matters.
The teams are doing this in very cold conditions, with temperatures reported at around minus 48 degrees Celsius.
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research said the goal is to keep workplaces clean and well organised.
The teams belong to India’s 45th scientific expedition to Antarctica.
The Bharati winter team includes two women scientists and a woman doctor.
The summer team had earlier completed major tasks, including bringing cargo and deploying oceanographic floats.
Winter teams from India’s 45th Antarctic expedition carried out a cleanliness and space-optimisation drive at Maitri and Bharati stations.
The drive was conducted under the Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters 6.
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research said the effort aimed to maintain cleaner, better-organised workplaces despite Antarctica’s extreme conditions.
The 45th expedition was led by Scientific Officer Huidrom Nageshwar Singh of the India Meteorological Department.
The Bharati winter team includes three Indian women: two scientists and a medical doctor.
- Who
- The winter teams of India’s 45th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica.
- What
- A cleanliness and space-optimisation drive at the Maitri and Bharati stations.
- Where
- Maitri and Bharati stations in Antarctica.
- When
- During the winter team’s work under Special Campaign 6; no date is specified.
- Why
- To support cleaner, more organised workplaces and address pending matters.
Key facts
- Campaign
- Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters 6
- Expedition
- 45th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
- Stations
- Maitri and Bharati
- Reported temperature
- Around -48°C
- Expedition leader
- Scientific Officer Huidrom Nageshwar Singh of the India Meteorological Department
- Bharati winter team
- Includes three Indian women: two scientists and one medical doctor
- Bharati station commissioned
- March 18, 2012
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National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
Indian research centre that posted about the campaign on X.
“Under the Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters (SCDPM) 6 (Special Campaign 6), the Indian winter team of the 45th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) undertook a cleanliness and space-optimisation drive at Maitri and Bharati stations.”
thehansindia.com
“even in Antarctica’s extreme environment, the commitment to cleaner, organised and better-maintained workplaces remains unwavering”
thehansindia.com
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