Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Visakhapatnam Launches Month-Long Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign
Visakhapatnam has started a month-long campaign called Swachhata Hi Seva–2026.
The campaign says everyone should help keep neighborhoods clean.
The MLA said cleanliness is not only the job of government workers or sanitation workers.
People should keep their homes and nearby areas clean and avoid throwing waste carelessly.
Resident Welfare Associations were asked to help organize cleanliness activities.
The campaign will also teach students and young people about cleanliness.
It will support the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.
People will be encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle waste and avoid single-use plastic.
Residents were also asked to build rainwater-harvesting pits like those in JR Nagar.
Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu urged residents to treat cleanliness as a shared social responsibility.
The Swachhata Hi Seva–2026 campaign was launched at Jagannadharaju Nagar under GVMC supervision.
Residents were asked to avoid indiscriminate waste dumping and keep their homes and surroundings clean.
The campaign will run across GVMC limits until October 17, focusing on five cleanliness and public-participation initiatives.
The MLA also encouraged colonies to adopt JR Nagar’s rainwater-harvesting model to conserve water and recharge groundwater.
- Who
- Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, GVMC officials, residents, Resident Welfare Associations, students, youth and sanitation workers.
- What
- The Swachhata Hi Seva–2026 cleanliness campaign was launched, along with calls for public participation and rainwater conservation.
- When
- The campaign was launched on a Thursday and will continue until October 17.
- Where
- Jagannadharaju Nagar, also called JR Nagar, in Visakhapatnam, with activities across the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation limits.
- Why
- To improve cleanliness through public participation, support sanitation workers, promote waste reduction and recycling, and encourage rainwater conservation.
- Campaign
- Swachhata Hi Seva–2026
- Launch location
- Jagannadharaju Nagar (JR Nagar), Visakhapatnam
- Duration
- The campaign will continue until October 17.
- Coverage
- Activities will be conducted across the GVMC limits.
- Key focus areas
- Cleanliness target units, Swachh Pathshala–Yuva for Swachhata, SafaiMitra Suraksha Evam Samman Shivir, Jan Bhagidari for Swachhata, and Swachhata Se Samriddhi.
- Waste guidance
- Residents were encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle waste and avoid single-use plastic.
- Water conservation
- Rainwater-harvesting pits can recharge groundwater and help address water scarcity.