Archive · 30 May 2025
Varanasi Launches Two-Day Cleanliness Drive, Empowerment Program
Imagine the city of Varanasi getting a big spring cleaning!
The city is holding a special two-day event to honor a historical figure and help sanitation workers.
The event involves cleaning streets and drains, and also helps sanitation workers by connecting them with important government programs and giving them safety kits.
It also includes health check-ups, seminars, and educational programs focused on helping women through jobs and housing.
The goal is to make the city cleaner and help its sanitation workers.
Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) launched a two-day cleanliness drive.
The drive marks the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar.
The event includes an honor ceremony for female sanitation workers and connecting them with government schemes.
Special cleaning of ghats and drains is scheduled from May 31 to June 15.
Awareness campaigns and health check-up camps are part of the program.
- Who
- Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC).
- What
- A two-day mega cleanliness drive and women's empowerment program.
- When
- The event started on Thursday.
- Where
- Varanasi
- Why
- To mark the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar.
- City
- Varanasi
- Duration
- Two-day
- Occasion
- Ahilyabai Holkar's 300th birth anniversary
- Key Participants
- Female sanitation workers
- Drain Cleaning Dates
- May 31 to June 15